Discourse and Struggle in Minority Language Policy Formation - Corsican Language Policy in the EU Context of Governance

Discourse and Struggle in Minority Language Policy Formation presents a new approach to the study of language policy, by focusing on language policy formation and implementation as a dynamic, conflict-laden process involving the interaction of various actors with different motivations and uneven bargaining powers, rather than as a product, examinable post hoc from existing language legislation. This approach places competing ideologies and both institutional and non-institutional bargaining centrally in language policy formation processes, thus creating a dynamic analytical framework that permits examination of various forms of discursive, legal and institutional struggle at each stage of the language policy process, from policy design down to actual patterns of language attitudes and behaviours (i.e. policy acceptance or rejection) at grassroots levels. The book develops this framework through a case study of Regional and Minority Language politics and policy-making in the EU, with specific reference to the impact of European integration and European language politics upon French minority language policy for Corsica.

Series Editor's Preface Acknowledgements/Remerciements List of Acronyms Preface Introduction Theoretical Frameworks and Methodological Implications - Regional and Minority Language Politics and Policy-making in the EU The EU Sociolinguistic Regimes: Community Official and/or Working Languages, Education and Culture The EU's RML Policy Network: Legal Governing and Governance Politics Language, Nation and State in French Linguistic Nationalism: History, Developments, Perspectives Unity and Diversity in Corsica: Patterns of Identity and Political Separatism From One Diglossic Situation to Another: Ideological and Sociolinguistic Change in Modernising Corsica (1769-1974) Language Institutionalisation, Language Policy Network and Language Use in contemporary Corsica (1974-2004) Language Ideologies, Language Planning and Language Attitudes in Contemporary Corsica General Conclusion References Index