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Minority Language Rights: What Matters? A Comparison of Belgium and Canada
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Abstract In federal societies, intergovernmental relations are necessarily a part of political life. But, as a student of intergovernmental relations (IGR), I want to understand, how much do intergovernmental relations really matter to particular policy outcomes? In order to assess this question, I have unde... view more
In federal societies, intergovernmental relations are necessarily a part of political life. But, as a student of intergovernmental relations (IGR), I want to understand, how much do intergovernmental relations really matter to particular policy outcomes? In order to assess this question, I have undertaken a study of minority language rights policies in two federal societies, Belgium and Canada (the Countries). In these circumstances, the above question is refined and can instead be stated as follows: what factors influence the content of minority language policies in the Countries? (author's abstract)... view less
Keywords
federalism; Belgium; Canada; political system; minority policy; minority rights; language group; ethnic group; policy implementation; political culture
Classification
Political Process, Elections, Political Sociology, Political Culture
Cultural Sociology, Sociology of Art, Sociology of Literature
Document language
English
Publication Year
2007
Page/Pages
p. 1-33
Journal
Federal Governance, 4 (2007) 1
ISSN
1923-6158
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed