Language Policy and Conflict Prevention.

Intro -- Language Policy and Conflict Prevention -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Notes on Contributors -- Part 1: Language, Integration of Societies and Conflict Prevention -- 1 Introduction: Shaping Language Policies to Promote Stability -- 2 The HCNM Approach to the Promotion of the State/Official Language in Various OSCE Participating States -- 3 To Speak or Not to Speak: Minority Languages, the Public Administration and the Enforcement of Linguistic Requirements -- 4 Mind Your Own Business: The Oslo Recommendations and the Linguistic Rights of National Minorities in Economic Life -- 5 The Intersection of Language and Religion in the Context of National Minorities -- 6 HCNM Recommendations on the Use of Minority Languages in the Broadcast Media as a Baseline for Context-specific Advice to Participating States -- 7 The HCNM Impact on Minority and State Language Promotion and on the Social Integration of Diverse Societies Through Education: The cases of Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan -- Part 2: Language Rights and Evolving Standards and Practice -- 8 Continued Relevance of an 'Oslo' Language Policy in a Changing World -- 9 'The Borders of My Language Mean the Borders of My World'. Language Rights and Their Evolving Significance for Minority Rights and Integration of Societies -- 10 Language Rights in the Work of the Advisory Committee -- 11 The Right to Display Place Names in Regional or Minority Languages within the Council of Europe Legal Framework -- 12 Protection of Linguistic Rights of Linguistic Minorities in the UN Context -- 13 Language Rights and the Work of the European Union -- 14 'Taking Oslo Online': Minority Language Policy &amp -- the Internet -- 15 Language Rights and Duties for New Minorities: Integration through Diversity Governance -- Appendix -- Index.

Language Policy and Conflict Prevention analyses the components of a balanced language policy with a view to reducing conflict potential. It draws upon contributions from experts working for the OSCE HCNM, Council of Europe, UN as well as leading academics.

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