Minority Language Rights: What Matters? A Comparison of Belgium and Canada

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 a... Mehr ...

Verfasser: Levy, Tamara
Dokumenttyp: Zeitschriftenartikel
Erscheinungsdatum: 2016
Verlag/Hrsg.: MISC
Schlagwörter: Sociology & anthropology / Political science / Politikwissenschaft / Soziologie / Anthropologie / Kultursoziologie / Kunstsoziologie / Literatursoziologie / politische Willensbildung / politische Soziologie / politische Kultur / Cultural Sociology / Sociology of Art / Sociology of Literature / Political Process / Elections / Political Sociology / Political Culture / Föderalismus / Belgien / Kanada / politisches System / Minderheitenpolitik / Minderheitenrecht / Sprachgruppe / ethnische Gruppe / Politikumsetzung / federalism / Belgium / Canada / political system / minority policy / minority rights / language group / ethnic group / policy implementation / 10500
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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)