RT Journal Article
T1 Disenfranchisement in linguistically diverse societies : the case of the European Union
A1 Ginsburgh, V.
A1 Ortuño, Ignacio
A1 Weber, Shlomo
AB We consider a linguistically diversified society and examine the notion of language disenfran-chisement when some individuals are denied the full access to documents and political process in their native tongues. To calculate the disenfranchisement indices we use the Dyen percentage cognate matrix of linguistic distances between Indo-European languages and apply survey and population data on language proficiency in the European Union. We then determine optimal sets of official languages that depend on society's sensitivity against disenfranchisement and comprehensiveness of the chosen language regime. We also discuss the language situation in the European Union after its last enlargement.
PB Wiley-Blackwell
YR 2005
FD 2005
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10016/5503
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10016/5503
LA eng
NO We are grateful to the Alexandervon Humboldt Foundation and Fundación BBVA for their financial support
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RD 1 sept. 2024