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Author:   Huw Lewis ,  Wilson McLeod
Publisher:   Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Imprint:   Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Edition:   2021 ed.
Weight:   0.657kg
ISBN:  

9783030801885

ISBN 10:   3030801888
Pages:   391
Publication Date:   29 September 2021
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Introduction.- Part 1: Communities.- Chapter 2: The geography of minority language use: from community to network.- Chapter 3: Minority languages in the age of networked individualism: from social networks to digital breathing spaces.- Chapter 4: Communities, networks and contemporary language revitalisation.- Part 2: Families.- Chapter 5: Family language policy and language transmission in times of change.- Chapter 6: Family language policy: promoting partnership in the early years to support heritage languages.- Chapter 7: Changes in family structure and lifestyles: challenges for regional or minority languages.- Part 3: Economy.- Chapter 8: The economics of ‘language[s] at work’: theory, hiring model and evidence.-  Chapter 9: Gàidhlig, Gaeilge, Cymraeg and føroyskt mál: minority languages as economic assets?.- Chapter 10: Regional and minority languages and the economy: the evolution of structural and analytical challenges.- Part 4: Governance.- Chapter 11: The governance of language revitalisation: the case of Wales.- Chapter 12: The governance of Irish in the neoliberal age: the retreat of the state under the guise of partnership .- Chapter 13: Governance, policy-making and language revitalisation.- Chapter 14: Afterword: Forging hope in the company of cynics

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Huw Lewis is Senior Lecturer in Politics at Aberystwyth University, UK. Wilson McLeod is Professor of Gaelic at the University of Edinburgh, UK. 

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