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Language and Conflict in Northern Ireland and Canada

A Silent War

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  • © 2010

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  1. Janet Muller
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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
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  2. Introduction

    • Janet Muller
    Pages 1-4

  3. A Silent War: Conflict Resolution and Language Policy and Planning in the North of Ireland and Quebec / Canada

    • Janet Muller
    Pages 5-37

  4. The Irish Language in the North of Ireland: Statistics

    • Janet Muller
    Pages 38-55

  5. The Irish Language and the Good Friday Agreement

    • Janet Muller
    Pages 56-76

  6. The Ratification and Application of the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages

    • Janet Muller
    Pages 77-98

  7. Irish Language Broadcasting since the Good Friday Agreement: Sop in áit na scuaibe? Sword or Ploughshare?

    • Janet Muller
    Pages 99-118

  8. The British Government Commitment to Enact the Irish Language Act

    • Janet Muller
    Pages 119-146

  9. The Submissions of the Political Parties to the First Public Consultation on proposed Irish language legislation for NI

    • Janet Muller
    Pages 147-167

  10. Submissions from Key Public Bodies and a 20 per cent Sample of Individual Responses to the Public Consultation on the Proposed Irish Language Legislation

    • Janet Muller
    Pages 168-195

  11. Quebec v. the Rest in the Twenty-First Century: Coming-of-Age, or Losing the Plot?

    • Janet Muller
    Pages 196-226

  12. Conclusions

    • Janet Muller
    Pages 227-231

  13. Back Matter

    Pages 232-281
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About this book

In a unique contribution to understanding the interaction of language policy and planning in modern conflict resolution, Janet Muller provides an insider account of the search for improved status for the Irish language in Northern Ireland from the 1980s.

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'...the book offers a valuable inside perspective of the links between community activism and the state when negotiating minority

issues.' - Philip McDermott, Current Issues in Language Planning

About the author

JANET MULLER is Chief Executive of POBAL, the non-governmental umbrella organisation for the Irish speaking community in the North of Ireland. She has helped to spearhead groundbreaking Irish language and community initiatives and has shaped approaches to improve the status of the Irish language in the North, developing key campaigns, research and monitoring work on legislation, policy, best practice and community development. She has a PhD from the University of Ulster.

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