Minorities in a Democracy

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Should our democracy fund elementary education for children of minority groups in their own language?

Articles and Papers


“Moldova schools resist threats,” (BBC News, 2004)

 

Pachiotto, Carla. “Language Policy, Indigenous Languages and the Village School: A Study of Bilingual Education for the Tarahumara of Northern Mexico,” (Journal of Bilingual Education And Bilingualism, Vol. 7, No. 6, 2004, pp. 529-548)

 

Robeyns, Ingrid. “The Ingredients of the Belgian Cocktail,” Crooked Timber (blog)

 

Sciolino, Elaine. “Calls for a Breakup Grow Ever Louder in Belgium,” (New York Times, 2007)

 

“Switzerland – Educational System—Overview”

 

Sussex, Roly,“The Languages of Kosovo,” Lingua Franca, Radio National (Australia, 1999)

 

“Universal Declaration of Human Rights,” Article 22

 

Van Parijs, Philippe. “Europe’s Three Language Problems,” prepared for Multilingualism in Law and Politics, R. Bellamy, D. Castiglione & C. Longman eds.,(c. 2003)

 

Varennes,Fernand de. "The Right to Education and Minority Language." EU Map (2004)

 

 

Websites


Center for Language Minority Education and Research: California State University, Long Beach


 
 
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