The Welsh Language Commissioner in Context

Diarmait Mac Giolla Chríost

Description

This research monograph is the first authoritative work on the office of the Welsh Language Commissioner and the associated Welsh language regulatory and statutory regime. In setting the Commissioner in context – in Wales, the UK and internationally – the work draws upon a rich variety of source material arising from fieldwork conducted in a number of jurisdictions. The research data includes, for example, an extensive series of documents obtained under a number of Freedom of Information applications, in-depth interviews with key actors from pertinent legislatures, governments, regulatory offices, interest groups and civic society. The linguistic coverage of source material includes English and Welsh, as well as, where relevant, Irish, German, Catalan, Spanish, French and Basque, in a publication which is multi-disciplinary in approach, engaging with the scholarly and professional literature in language policy and planning, socio-legal studies and the politics of language.

Acknowledgements
1 Introduction: research aims and methodology
2 Independence, accountability and structure
3 Language rights and freedom
4 Regulatory standards
5 Promotion and complaint-handling
6 The Crown, Ministers of the Crown and Crown bodies
7 Official language
8 Conclusions: too complex a regime?

Sujets

• Political Ideologies
• Political Science
• Patriotism
• Nationalism

Informations

• Publié par: University of Wales Press
• Date de parution: 20 juillet 2016
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781783169054
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 17 Mo

Extrait

he Wels Language Commîssîoner în Conex

The Welsh language Commissioner in ConTexT roles, meThods and relaTionships

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Lîs o Igures

Lîs o key acronyms

Acknowledgemens

1 ïnroducîon: researc aîms and meodology

2 ïndependence, accounabîlîy and srucure

3 Language rîgs and reedom

4 Regulaory sandards

5 Promoîon and complaîn-andlîng

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he Crown, Mînîsers o e Crown and Crown bodîes

7 Oicîal language

8 Conclusîons: oo complex a regîme?

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Figure 1 Locaîon o language complaîn-andlîng and enorcemen uncîons: domesîc (UK) and înernaîonal case sudîes accordîng o Wels Polîcy Paper 3.

Figure 2or e Wels Language Commîssîoner, îmelîne Sandards and Regulaîons.

Figure 3 360° accounabîlîy o e îndependen regulaor (adaped rom House o Lords, Selec Commîee on e Consîuîon, 2004a: 20).

Figure 4 he necessary elemens o beer regulaory oucomes (adaped rom OECD, 2013: 4, and OECD, 2014: 22).

Figure 5 Molecular srucure o a Wels language rîg ollowîng Hoeld, 1919.

Figure 6în wîc e reedom o use or e ‘rîg Saes o reely use one’s own language’ îs recognîsed by saue.

Figure 7 Comparaîve scemaîc or Wels Language Scemes and Wels Language Sandards as însrumens or seîng Wels language regulaory sandards.

Figure 8Language Board: complaîns and Wels sauory învesîgaîons based upon daa derîved rom e Wels Language Board, Annual Repors, 1995–2011.

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Fîgure 9 ïrîs Language Commîssîoner: complaîns and învesîgaîons based upon daa derîved rom e ïrîs Language Commîssîoner, Annual Repors, 2004–2012.

Fîgure 10 Oice o e Commîssîoner o Oicîal Languages, Canada: complaîns based upon daa derîved rom OCOL, Annual Repors, 1971–2012.

Fîgure 11 E-maîl rom a member o e Wels Language Socîey o members o e Wels Language Socîey on 17 November 2014.

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Examples o Cîvîl Law jurîsdîcîons.

Fîgure 13 Leng o e Wels language legîslaîon în e conex o UK Governmen prîmary legîslaîon based upon daa derîved în par rom House o Lords, 2013: 3–4.

Fîgure 14 ïdenîyîng excessîvely complex legîslaîon (source: Oice o e Parlîamenary Counsel, 2013: 13).

Fîgure 15 From polîcy o Bîll – a summary o upsream causes o excessîvely complex legîslaîon (source: Oice o e Parlîamenary Counsel, 2013: 25).

Fîgure 16 ïdenîyîng e poenîal or complexîy arîsîng rom e maîn conen and purpose o e Measure.

Fîgure 17 Quanîyîng e poenîal or complexîy în e curren Wels language regulaory regîme: perînen saue and însrumens wî sauory orce.

Fîgure 18 Quanîyîng e poenîal or complexîy în Wels Language Scemes: volume and leng o Scemes.

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Brîîs and ïrîs Ombudsman Assocîaîon

European Cour o Human Rîgs

Fînancîal Conduc Auorîy

House o Lords

Her Majesy’s Revenue and Cusoms

ïnormaîon Commîssîoner’s Oice

Legîslaîve Compeence Order

Non-Mînîserîal Deparmen

Naîonal Savîngs and ïnvesmens

Oice o e Commîssîoner o Oicîal Languages

Organîsaîon or Economîc Co-operaîon and Developmen

Publîc Servîces Ombudsman Wales

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Wels Assembly Governmen