Developments in the European Union over the last decade have been largely positive from the perspective of stateless and minority ethnic groups and the survival and prosperity of minority languages. This selection of sociologically and ethnographically oriented work enables the reader to compare developments in different ethno-linguistic revival movements within the European Union. The contributions also explore the impact of EU policy and discourse on the individual movements and the orientation of Western Europe as a whole towards linguistic heterogeneity and cultural diversity. A companion volume (0-333-92924-1) examines the status of minority languages in post-1989Eastern Europe.CONTENTS:Introduction: Minority Languages, Ethnicity and the State in the European Union; C.O'ReillyMany Tongues But One Voice: A Personal Overview of the Role of the European Bureau of Lesser Used Languages in Promoting Europe's Regional and Minority Languages; P-draig O' RiaginState Language Ideology and the Shifting Nature of Minority Language Planning on Corsica; A.JaffeCatalan is Everyone's Thing: Normalizing a Nation; S.DiGiacomoIrish Language, Irish Identity: Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland in the European Union; C.O'ReillyEthnic Identity and Minority Language Survival in Brittany; L.TimmWhen Language Does Not Matter: Regional Identity Formation in Northern Italy; J.Stacul 'Old' and 'New' Lesser Used Languages of Europe: Common Cause?; T.CheesmanBibliographyIndexABOUT THE AUTHORCAMILLE O. REILLY is a Lecturer in Social Anthropology at Richmond, the American International University in London. She is the author ofThe Irish Language in Northern Ireland: The Politics and Culture ofIdentity and of many articles on nationalism, the Irish language andNorthern Ireland.To order this book or to browse our fully searchable on-line catalogue, please visit our website at http://www.palgrave.com