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| Author: | Ginsburgh, V. Ortuno-Ortin, I. Weber, S. |
| Title: | Disenfranchisement in linguistically diverse societies: the case of the European Union |
| Journal: | Journal of the European Economic Association
2005 : JUN, VOL. 3:4, p. 946-965 |
| Index terms: | European Union linguistics languages |
| Language: | eng |
| Abstract: | This paper considers a linguistically diversified society and examine the notion of language disenfranchisement when some individuals are denied the full access to documents and political process in their native tongues. To calculate the disenfranchisement indices the authors use the Dyen percentage cognate matrix of linguistic distancesbetween Indo-European languages and apply survey and population data on language proficiency in the European Union. They also determine optimal sets of official languages that depend on society's sensitivity against disenfranchisement and comprehensiveness of the chosen language regime. |
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