TY - BOOK AU - Williams,Colin H. TI - Minority language promotion, protection and regulation: the mask of piety SN - 9781137000842 (ebook) AV - K3716 PY - 2013/// CY - Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire, New York, NY PB - Palgrave Macmillan KW - Language and languages KW - Law and legislation KW - Linguistic minorities KW - Legal status, laws, etc KW - Electronic books (Form) N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 311-333) and index; The mask of piety -- Managing official language legislative regimes -- European legislative frameworks and comparative language acts -- The embedded nature of language legislation -- From act to action : policy implications and recommendations -- Official language strategies in comparative perspective -- The logic of best practice language strategy -- Official language commissioners -- The mask of piety and the faltering polity UR - http://link.springer.com/10.1057/9781137000842 ER -