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Haselbach, Dieter – Current Issues in Language and Society, 1998
Responds to an article by Strubell, "Language, Democracy, and Devolution in Catalonia," arguing that the nationalism that already exists is viewed as the norm and suggesting that the Catalan nationalism and its attempts at affirmative action are menacing. The paper worries that demographic realities might push Catalan nationalism into…
Descriptors: Demography, Dialects, Ethnicity, Foreign Countries

Strubell, Miquel – Current Issues in Language and Society, 1998
Argues that in Europe over several centuries, the relationship between democracy and language policy in multilingual countries has been complex, noting that Catalan has thrived in democratic periods where devolution has advanced, and the causes of most problems facing Catalan are nonlinguistic. The paper examines language and democracy, language…
Descriptors: Democracy, Demography, Dialects, Foreign Countries