Equal Recognition, Minority Rights and Liberal Democracy: Alan Patten and His Critics by Sergi Morales-Galvez & Nenad Stojanovic

Author:Sergi Morales-Galvez & Nenad Stojanovic [Morales-Galvez, Sergi & Stojanovic, Nenad]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781138080782
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Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2018-02-20T08:36:06+00:00

Two principles of equal language recognition

Helder De Schutter

Within the umbrella of equal recognition, several principles of linguistic justice can be distinguished. A first, the per-capita principle, mandates prorating language recognition based on a per-capita distribution. A second, the equal-services principle, prescribes upholding the official languages as the languages in which the state speaks and in which public services are provided, irrespective of changing numbers of speakers. Alan Patten defends the prorated per-capita principle. I argue for the equal-services principle, which practically will often amount to a form of linguistic maximin: the more vulnerable the language, the more numerous the resources.

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