Development, dependency and the democratic deficit

• Autores: Colin H Williams
• Localización: Journal of multilingual and multicultural development, ISSN 0143-4632, Vol. 15, Nº. 2-3, 1994, págs. 101-127
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • By focusing on structural changes which have influenced the development of Welsh and English in modern Wales, this paper will examine several lessons to be gleaned from the construction of a comprehensive bilingual social order. The argument will incorporate evidence from a variety of sources and agencies concerned with language and cultural reproduction. It will survey those features which increase the dependency of the less numerous language group on the local state and conclude with a discussion on the dualism involved in simultaneously transforming the range of social domains wherein the Welsh language is used and seeking greater group autonomy so as to influence the construction and direction of those domains. The central thrust of the argument will be to ask to what extent our interpretation of democratic accountability within minority language communities will have to be reinterpreted as the price to be paid for a fully functional bilingual society in Wales.