Language, Policy and Territory

<p>1. Introduction.- Part I: Theorising language policy and regulation.- 2. Language policy as a form of public policy.- 3. Language rights, human rights and the right to chat.- 4. Language and space: a new research agenda for urban geolinguistics.- 5. Reflections on language as a vehicle of economic value.- Part II: Language policy challenges in Wales.- 6. Language planning in Wales: Joining the dots.- 7. Recent legal developments in Wales: moving beyond individual to group rights?.- 8. Networked territories of language and nation.- 9. Placemaking: towards rethinking land-use planning and language planning for a thriving.- 10. Signs of the times: Onomastics and language policy in Wales.- 11. Canolfannau Cymraeg – a top-down or bottom-up approach to language planning?.- Part III: Language policy challenges in Canada.- 12. Best practices and language policy designs: lessons from Canada&nbsp;and Wales.- 13. F.R. Scott and the origins of language policy in Canada.- 14. The uncertain future of French in Canada.- 15. The planned decline of the English school system in Quebec.- Part IV: Language policy challenges in Ireland, Scotland and Catalonia.- 16. Changing spaces: the new geographies of the Gaeltacht and Irish language networks.- 17. Lessons learned, lessons ignored: The continuing road to an Irish Language Act in Northern Ireland.- 18. The influence of Wales on policies for Gaelic in Scotland.- 19. ‘Volunteering for the language in Catalonia’ (VxLl): more than a space for linguistic&nbsp;mudes.- &nbsp;20. Afterword.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p>