Respecting Linguistic Diversity in the European Union -- Editorial page -- Title page -- LCC data -- Table of contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- The rise of concern for cultural and linguistic diversity -- Concern for linguistic diversity within the EU -- The themes of this volume -- Notes -- References -- Part 1. Factual and theoretical approaches -- 1. Linguistic diversity as curse and as by-product -- The three dimensions of diversity -- Multilingualism against linguistic diversity? -- Local diversity versus territorial diversity -- Is linguistic diversity valuable? -- Local linguistic diversity against economic solidarity? -- Territorial linguistic diversity against economic solidarity? -- Notes -- References -- 2. Language diversity in the European Union -- Introduction -- Languages in the EU -- Speakers of languages in the EU -- Language status and language policy in the EU -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Web sources -- 3. Principles of policy evaluation and their application to multilingualism in the European Union -- The public policy perspective -- Choosing official and working languages for the European Union -- Addressing linguistic justice -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- 4. A one-dimensional diversity? -- The language of diversity -- Market integration versus diversity -- Europe and language policy: From diversity to uniformity -- Diversity and the challenge of politics -- Notes -- References -- Part 2. The protection of linguistic diversity in EU law -- 5. Union citizenship and language rights -- Introduction -- The development of Union citizenship -- The case of Bickel and Franz -- The Kik case -- Consequences -- Notes -- References -- 6. EC law and minority language policy -- Introduction -- Outline of the EU language framework -- Some policy initiatives -- Development of the legal framework -- A new dawn?.

Concluding remarks -- Notes -- References -- 7. The protection of linguistic diversity through Article 22 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights -- The original intention behind Article 22 -- The sources of Article 22 -- Defining the legal character of Article 22 as a minority protection clause -- Defining the scope of protection -- Conclusions -- Notes -- References -- 8. The protection of linguistic diversity through provisions of the EU Charter other than Article 22 -- The right to good linguistic administration -- The prohibition of discrimination on grounds of language -- Notes -- References -- 9. Languages that are official in part of the territory of the Member States -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Languages which enjoy institutional recognition -- 3. Languages without institutional recognition -- 4. The 2004 enlargement and the Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe -- 5. The recognition of languages that are official in part of the territory of the Member States -- 6. Conclusions -- Addendum -- Notes -- References -- Appendix -- Selected provisions on language issuesfrom EU law -- Contributors -- Index -- The series Studies in World Language Problems.