Disenfranchisement in linguistically diverse societies: The case of the European Union
成果类型：
Article
署名作者：
Ginsburgh, V; Weber, S; Ortuño-Ortin, I
署名单位：
Universite Libre de Bruxelles; Universitat d'Alacant; Southern Methodist University; Universite Catholique Louvain
刊物名称：
JOURNAL OF THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC ASSOCIATION
ISSN/ISSBN：
1542-4766
DOI：
10.1162/1542476054430799
发表日期：
2005
页码：
946-965
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摘要：
We consider a linguistically diversified society and examine the notion of language disenfranchisement when some individuals are denied the full access to documents and political process in their native tongues. To calculate the disenfranchisement indices we use the Dyen percentage cognate matrix of linguistic distances between Indo-European languages and apply survey and population data on language proficiency in the European Union. We then determine optimal sets of official languages that depend on society's sensitivity against disenfranchisement and comprehensiveness of the chosen language regime. We also discuss the language situation in the European Union after its last enlargement.
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