Language policy and ethnic tensions in Quebec and Latvia

International Journal of Comparative Sociology

Volumn 45, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 231-252

  Schmid, Carol ^a   Zepa, Brigita ^b   Snipe, Arta ^c  

^a Guilford Technical Community College   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LATVIA   (Latvia)

^c LLM in EU and International Law   (Latvia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETHNIC MINORITY; LANGUAGE;

BALTIC STATES; CANADA; EURASIA; EUROPE; LATVIA; NORTH AMERICA; NORTHERN EUROPE; QUEBEC [CANADA];

EID: 33645747328     PISSN: 00207152     EISSN: 17452554     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0020715204049595     Document Type: Article

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