Ethnicity and language tensions in Latvia

Language Policy

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 3-19

  Schmid, Carol ^a  

^a Guilford Technical Community College   (United States)

Author keywords

Citizenship; Civic values; Education reform; Language; Language conflict; Language legislation; Language policy; Latvia; Latvian speakers; Political values; Russian speakers

Indexed keywords

EID: 40049098253     PISSN: 15684555     EISSN: 15731863     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10993-007-9068-1     Document Type: Article

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