Covering institutional, demo-geographical and political 'smallness', this book examines Europe's 'small ethnologies'. It discusses how 'smallness' characterizes the central structure of a nation or region and also determines its experiential horizon.
The 'cultural turn' in Northern Irish politics and the development of a bicultural infrastructure is examined here in the context of differing interpretations of equality and increasing demands for intercultural communication within, as well as between, communities.
Do political boundaries impact on concepts of language? Broad policy issues and the performance of the range of instruments of policy at local, national and European levels are illustrated with reference to case studies across Europe.