{"product_id":"9781474462402","title":"Gaelic in Scotland : Policies, Movements, Ideologies","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor:  McLeod, Wilson \u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eUnited Kingdom, Great Britain\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 31 May 2022 by EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY PRESS in the United Kingdom.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback | 456 pages\u003cbr\u003e156 x 234 x 30 | 692g\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this extensive study of the changing role of Gaelic in modern Scotland\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003efrom the introduction of state education in 1872 up to the present day\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWilson McLeod looks at the policies of government and the work of activists and campaigners who have sought to maintain and promote Gaelic. In addition, he scrutinises the competing ideologies that have driven the decline, marginalisation and subsequent revitalisation of the language.  Taking an interdisciplinary approach\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eat the boundary of history, law, language policy and sociolinguistics\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethe book draws upon a wide range of sources in both English and Gaelic to consider in detail the development of the language policy regime for Gaelic that was developed between 1975 and 1989. It examines the campaign for the Gaelic Language (Scotland) Act 2005, its contents and implementation; and assesses the development and delivery of development and delivery of Gaelic education and media from the late 1980s to the present.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Far From The Madding Crowd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43924949106947,"sku":"9781474462402","price":33.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0404\/3207\/4914\/files\/9781474462402_41b8d095-32e7-4b43-8e2d-be321624d5de.jpg?v=1731416870","url":"https:\/\/www.maddingcrowdlinlithgow.pro\/products\/9781474462402","provider":"Far From The Madding Crowd","version":"1.0","type":"link"}