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One Step Forward, Two Steps Back? Reflections on the Recent Attempts to Reform the Austrian National Minorities Act of 1976

One Step Forward, Two Steps Back? Reflections on the Recent Attempts to Reform the Austrian... From 2009 to 2012, the Austrian federal government conducted a political process to modernize the national legal framework for minority protection to support national minorities and further promote the linguistic and cultural diversity of Austria. A final draft for an amendment to the National Minorities Act of 1976 suggested reforming its legal terms with regard to a “modern and pluralistic society” and reconfiguring the National Minority Advisory Councils to the federal government ( Volksgruppenbeiräte ) following a “civil society-model” ( zivilgesellschaftliches Modell ). This article focuses on the implications and consequences of this intention. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png European Yearbook of Minority Issues Online Brill

One Step Forward, Two Steps Back? Reflections on the Recent Attempts to Reform the Austrian National Minorities Act of 1976

Pirker, Jürgen
European Yearbook of Minority Issues Online , Volume 12 (1): 339 – Nov 24, 2015
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Brill
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© Copyright 2015 by Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
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1570-7865
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2211-6117
DOI
10.1163/9789004306134_014
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Abstract

From 2009 to 2012, the Austrian federal government conducted a political process to modernize the national legal framework for minority protection to support national minorities and further promote the linguistic and cultural diversity of Austria. A final draft for an amendment to the National Minorities Act of 1976 suggested reforming its legal terms with regard to a “modern and pluralistic society” and reconfiguring the National Minority Advisory Councils to the federal government ( Volksgruppenbeiräte ) following a “civil society-model” ( zivilgesellschaftliches Modell ). This article focuses on the implications and consequences of this intention.

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European Yearbook of Minority Issues Online – Brill

Published: Nov 24, 2015

Keywords: Austria; National Minorities Act; “civil society,” ethnic groups; language and culture; culture

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