Huw Lewis
Biographic Data
| ID | 4392330 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Huw Lewis |
| GIVEN NAMES | Huw |
| FAMILY NAME | Lewis |
| SIGNATURE | LEWIS H |
| AFFILIATIONS | Aberystwyth University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-3581-6459 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 17 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 12 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Obituary
Regional economic development and language maintenance
While pursuing language policy objectives will often require interventions that cut across many different sectors, language policy research has not engaged with the notion of policy integration. In response, this article investigates policy integration by focusing on language policies that aim to maintain and revitalise regional or minority languages. Specifically it asks whether governments committed to language maintenance have succeeded in inc…
Hydrometeorological response to afforestation in the UK
Afforestation is of international interest for its positive benefits on carbon storage, ecology, and society, but its impacts on terrestrial and atmospheric processes are still poorly understood. This study presents the first use of a coupled land surface and convection permitting atmospheric model (CPM) to quantify hydrometeorological effects of afforestation across the United Kingdom, focusing on atmospheric processes often missing in hydrologi…
Towards a Million Speakers
Language Revitalisation and Social Transformation
Large changes in Great Britain’s vegetation and agricultural land-use predicted under unmitigated climate change
The impact of climate change on vegetation including agricultural production has been the focus of many studies. Climate change is expected to have heterogeneous effects across locations globally, and the diversity of land uses characterising Great Britain (GB) presents a unique opportunity to test methods for assessing climate change effects and impacts. GB is a relatively cool and damp country, hence, the warmer and generally drier growing seas…
Language policy in multi-level systems
Efforts are underway to develop a stronger political science perspective regarding the practice of language policy to establish language policy as a distinct field of public policy studies. The article’s original theoretical contribution is to develop a framework, grounded in historical institutionalism, to analyse the multi-level institutional factors that influence language policy choices relating to regional or minority languages within Europe…
Language revitalisation and social transformation
Efforts by European sub-state governments to revitalise minority languages are increasingly common. This article investigates whether these revitalisation efforts have considered the implications of contemporary social change, by utilising content analysis methods to analyse policy documents in two cases, Wales and Scotland. In concluding that engagement with social change is limited, the article highlights the challenge faced by language revital…
Normative political theory’s contribution to language policy research
This introduction surveys the normative literature on language policy and planning. Specifically, its aim is three-fold. It first explains how normative political theory adds to long-standing debates regarding language and linguistic diversity. Second, it explores some of the important trends within this normative literature as well as its fault lines. And finally, it discusses the main contributions of each article that comprises this special is…
Realising linguistic justice
This paper focuses on a particular understanding of linguistic justice, one described as the ‘fair background conditions position’. This position has clear liberal-egalitarian roots, and its main feature is the contention that the basic requirement of justice with regard to language is the establishment of certain fair background conditions. The aim of the paper is to further the discussion regarding the implications of this understanding of ling…
On the Right to Linguistic Survival
In recent years, political theorists have begun to grapple with the important normative questions that arise in relation to claims for language rights. This paper will seek to contribute to this ongoing debate by focusing in detail on the issue of linguistic survival. It will consider to what extent the members of a minority language community can demand that they have a right to see their language survive into the future. This question will be c…
Language maintenance
This paper will seek to determine what types of legislative or policy measures should be considered as morally acceptable ones for the state to implement as part of a language maintenance effort. It will approach the issue from a liberal-egalitarian perspective. As a first step, a series of normative constraints that liberal-egalitarians would require the state to observe will be established. Detailed consideration will then be given to the parti…
Liberalism, Language Revival and Employment
Do policies that seek to revive the prospects of minority languages transgress important liberal principles? The article will explore this question by focusing on one controversial aspect of language policy in Wales: the steps taken to set Welsh language requirements for some jobs in the public sector. This is a practice that has generated substantial debate, with opponents claiming that it undermines equality of opportunity in the field of emplo…
Language revitalisation and social transformation
Efforts by European sub-state governments to revitalise minority languages are increasingly common. This article investigates whether these revitalisation efforts have considered the implications of contemporary social change, by utilising content analysis methods to analyse policy documents in two cases, Wales and Scotland. In concluding that engagement with social change is limited, the article highlights the challenge faced by language revital…
Language maintenance
This paper will seek to determine what types of legislative or policy measures should be considered as morally acceptable ones for the state to implement as part of a language maintenance effort. It will approach the issue from a liberal-egalitarian perspective. As a first step, a series of normative constraints that liberal-egalitarians would require the state to observe will be established. Detailed consideration will then be given to the parti…
Realising linguistic justice
This paper focuses on a particular understanding of linguistic justice, one described as the ‘fair background conditions position’. This position has clear liberal-egalitarian roots, and its main feature is the contention that the basic requirement of justice with regard to language is the establishment of certain fair background conditions. The aim of the paper is to further the discussion regarding the implications of this understanding of ling…
Normative political theory’s contribution to language policy research
This introduction surveys the normative literature on language policy and planning. Specifically, its aim is three-fold. It first explains how normative political theory adds to long-standing debates regarding language and linguistic diversity. Second, it explores some of the important trends within this normative literature as well as its fault lines. And finally, it discusses the main contributions of each article that comprises this special is…
On the Right to Linguistic Survival
In recent years, political theorists have begun to grapple with the important normative questions that arise in relation to claims for language rights. This paper will seek to contribute to this ongoing debate by focusing in detail on the issue of linguistic survival. It will consider to what extent the members of a minority language community can demand that they have a right to see their language survive into the future. This question will be c…
Liberalism, Language Revival and Employment
Do policies that seek to revive the prospects of minority languages transgress important liberal principles? The article will explore this question by focusing on one controversial aspect of language policy in Wales: the steps taken to set Welsh language requirements for some jobs in the public sector. This is a practice that has generated substantial debate, with opponents claiming that it undermines equality of opportunity in the field of emplo…
Liberalism, Language Revival and Employment
Do policies that seek to revive the prospects of minority languages transgress important liberal principles? The article will explore this question by focusing on one controversial aspect of language policy in Wales: the steps taken to set Welsh language requirements for some jobs in the public sector. This is a practice that has generated substantial debate, with opponents claiming that it undermines equality of opportunity in the field of emplo…
On the Right to Linguistic Survival
In recent years, political theorists have begun to grapple with the important normative questions that arise in relation to claims for language rights. This paper will seek to contribute to this ongoing debate by focusing in detail on the issue of linguistic survival. It will consider to what extent the members of a minority language community can demand that they have a right to see their language survive into the future. This question will be c…
Language maintenance
This paper will seek to determine what types of legislative or policy measures should be considered as morally acceptable ones for the state to implement as part of a language maintenance effort. It will approach the issue from a liberal-egalitarian perspective. As a first step, a series of normative constraints that liberal-egalitarians would require the state to observe will be established. Detailed consideration will then be given to the parti…
Normative political theory’s contribution to language policy research
This introduction surveys the normative literature on language policy and planning. Specifically, its aim is three-fold. It first explains how normative political theory adds to long-standing debates regarding language and linguistic diversity. Second, it explores some of the important trends within this normative literature as well as its fault lines. And finally, it discusses the main contributions of each article that comprises this special is…
Realising linguistic justice
This paper focuses on a particular understanding of linguistic justice, one described as the ‘fair background conditions position’. This position has clear liberal-egalitarian roots, and its main feature is the contention that the basic requirement of justice with regard to language is the establishment of certain fair background conditions. The aim of the paper is to further the discussion regarding the implications of this understanding of ling…
Language revitalisation and social transformation
Efforts by European sub-state governments to revitalise minority languages are increasingly common. This article investigates whether these revitalisation efforts have considered the implications of contemporary social change, by utilising content analysis methods to analyse policy documents in two cases, Wales and Scotland. In concluding that engagement with social change is limited, the article highlights the challenge faced by language revital…
Large changes in Great Britain’s vegetation and agricultural land-use predicted under unmitigated climate change
The impact of climate change on vegetation including agricultural production has been the focus of many studies. Climate change is expected to have heterogeneous effects across locations globally, and the diversity of land uses characterising Great Britain (GB) presents a unique opportunity to test methods for assessing climate change effects and impacts. GB is a relatively cool and damp country, hence, the warmer and generally drier growing seas…
Language policy in multi-level systems
Efforts are underway to develop a stronger political science perspective regarding the practice of language policy to establish language policy as a distinct field of public policy studies. The article’s original theoretical contribution is to develop a framework, grounded in historical institutionalism, to analyse the multi-level institutional factors that influence language policy choices relating to regional or minority languages within Europe…
Language Revitalisation and Social Transformation
Towards a Million Speakers
Hydrometeorological response to afforestation in the UK
Afforestation is of international interest for its positive benefits on carbon storage, ecology, and society, but its impacts on terrestrial and atmospheric processes are still poorly understood. This study presents the first use of a coupled land surface and convection permitting atmospheric model (CPM) to quantify hydrometeorological effects of afforestation across the United Kingdom, focusing on atmospheric processes often missing in hydrologi…
Obituary
Regional economic development and language maintenance
While pursuing language policy objectives will often require interventions that cut across many different sectors, language policy research has not engaged with the notion of policy integration. In response, this article investigates policy integration by focusing on language policies that aim to maintain and revitalise regional or minority languages. Specifically it asks whether governments committed to language maintenance have succeeded in inc…
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