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"Thus, the aim of the paper here is to examine the conditions surrounding the question of minority language rights from the normative perspective of constitutional patriotism, and propose a normative guideline sensitive to different cultural identities of a diverse society.
Justice requires that the problem of differentiated identity in such a context be approached and contextualized in terms of concrete social and political questions of law and policy- making within a constitutional framework that allows for deliberative negotiation based on mutual recognition.
The realization of differentiated identity rights based on an overarching principle of association in constitutional law would imply that policies concerning linguistic rights of national minorities and immigrant groups cannot and should not be decided based on a unitary view of the dominant language.
In a multicultural and constitutional state, then, there will not be as many official languages as there are diverse groups, but a language or small number of languages which, together with a shared practice of political participation, would ensure that no citizen is left out of the democratic process of law-making as a result of the lack of knowledge of an official language.
Policy questions, such as language policy, in diverse societies are best approached from this flexible model of constitutional patriotism where allegiances are formed around the democratic practice of law-making.
Kymlicka, Will and Patten, Alan (eds) (2003), Language Rights and Political theory: Context, issues, and Approaches, New York: Oxford University Press, forthcoming."