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Evaluation of Language Regimes : Theory and application to multilingual patent organisations.
2014
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Title
Evaluation of Language Regimes : Theory and application to multilingual patent organisations.
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Item Type
Book
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1 online resource (402 pages).
ISBN
9789027270450 electronic book
Summary
Building on existing analytical frameworks, this book provides a new methodology allowing different language policies in international multilingual organisations (or "language regimes") to be compared and evaluated on the basis of criteria such as efficiency and fairness. It explains step-by-step how to organise the evaluation of language regimes and how to design and interpret indicators for such evaluation. The second part of this book applies the theoretical framework to the evaluation of the language policy of the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) division of the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) and the European Patent Office (EPO). Results show that an increase in linguistic diversity of the language regimes of patent organisations can both improve the efficiency of the patent system and lead to a more balanced distribution of costs among countries. This book is a resource for scholars in language policy and planning and for policy-makers in the international and European patent system.
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Building on existing analytical frameworks, this book provides a new methodology allowing different language policies in international multilingual organisations (or "language regimes") to be compared and evaluated on the basis of criteria such as efficiency and fairness. It explains step-by-step how to organise the evaluation of language regimes and how to design and interpret indicators for such evaluation. The second part of this book applies the theoretical framework to the evaluation of the language policy of the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) division of the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) and the European Patent Office (EPO). Results show that an increase in linguistic diversity of the language regimes of patent organisations can both improve the efficiency of the patent system and lead to a more balanced distribution of costs among countries. This book is a resource for scholars in language policy and planning and for policy-makers in the international and European patent system.
Building on existing analytical frameworks, this book provides a new methodology allowing different language policies in international multilingual organisations (or "language regimes") to be compared and evaluated on the basis of criteria such as efficiency and fairness. It explains step-by-step how to organise the evaluation of language regimes and how to design and interpret indicators for such evaluation. The second part of this book applies the theoretical framework to the evaluation of the language policy of the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) division of the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) and the European Patent Office (EPO). Results show that an increase in linguistic diversity of the language regimes of patent organisations can both improve the efficiency of the patent system and lead to a more balanced distribution of costs among countries. This book is a resource for scholars in language policy and planning and for policy-makers in the international and European patent system.
Formatted Contents Note
The Evaluation of Language Regimes
Editorial page
Title page
LCC data
Table of contents
List of figures
List of tables
List of abbreviations
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Setting the scene
Chapter 1. The need for evaluation in language policy
1.1 Historical overview
1.1.1 Evaluation in language policy and planning: A missing link
1.1.2 Language policy evaluation: An outline
1.2 Language policy and individuals' welfare
1.2.1 Language policy as public policy
1.2.2 Linguistic laissez-faire and language policy.
1.2.3 Linguistic environments, welfare and language policies
1.3 The role of evaluation in language planning
Part I. Theory
Chapter 2. The criteria of efficiency and fairness
2.1 Efficiency and fairness in economics
2.1.1 Efficiency
2.1.2 The Pareto criterion and the compensation principle
2.1.3 Fairness
2.2 Departure from the benchmark: Market failures and public policies
2.2.1 Market failures
2.2.2 Public policies
2.3 Techniques for evaluating the efficiency of public policies
2.3.1 Cost-benefit analysis
2.3.2 Cost-effectiveness analysis.
Chapter 3. Multilingual communication as an object of evaluation
3.1 Language as a public good
3.2 Evaluating the efficiency of language policies
3.2.1 The limits of cost-benefit analysis for language policy evaluation
3.2.2 Effective communication as an object of study
3.3 Assessing the fairness of language policies
Chapter 4. The evaluation process
4.1 Organising policy evaluation
4.1.1 Evaluation as organisational learning
4.1.2 Designing evaluation
4.1.3 Implementing evaluation
4.2 Evaluating language regimes
4.2.1 On the concept of language regime.
4.2.2 Problem analysis
4.2.3 Design
4.2.4 Implementation
Chapter 5. Indicators
5.1 Policy, social and economic indicators
5.2 Principles of indicator design
5.2.1 Designing indicators
5.2.2 Typologies of indicators
5.2.3 Assessing the quality of indicators and indicator systems
5.3 Existing language policy indicators
5.4 Measuring the diversity of language regimes
Part II. Application to multilingual patent organisations
Chapter 6. Multilingualism and patents
6.1 Intellectual property
6.2 Patents
6.2.1 Characteristics.
6.2.2 The rationale for patents
6.3 Costs, effectiveness and fairness of the language regimes of patent offices
6.3.1 Assessing costs
6.3.2 Assessing effectiveness
6.3.3 Assessing fairness
6.4 Evaluating the language regime of patent offices
6.5 Innovation, patenting and translation requirements
Chapter 7. The language regime of the PCT system
7.1 The international patent system
7.1.1 Historical insights
7.1.2 Patent statistics as indicators of innovation
7.2 The World Intellectual Property Organisation
7.2.1 Structure.
7.2.2 Official languages and language services.
Editorial page
Title page
LCC data
Table of contents
List of figures
List of tables
List of abbreviations
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Setting the scene
Chapter 1. The need for evaluation in language policy
1.1 Historical overview
1.1.1 Evaluation in language policy and planning: A missing link
1.1.2 Language policy evaluation: An outline
1.2 Language policy and individuals' welfare
1.2.1 Language policy as public policy
1.2.2 Linguistic laissez-faire and language policy.
1.2.3 Linguistic environments, welfare and language policies
1.3 The role of evaluation in language planning
Part I. Theory
Chapter 2. The criteria of efficiency and fairness
2.1 Efficiency and fairness in economics
2.1.1 Efficiency
2.1.2 The Pareto criterion and the compensation principle
2.1.3 Fairness
2.2 Departure from the benchmark: Market failures and public policies
2.2.1 Market failures
2.2.2 Public policies
2.3 Techniques for evaluating the efficiency of public policies
2.3.1 Cost-benefit analysis
2.3.2 Cost-effectiveness analysis.
Chapter 3. Multilingual communication as an object of evaluation
3.1 Language as a public good
3.2 Evaluating the efficiency of language policies
3.2.1 The limits of cost-benefit analysis for language policy evaluation
3.2.2 Effective communication as an object of study
3.3 Assessing the fairness of language policies
Chapter 4. The evaluation process
4.1 Organising policy evaluation
4.1.1 Evaluation as organisational learning
4.1.2 Designing evaluation
4.1.3 Implementing evaluation
4.2 Evaluating language regimes
4.2.1 On the concept of language regime.
4.2.2 Problem analysis
4.2.3 Design
4.2.4 Implementation
Chapter 5. Indicators
5.1 Policy, social and economic indicators
5.2 Principles of indicator design
5.2.1 Designing indicators
5.2.2 Typologies of indicators
5.2.3 Assessing the quality of indicators and indicator systems
5.3 Existing language policy indicators
5.4 Measuring the diversity of language regimes
Part II. Application to multilingual patent organisations
Chapter 6. Multilingualism and patents
6.1 Intellectual property
6.2 Patents
6.2.1 Characteristics.
6.2.2 The rationale for patents
6.3 Costs, effectiveness and fairness of the language regimes of patent offices
6.3.1 Assessing costs
6.3.2 Assessing effectiveness
6.3.3 Assessing fairness
6.4 Evaluating the language regime of patent offices
6.5 Innovation, patenting and translation requirements
Chapter 7. The language regime of the PCT system
7.1 The international patent system
7.1.1 Historical insights
7.1.2 Patent statistics as indicators of innovation
7.2 The World Intellectual Property Organisation
7.2.1 Structure.
7.2.2 Official languages and language services.
Series
Multilingualism and Diversity Management.
Available in Other Form
Print version: Gazzola, Michele Evaluation of Language Regimes : Theory and application to multilingual patent organisations Amsterdam : John Benjamins Publishing Company,c2014
Published
Amsterdam : John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2014.
Language
English
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