States of Language Policy

Herausgeber: Albaugh, Ericka; Léger, Rémi; Cardinal, Linda

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Why do some countries have one official language while others have two or more? Why do Indigenous languages have official status in some countries but not others? How do we theorize about continuity and change when we explain state language policy choices? Combining both the theory and practice of language regimes, this book explains how the relationship between language, politics, and policy can be studied. It brings together a globally representative team of scholars to look at the patterns of continuity and change, the concept of state traditions, and notions of historical legacies, critical juncture, path dependency, layering, conversion, and drift. It contains in-depth case studies from a multitude of countries including Algeria, Burkina Faso, Canada, Hong Kong, India, Norway, Peru, Ukraine, and Wales, and across both colonial and postcolonial contexts. Wide-ranging yet accessible, it is essential reading for practitioners and scholars engaged in the theory and practice of language policies.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 326
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. Oktober 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 626g
• ISBN-13: 9781009264723
• ISBN-10: 1009264729
• Artikelnr.: 70205255

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction; 1. Introduction: theorizing continuity and change in states'
language policy Ericka Albaugh, Linda Cardinal and Rémi Léger; Part I.
Routes of Change: 2. Universalism as a state tradition in Norway and its
impact on language policy choices Eli Bjørhusdal; 3. Policy change in a
language regime: institutionalism, incrementalism and agency Martin
Normand; 4. The decline and rebirth of Manx Gaelic: state traditions and
language change in a small island context Gary Wilson; 5. Cultural
heterogeneity and language regime transformation: the Ukrainian case
Bartosz Hordecki; 6. Language regime change in Peru: authoritarian state
traditions and unexpected effects of democratic reforms Stéphanie Rousseau
and Eduardo Dargent; Part II. Dependent Relationships: 7. African state
traditions and language regimes Ericka Albaugh; 8. Algeria's language
regime: a case of postcolonial linguistic Jacobinism Linda Cardinal and
Djamel Chikh; 9. Language politics in India: tradition, regime and
diversity Selma K. Sonntag; 10. Lost in traditions? continuity and change
in Hong Kong's language regime Jean-François Dupré; Part III. Levels of
Governance: 11. Indigenous reconciliation and the limits of Canada's
language regime Miranda Huron; 12. State tradition and language
revitalization in wales Huw Lewis and Elin Royles; 13. Language regime
change and Europeanization: the council of Europe, Slovakia and the
treatment of Romani Milena Pandy; 14. Language regimes, global English and
national public education Peter Ives; Conclusion; 15. Language and
politics: state traditions and language policy André Lecours.