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Language and Politics in the United States and Canada

Author : Thomas K. Ricento
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 113568104X
Total Pages : 383 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (356 download)

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Download or read book Language and Politics in the United States and Canada written by Thomas K. Ricento and published by Routledge. This book was released on 1998-05-01 with total page 383 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume critically analyzes and explains the goals, processes, and effects of language policies in the United States and Canada from historical and contemporary perspectives. The focus of this book is to explore parallel and divergent developments in language policy and language rights in the two countries, especially in the past four decades, as a basis for reflection on what can be learned from one country's experience by the other. Effects of language policies and practices on majority and minority individuals and groups are evaluated. Differences in national and regional language situations in the U.S. and Canada are traced to historical and sociological, demographic, and legal factors which have sometimes been inappropriately generalized or ignored by ideologues. The point is to show that certain general principles of economics and sociology apply to the situations in both countries, but that differing notions of sovereignty, state and nation, ethnicity, pluralism, and multiculturalism have shaped attitudes and policies in significant ways. Understanding the bases for these varying attitudes and policies provides a clearer understanding of the idiosyncratic as well as more universal factors that contribute to tensions between groups and to outcomes, many of which are unintended. The volume makes clear that language matters always involve issues of culture, economics, politics, individual and group identities, and local and national histories. The chapters provide detailed analyses on a wide range of issues at the national, state/provincial, and local levels in both countries. The chapter authors come from a variety of academic disciplines (education, geography, journalism, law, linguistics, political science, and sociology), and the findings, taken together, contribute to an evolving, interdisciplinary theory of language policy.

Language Politics and Policies

Author : Thomas Ricento
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108429130
Total Pages : 351 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (84 download)

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Download or read book Language Politics and Policies written by Thomas Ricento and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2019-07-18 with total page 351 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Leading scholars in language policy examine the politics and policies of language in Canada and the United States.

The Politics of Language : Conflict, Identity, and Cultural Pluralism in Comparative Perspective

Author : Carol L. Schmid Professor of Sociology Guilford Technical Community College
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 0195350219
Total Pages : 230 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (953 download)

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Book Synopsis The Politics of Language : Conflict, Identity, and Cultural Pluralism in Comparative Perspective by : Carol L. Schmid Professor of Sociology Guilford Technical Community College

Download or read book The Politics of Language : Conflict, Identity, and Cultural Pluralism in Comparative Perspective written by Carol L. Schmid Professor of Sociology Guilford Technical Community College and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2001-04-03 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Important aspects of the history of language in the United States remain shrouded in myth and legend. The notion of "one nation, one language" is part of the idealized history of the United States, although in its short history it has probably been host to more bilingual people than any other country in the world. Language is more than a means of communication. It brings into play an entire range of experiences and attitudes toward life. Furthermore, language is a potent symbolic issue because it links power and political claims of ownership with psychological demands for group worth. How people belonging to different language and cultural communities live together in the same political community and how political and structural tensions arise to divide them along language lines, are questions addressed in The Politics of Language. This book analyzes the historical background and recent controversy over language in the United States and compares it to two official multilingual societies: Canada and Switzerland. It's accessibility as a survey of this topic makes it ideal for courses in linguistics, political science, and sociology.

Language Politics of Regional Integration

Author : Michael A. Morris
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1137561475
Total Pages : 214 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (375 download)

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Download or read book Language Politics of Regional Integration written by Michael A. Morris and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-04-08 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Language policies impact language choice, language prestige, and language spread. Rising regional integration, both formal and informal, adds to the sensitivity and complexity of language politics, whether in North America, South America or Europe. This book shows how language politics vary across the Americas and contrast with Europe.

Speaking Up

Author : Marcel Martel
Publisher : Between the Lines(CA)
ISBN 13 : 9781926662930
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (629 download)

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Download or read book Speaking Up written by Marcel Martel and published by Between the Lines(CA). This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fresh look at one of the great issues of our time

Interests of State

Author : Leslie Alexander Pal
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
ISBN 13 : 9780773513273
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (132 download)

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Book Synopsis Interests of State by : Leslie Alexander Pal

Download or read book Interests of State written by Leslie Alexander Pal and published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. This book was released on 1995 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An exploration of the direct funding of advocacy groups by the government. Focusing on groups concerned with the official languages, multiculturalism, and women's issues, Leslie Pal argues that funding is not neutral but is driven by state interests and by a national unity agenda.

Canadian Language Policies in Comparative Perspective

Author : Michael A. Morris
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
ISBN 13 : 0773590803
Total Pages : 536 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (735 download)

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Book Synopsis Canadian Language Policies in Comparative Perspective by : Michael A. Morris

Download or read book Canadian Language Policies in Comparative Perspective written by Michael A. Morris and published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. This book was released on 2010-07-01 with total page 536 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Capturing the dynamism of Canadian language policies, the essays in this volume analyze and compare the effects, histories, and features of language policies as they have been enacted and implemented by Canadian provincial and federal governments. The contributors' comparisons reveal significant domestic and international implications for language policy. An important study of a social and political issue that has immediate local, national, and international consequences, Canadian Language Policies in Comparative Perspective assembles knowledgeable authorities on language policy to provide a comprehensive synthesis of its consequences.

Partial Visions

Author : Richard M. Merelman
Publisher : Madison, Wis. : University of Wisconsin Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 312 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (44 download)

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Download or read book Partial Visions written by Richard M. Merelman and published by Madison, Wis. : University of Wisconsin Press. This book was released on 1991 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A pathbreaking study of political culture in the United States, Britain, and Canada, Partial Visions demonstrates how popular culture--expressed through television soap operas and comedies, civics and history textbooks, magazine advertisements, and corporate publications and recruitment leaflets--subtly deflects and suppresses democratic political action. Richard Merelman argues that political messages embedded in popular culture weaken the division between public and private and between society and the individual. These "partial visions" of democracy are idealized yet inequitable, revelatory yet distorted. As a result, issues that might galvanize useful group conflict do not emerge, and the full potential for public participation in a liberal democracy remains unrealized. Britain, Canada, and the United States share a liberal political culture but differ in their historical evolution and in the structure of their institutions. Each country, Merelman suggests, has developed a distinctive popular culture that shapes public opinion and stifles political debate in nationally specific ways. Different rhetorical devices and metaphors operate in each nation, he points out; in Britain, for example, the monarchy and party system serve as symbols of political reconciliation between the individual and the collectivity. Characterizing the United States as a culture of "institutionalized individualism" and Canada as a culture of emotionally tepid group conflict, Merelman finds Britain's culture of group-based political debate the most successful in encouraging democratic participation. Drawing on symbolic anthropology, poststructuralist literary theory, and positivistic analyses of attitudes and media influence, Merelman conducts a controlled comparison of media representations, political discourse, and public opinion, using rich, complex sets of quantitative and qualitative data . He concludes that culture is not reducible to institutional interests but is intelligible as a whole structure; furthermore, culture can and sometimes does change the contours of political conflict.

The Language of Canadian Politics

Author : John McMenemy
Publisher : Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press
ISBN 13 : 0889206945
Total Pages : 436 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (892 download)

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Download or read book The Language of Canadian Politics written by John McMenemy and published by Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press. This book was released on 2006-04-19 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With nearly 600 cross-referenced entries, The Language of Canadian Politics offers brief essays on the many facets of the Canadian political system, including institutions, events, laws, concepts, and public policies. Concisely written, it is an important resource for people interested in contemporary politics, as well as those interested in the historic context of contemporary political behaviour. Readers not familiar with Canadian government and politics will find the book an invaluable introduction; others will welcome this updated indispensable reference. The fourth edition builds on the strengths of earlier editions. Almost every entry has been revised to reflect contemporary Canadian political events, and many new ones have been added. The results and immediate aftermath of the 2006 federal election are included in various updated entries. There are entries on the merged Progressive Conservative and Canadian Alliance parties as well as new entries on the Anti-Terrorist Act, the Public Safety Act, and the Council of the Federation. The Sponsorship Scandal and the Gomery reports are included in several entries. There is new information on National Security Certificates, and the O’Connor inquiry into the "extraordinary rendition" of Maher Arar comprises part of the revised material on commissions of inquiry. As a further resource, Internet sites have been added to many of the entries.

The United States and Canada

Author : George McKinnon Wrong
Publisher : New York : Abingdon Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book The United States and Canada written by George McKinnon Wrong and published by New York : Abingdon Press. This book was released on 1921 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Oxford Handbook of Sociolinguistics

Author : Robert Bayley
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199344078
Total Pages : 912 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (993 download)

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Download or read book The Oxford Handbook of Sociolinguistics written by Robert Bayley and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2012-12-20 with total page 912 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From its beginnings in the 1960s, sociolinguistics developed several different subfields with distinct methods and interests: the variationist tradition established by Labov, the anthropological tradition of Hymes, interactional sociolinguistics as developed by Gumperz, and the sociology of language represented by the work of Fishman. All of these areas have seen a great deal of growth in recent decades, and recent studies have led to a more broadly inclusive view of sociolinguistics. Hence there is a need for a handbook that will survey the main areas of the field, point out the lacunae in our existing knowledge base, and provide directions for future research. The Oxford Handbook of Sociolinguistics will differ from existing work in four major respects. First, it will emphasize new methodological developments, particularly the convergence of linguistic anthropology and variationist sociolinguistics. Second, it will include chapters on sociolinguistic developments in areas of the world that have been relatively neglected in the major journals. Third, its chapters are written by contributors who have worked in a range of languages and whose work addresses sociolinguistic issues in bi- and multilingual contexts, i.e. the contexts in which a majority of the world's population lives. Finally, it will include substantial material on the rapidly growing study of sign language sociolinguistics.

Women, Language and Politics

Author : Sylvia Shaw
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107080886
Total Pages : 341 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (7 download)

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Download or read book Women, Language and Politics written by Sylvia Shaw and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2020-05-28 with total page 341 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Investigates the underrepresentation of women in politics, by examining how language use constructs and maintains gender inequalities in political institutions.

Politics in Canada

Author : Robert J. Jackson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 652 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Politics in Canada written by Robert J. Jackson and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 652 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Politics in Canada provides a well-rounded view of the current political scene and in a well-defined historical orientation. It is a gracefully written, comprehensive book that will continue to be a dependable reference for many years. This new edition has been updated to reflect the current political scene, including the Harper government, Cabinet and policies, and today’s foremost issues such as security, Afghanistan, poverty, social diversity, terrorism, elections, and minority governments.

State Traditions and Language Regimes

Author : Linda Cardinal
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
ISBN 13 : 0773582940
Total Pages : 289 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (735 download)

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Download or read book State Traditions and Language Regimes written by Linda Cardinal and published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. This book was released on 2015-05-01 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Language policies are political. They have political consequences as well as political origins. In State Traditions and Language Regimes, scholars from Asia, Europe, and North America shift focus from the consequences of language policies to how and why states make language policy choices. This shift, theorized through the concept of "language regime," inserts an urgently needed political science perspective into the current dialogue between sociolinguists, who research the societal effects of language policies, and political theorists of language rights, who analyze the normative implications of policies. New analytical tools drawn from comparative politics are showcased to analyze paths taken by different states in establishing language regimes, at times disrupted and redirected at critical junctures. Contributions to the volume include analyses of Canada's increasingly court-driven language policies, the United States’ bifurcated language regime in the aftermath of 9/11, Ireland’s conflicted protection of the Irish language, France's linguistic Jacobin tradition disrupted by Europeanization, the role of political parties and coalitions in language regime stability and change in Taiwan and Southeast Asia, Poland's war-torn history informing policy toward regional languages, and the role of English in international peace-building. While other books look at the political and societal effects of language policy, none seeks to employ a historical institutionalism approach which sets language policy choice in the context of power relations embedded in state traditions. State Traditions and Language Regimes offers a comparative politics perspective, one that enriches interdisciplinary debate on language policy.

The Politics of Abortion in the United States and Canada: A Comparative Study

Author : Raymond Tatalovich
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317455398
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (174 download)

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Download or read book The Politics of Abortion in the United States and Canada: A Comparative Study written by Raymond Tatalovich and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-05-20 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A cross-cultural analysis of the abortion issue in the United States and Canada. The book focuses on: the judicial, legislative and executive branches; public opinion and interest groups; federal agencies; and the roles of subnational authorities and the health care sectors.

Policy Politics Canada

Author : Carolyn Tuohy
Publisher : Temple University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780877228707
Total Pages : 436 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (287 download)

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Download or read book Policy Politics Canada written by Carolyn Tuohy and published by Temple University Press. This book was released on 1992-06-11 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comparative perspective on the distinctive feature of the Canadian policy process enabling conflict resolution

Language Rights and Political Theory

Author : Will Kymlicka
Publisher : OUP Oxford
ISBN 13 : 0191586110
Total Pages : 364 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (915 download)

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Download or read book Language Rights and Political Theory written by Will Kymlicka and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2003-05-29 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Disputes over language policy are a persistent feature of the political life of many states around the world. Multilingual countries in the West such as Belgium, Spain, Switzerland and Canada have long histories of conflict over language rights. In many countries in Eastern Europe and the Third World, efforts to construct common institutions and a shared identity have been severely complicated by linguistic diversity. Indigenous languages around the world are in danger of disappearing. Even in the United States, where English is widely accepted as the language of public life, the linguistic rights of Spanish-speakers are hotly-contested. Not surprisingly, therefore, political theorists have started to examine questions of language policy, and how they relate to broader issues of democracy, justice and rights. This volume provides the reader with an up-to-date overview of the emerging debates over the role of language rights and linguistic diversity within political theory. It brings together many of the leading political theorists who work in the field, together with some of the most important social scientists, with the aim of exploring how political theorists can conceptualize issues of language rights and contribute to public debates on language policy. Questions of language policy are not only of enormous political importance in many countries, but also help to illuminate some of the most important debates in contemporary political theory, including questions of citizenship, deliberative democracy, nationalism, multiculturalism, identity politics, group rights, the liberal-communitarian debate, and so on. The thirteen essays in this volume highlight both the empirical constraints and normative complexities of language policy, and identify the important challenges and opportunities that linguistic diversity raises for contemporary political theory.