Elites, language, and the politics of identity :: the Norwegian case in comparative perspective /

"Why and when do linguistic cleavages within a nation become politicized? Using Norway - where language has played a particularly silent role in the nation's history - as a case study, Gregg Bucken-Knapp explores these questions and challenges the notion that the politicization of language...

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1. Verfasser: Bucken-Knapp, Gregg
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Albany : State University of New York Press, ©2003.
Schriftenreihe:SUNY series in national identities.
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Zusammenfassung:"Why and when do linguistic cleavages within a nation become politicized? Using Norway - where language has played a particularly silent role in the nation's history - as a case study, Gregg Bucken-Knapp explores these questions and challenges the notion that the politicization of language conflict is a response to language problems. He shows that political elites often view language conflict as a political opportunity, placing it on the policy agenda as an effective mobilizing tool to serve their own nonlinguistic political ends. Although language-oriented interest groups may fight to achieve desired language policies, they are generally unsuccessful when their preferences clash with the broader objectives of political elites. This book focuses on understanding just how language policies emerge."--Jacket
Beschreibung:1 online resource (xi, 193 pages).
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references (pages 179-187) and index.
ISBN:1417531215
9781417531219
9780791487204
0791487202

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