Language Rights and Political Theory
Oxford University Press (Verlag)
978-0-19-926291-5 (ISBN)
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 US, 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.
Will Kymlicka is Queen's National Scholar, Department of Philosophy, Queen's University Alan Patten is Associate Professor of Political Science, McGill University
1. Introduction: Language Rights and Political Theory: Context, Issues, and Approaches ; 2. Language Rights: Exploring the Competing Rationales ; 3. A liberal Democratic Approach to Language Justice ; 4. Accomodation Rights for Hispanics in teh U.S. ; 5. Misconceiving Minority Language Rights: Implications for Liberal Political Theory ; 6. linguistic Justice ; 7. Diversity as Paradigm, Analytical Device, and Policy Goal ; 8. Global Linguistic Diversity, Public Goods, and the Principle of Fairness ; 9. Language Death and Liberal Politics ; 10. Language Rights, Literacy, and the Modern State ; 11. The Antinomy of Language Rights ; 12. Beyond Personality: The Territorial and Personal Principles of Language Policy Reconsidered ; 13. What Kind of Bilingualism?
Erscheint lt. Verlag | 29.5.2003 |
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Zusatzinfo | 2 tables and 3 figures |
Verlagsort | Oxford |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 157 x 233 mm |
Gewicht | 570 g |
Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Ethik |
Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Sprachwissenschaft | |
Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie | |
Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Theorie | |
Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie | |
ISBN-10 | 0-19-926291-8 / 0199262918 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-19-926291-5 / 9780199262915 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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