Language policy and the promotion of peace
Subtitle: African and European case studies
By: edited by Neville Alexander and Arnulf von Scheliha
Publisher: Unisa Press
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Pretoria
Language: eng
Number of pages: 135
ISBN-13: 9781868887491
Subjects: Sociolinguistics; Political aspects; Conflict management; Language and languages; Language policy
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Conditions under which language policy affects social stability / Neville Alexander; title: The case of the Catalan language: some lessons / Felix Martí; title: Language and hegemonic power: how feasible is conflict management by means of language policy? / H. Ekkehard Wolff; title: The language issue and the quest for everlasting peace in Africa: prospects and challenges / Sozinho Francisco Matsinhe; title: The role of language in the process of constructing, preserving and reinforcing peace in Africa / Etienne Sadembouo and Maurice Tadadjeu; title: Language policy and identity conflict in relation to Afrikaans in the post-apartheid era / Jon Orman; title: Linguistic politics and the Northern Island peace process / Aodán Mac Póilin; title: Language policy and conflict management: a view from Galicia / Fernando Ramallo; title: Overcoming ethno-linguistic divisions: developing educational materials in post-war Bosnia-Herzegovina / Brigitta Busch; title: On language and peace: some theological remarks / Arnulf von Scheliha.