Language politics of regional integration
Subtitle: cases from the Americas
By: Michael A. Morris
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2016
Place of publication: New York City
Language: eng
Number of pages: 214
ISBN-13: 9781137567826
Subjects: Language spread; Language and culture; POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Cultural Policy; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Government / Comparative; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies; Language and languages; Language policy
Description: "Language policies are politically sensitive in impacting, either positively or negatively, 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. Language Politics of Regional Integration: Cases from the Americas shows how language politics vary across the region and contrast with language politics in Europe. Morris presents a framework for systematically comparing selected cases from the Americas by distinguishing between eight different dimensions of language politics. These are then applied to case studies of Canada, the United States, Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean. The book concludes by identifying in each case particularly divisive issues as well as opportunities for promoting reconciliation"--

"Language policies are politically sensitive in impacting, either positively or negatively, language choice, prestige and 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 show how language politics varies across the Americas and contrasts with Europe"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note:; title: List of Tables; title: Acknowledgements; title: 1. Comparative Language Politics; title: 2. Language Politics and Integration in the Americas: Propositions and Framework; title: 3. Language Politics in Canada and the United States; title: 4. Middle American Language Politics; title: 5. Caribbean Language Politics; title: 6. Superpower Linguistic Competition in Cuba; title: 7. Conclusion.