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Language and Minority Rights Ethnicity, Nationalism and the Politics of Language (2nd Edition) by Stephen May

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Author
Stephen May
Publisher
Routledge
Pages
448 pages
ISBN
978-0805863079
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Language and Minority Rights: Ethnicity, Nationalism and the Politics of Language

Author: Stephen May (Author)

Edition: 2nd

Language: English

Publisher: Routledge

Dimensions: 6 x 1 x 9 inches

ISBN-10: 805863079

ISBN-13: 978-0805863079

Publication Date: November 16, 2011

Print Length: 448 pages

This second edition addresses new theoretical and empirical developments since its initial publication, including the burgeoning influence of globalization and the relentless rise of English as the current world language. May’s broad position remains largely unchanged, arguing that the causes of many of the language-based conflicts in the world today still lie with the nation-state and its preoccupation with establishing a ‘common’ language and culture via mass education. The solution, he suggests, is to rethink nation-states in more culturally and linguistically plural ways while avoiding, at the same time, essentializing the language-identity link. This edition adopts a wide interdisciplinary framework, drawing on sociolinguistics, applied linguistics, sociology, political theory, education, and law. It also includes new discussions of cosmopolitanism, globalization, the role of English, and language and mobility, highlighting the ongoing difficulties faced by minority language speakers in the world today.