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Language, Ethnicity and the State
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Paperback. Editor(s): O'Reilly, C. Num Pages: 240 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFB; HBJD; JFSL; JHB; JHM; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
The political and social upheavals following 1989 have had a significant impact on the minority languages of Eastern Europe. There have been attempts at enlightened treatment of minority linguistic groups in some of the new states but in others such groups have been openly oppressed. This volume draws on sociologically and ethnographically oriented work from a number of disciplines to allow the reader to compare developments in the different states, and to examine the interplay of language issues, ethnic nationalism, and processes of state formation and restructuring in the various political and historical contexts of Central and Eastern Europe. A ... Read more
The political and social upheavals following 1989 have had a significant impact on the minority languages of Eastern Europe. There have been attempts at enlightened treatment of minority linguistic groups in some of the new states but in others such groups have been openly oppressed. This volume draws on sociologically and ethnographically oriented work from a number of disciplines to allow the reader to compare developments in the different states, and to examine the interplay of language issues, ethnic nationalism, and processes of state formation and restructuring in the various political and historical contexts of Central and Eastern Europe. A ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
Number of Pages
228
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781349425464
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V9781349425464
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About C. . Ed(S): O'Reilly
JOHN DOBSON Senior Lecturer in Industrial Relations, University of Salford REBECCA GOLBERT Doctoral Candidate in Social Anthropology, University of Oxford ROBERT GREENBERG Associate Professor, Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill ROSSITZA GUENTCHEVA Ph.D. Candidate, University of Cambridge THOMAS HEGARTY Professor of History, University of Tampa, Florida STEFAN WOLFF DAAD Lecturer in Modern German Studies, ... Read more
Reviews for Language, Ethnicity and the State
...these two volumes offer a superior introduction to the politics of language in Europe and valuable insights to all who work on language, culture and power in the US...highly recommended to all serious readers. Choice