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Language Rights and Political Theory
Edited by Will Kymlicka and Alan Patten
364 pages
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3 figures and 2 tables
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234x156mm
978-0-19-926290-8
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Hardback
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29 May 2003
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- Authors include virtually all of the leading figures in the field
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 United States, 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. It brings together many of the leading political theorists who work in the field, together with some of the most important social scientists, with the aim of exploring how political theorists can conceptualize issues of language rights and contribute to public debates on language policy. Questions of language policy are not only of enormous political importance in many countries, but
also help to illuminate some of the most important debates in contemporary political theory, including questions of citizenship, deliberative democracy, nationalism, multiculturalism, identity politics, group rights, the liberal-communitarian debate, and so on. The thirteen essays in this volume highlight both the empirical constraints and normative complexities of language policy, and identify the important challenges and opportunities that linguistic diversity raises for contemporary political theory.
Readership: Scholars and Students of Political Theory, Political Philosophy, Multiculturalism, Nationalism, Public Policy, and Sociolinguistics
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Edited by Will Kymlicka, Queen's National Scholar, Department of Philosophy, Queen's University, and Alan Patten, Associate Professor of Political Science, McGill University Contributors:
Michael Blake, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
Idil Boran, McGill University
Francois Grin, University of Geneva
David D. Laitin, Stanford University
Jacob T. Levy, University of Chicago
Will Kymlicka, Queen's University, Ontario and Central European University in Budapest
Stephen May, University of Waikato, New Zeland
Alan Patten, Mcgill
University
Thomas Pogge, Columbia University
Denise Réaume, University of Toronto
Rob Reich, Standford University
Ruth Rubio-Marin, University of Seville
Philippe Van Parijs, Université Catolique de Louvain
Daniel Weinstock, L'Université de Montréal
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"Language Rights and Political Theory is a strong book because it brings together the essays of outstanding specialists in the field." - Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies
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1: Alan Patten and Will Kymlicka: Introduction: Language Rights and Political Theory: Context, Issues, and Approaches
2: Ruth Rubio-Marin: Language Rights: Exploring the Competing Rationales
3: David D. Laitin and Rob Reich: A liberal Democratic Approach to Language Justice
4: Thomas Pogge: Accomodation Rights for Hispanics in teh U.S.
5: Stephen May: Misconceiving Minority Language Rights: Implications for Liberal Political Theory
6: Philippe Van Parijs: linguistic Justice
7: Francois Grin: Diversity as Paradigm, Analytical Device, and Policy Goal
8: Idil Boran: Global Linguistic Diversity, Public Goods, and the Principle of Fairness
9: Michael Blake: Language Death and Liberal Politics
10: Jacob T. Levy: Language Rights, Literacy, and the Modern State
11: Daniel M. Weinstock: The Antinomy of Language Rights
12: Denise G. Reaume: Beyond Personality: The Territorial and Personal Principles of Language Policy Reconsidered
13: Alan Patten: What Kind of Bilingualism?
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