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UNINA9910821093703321 |
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Autore |
Bucken-Knapp Gregg |
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Titolo |
Elites, language, and the politics of identity : the Norwegian case in comparative perspective / / Gregg Bucken-Knapp |
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Albany, : State University of New York Press, c2003 |
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ISBN |
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0-7914-8720-2 |
1-4175-3121-5 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource e (xi, 193 pages) |
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Collana |
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SUNY series in national identities |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Norwegian language (Nynorsk) - History - 19th century |
Norwegian language - Social aspects - 19th century |
Norwegian language - Social aspects - 20th century |
Sami language |
Nationalism - Norway - History |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 179-187) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Front Matter -- Contents -- Tables -- Acknowledgements -- Language, Politics, and Modern Norway -- National Identity, Party Identity, and the Role of Nynorsk in the New Norwegian State -- Language and Social Democracy in Twentieth-Century Norway -- The Shifting Fate of the Sámi Languages in Modern Norway -- Norway Compared: The Case of Belgian Language Politics -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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"Why and when do linguistic cleavages within a nation become politicized? Using Norway - where language has played a particularly silent role in the nation's history - as a case study, Gregg Bucken-Knapp explores these questions and challenges the notion that the politicization of language conflict is a response to language problems. He shows that political elites often view language conflict as a political opportunity, placing it on the policy agenda as an effective mobilizing tool to serve their own nonlinguistic political ends. Although language-oriented interest groups may fight to achieve desired language policies, they are generally unsuccessful when their preferences clash with the broader objectives of political elites. This book focuses on |
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