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Record Nr.

UNINA9910821093703321

Autore

Bucken-Knapp Gregg

Titolo

Elites, language, and the politics of identity : the Norwegian case in comparative perspective / / Gregg Bucken-Knapp

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Albany, : State University of New York Press, c2003

ISBN

0-7914-8720-2

1-4175-3121-5

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource e (xi, 193 pages)

Collana

SUNY series in national identities

Disciplina

306.44/09481

Soggetti

Norwegian language (Nynorsk) - History - 19th century

Norwegian language - Social aspects - 19th century

Norwegian language - Social aspects - 20th century

Sami language

Nationalism - Norway - History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 179-187) and index.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

"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



understanding just how language policies emerge."--Jacket