LEADER 04278nam 22006855 450 001 9910807749203321 005 20240418085034.0 010 $a0-8122-9210-3 024 7 $a10.9783/9780812292107 035 $a(CKB)3710000000336172 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001406302 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11967236 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001406302 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11401857 035 $a(PQKB)11642619 035 $a(DE-B1597)463546 035 $a(OCoLC)902828884 035 $a(OCoLC)952799648 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780812292107 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3571573 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000336172 100 $a20180924d2015 fg 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||#|||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aStandardizing Diversity $eThe Political Economy of Language Regimes /$fAmy H. Liu 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aPhiladelphia :$cUniversity of Pennsylvania Press,$d[2015] 210 4$dİ2015 215 $a1 online resource $c22 illus 225 0 $aNational and Ethnic Conflict in the 21st Century 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-8122-4672-1 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tNote About Interviews --$tPart I: Toward a Typology of Language Regimes --$tChapter 1. Introduction --$tChapter 2. Typology of Language Regimes --$tPart II: Language Regime Choice --$tChapter 3. Language Regime Choice: Theory --$tChapter 4. Language Regime Choice: Evidence --$tPart III: Economic Effects of Language Regimes --$tChapter 5. Economic Effects of Language Regimes: Theory --$tChapter 6. Mechanism 1: Social Capital --$tChapter 7. Mechanism 2: Foreign Capital --$tChapter 8. Conclusion: Standardizing Diversity --$tNotes --$tReferences --$tIndex --$tAcknowledgments 330 $aLanguages have deep political significance beyond communication: a common language can strengthen cultural bonds and social trust, or it may exacerbate cultural differences and power imbalances. Language regimes that emerge from political bargains can centralize power by favoring the language of one ethnolinguistic group, share power by recognizing multiple mother tongues, or neutralize power through the use of a lingua franca. Cultural egoism, communicative efficiency, or collective equality determines the choice. As Amy H. Liu demonstrates, the conditions surrounding the choice of a language regime also have a number of implications for a nation's economy. Standardizing Diversity examines the relationship between the distribution of linguistic power and economic growth. Using a newly assembled dataset of all language-in-education policies in Asia from 1945 to 2005 and drawing on fieldwork data from Malaysia and Singapore, Liu shows language regimes that recognize a lingua franca exclusively-or at least above all others-tend to develop social trust, attract foreign investment, and stimulate economic growth. Particularly at high levels of heterogeneity, the recognition of a lingua franca fosters equality and facilitates efficiency. Her findings challenge the prevailing belief that linguistic diversity inhibits economic growth, suggesting instead that governments in even the most ethnically heterogeneous countries have institutional tools to standardize their diversity and to thrive economically. 606 $aLanguage policy$xEconomic aspects$zSoutheast Asia 606 $aLanguage policy$xPolitical aspects 606 $aLanguage policy$xEconomic aspects 606 $aLanguage and languages 606 $aLanguages & Literatures$2HILCC 606 $aPhilology & Linguistics$2HILCC 607 $aSoutheast Asia$xLanguages$xPolitical aspects 610 $aPolitical Science. 610 $aPublic Policy. 615 0$aLanguage policy$xEconomic aspects 615 0$aLanguage policy$xPolitical aspects 615 0$aLanguage policy$xEconomic aspects 615 0$aLanguage and languages 615 7$aLanguages & Literatures 615 7$aPhilology & Linguistics 676 $a306.44/9598 700 $aLiu$b Amy H.$01545134 801 0$bDE-B1597 801 1$bDE-B1597 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910807749203321 996 $aStandardizing Diversity$94020023 997 $aUNINA