Language policy and identity politics in the United States [[electronic resource] /] / Ronald Schmidt

• Autore: Schmidt Ronald <1943->
• Pubblicazione: Philadelphia, : Temple University Press, 2000
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (297 p.)
• Disciplina: 306.44/973
• Soggetto topico: Language policy - United States; Americanization; Cultural pluralism - United States
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 257-274) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: A Politics of Language in the United States?; I. The Issues and the Context; 1. Language Policies in Conflict: An Overview; 2. Making Sense of Language Policy Conflict; 3. The Social Foundations of U.S. Language Politics; II. The Arguments; 4. Historical Perspectives on U.S. Identity Politics and Ethnolinguistic Inequality; 5. Language Policy and Equality: The Search for Justice; 6. Language Policy and National Unity: The Search for the Common Good; III. Critique and Reform ; 7. Flaws at Every Turn: A Critique of Assimilationist, Pluralist, and Confederationist Alternatives8. Pluralistic Integration: Toward Greater Justice and a More Common Good; Notes; References; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Well over thirty million people in the United States speak a primary language other than English. Nearly twenty million of them speak Spanish. And these numbers are growing. Critics of immigration and multiculturalism argue that recent government language policies such as bilingual education, non-English election materials, and social service and workplace ""language rights"" threaten the national character of the United States. Proponents of bilingualism, on the other hand, maintain that, far from being a threat, these language policies and programs provide an opportunity to right old wr
• Titolo autorizzato: Language policy and identity politics in the United States
• ISBN: 1-4399-0609-2; 0-585-38276-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910455505403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Mapping racisms.