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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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Pubblicazione: | Albany, : State University of New York Press, c2003 |
Edizione: | 1st ed. |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource e (xi, 193 pages) |
Disciplina: | 306.44/09481 |
Soggetto topico: | Norwegian language (Nynorsk) - History - 19th century |
Norwegian language - Social aspects - 19th century | |
Norwegian language - Social aspects - 20th century | |
Sami language | |
Nationalism - Norway - History | |
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 |
Titolo autorizzato: | Elites, language, and the politics of identity ![]() |
ISBN: | 0-7914-8720-2 |
1-4175-3121-5 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910821093703321 |
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