Language, Ethnic Identity and the State
Language, Ethnic Identity and the State by William Safran, published by Routledge in 2005, explores the significant relationship between language and ethnicity as crucial elements for political stability. This edition comprises 165 pages and is presented in English. The book features five case studies from multilingual nations—South Africa, Algeria, Canada, Latvia, and Senegal—where language has played a vital role in shaping political dynamics and challenges to national unity.
Readers will find a thorough examination of how language issues intersect with social class and economic factors, offering new perspectives on political cohesion and discontent. The discussions are supported by comparative analyses that highlight the complexities of language in the context of ethnicity and politics. This work is particularly relevant for students and scholars interested in linguistics, language arts, and the sociopolitical landscape of diverse nations.
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This new study powerfully asserts the pivotal importance of the interplay between language and ethnicity, which is often underestimated as a component for political stability.
These leading scholars present five key case studies of South Africa, Algeria, Canada, Latvia and Senegal. All five countries are multilingual nations where language has been a central political issue that has challenged their unity and stability.
These studies are underpinned by two general, comparative and theoretical discussions, which analyse how scholars consider social class and economic factors to be the primary sources for political cohesion or of malcontent with the system and the new avenues opened by a focus on issues of langauge.
This book will be of great interest to all students and scholars of linguistics, language, politics and sociology.
This is a special issue of the leading journal Nationalism and Ethnic Politics.
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