Cole, Alistair Mark  ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9222-0523 and Harguindeguy, Jean-Baptiste, eds.
2014.
The politics of ethno-linguistic mobilization in Europe: Language matters.
Abingdon and New York:
Routledge.
10.4324/9781315085579
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Abstract
Language constitutes a very sensitive nexus between the concepts of territory and community. Though a fundamental issue in contemporary societies, it remains relatively unaddressed by political scientists. This book promotes a better understanding of the connection between the concepts of identity, territory and language in the context of an enlarged Europe. We propose a portrait of the actual place of regional languages in European politics. Ethno-linguistic mobilisations have occurred in very different contexts, and their interpretation needs to take into account varying configurations and conditions of success that we label as situational, institutional, and socio-political. The book combines empirical case studies drawn from Spain, the UK, Poland, France, Ireland and Canada with comparative, conceptual and theoretical insights into linguistic uniformity and diversity. The various chapters in the book go beyond description. The originality of the work is to bridge the institutionalisation of language regimes, the sociological analysis of languages rights’ movements, and the normative underpinnings that ought to underpin language claims.
| Item Type: | Book - edited |
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| Book Type: | Edited Book |
| Date Type: | Publication |
| Status: | Published |
| Schools: | Schools > Department of Politics and International Relations (POLIR) |
| Subjects: | J Political Science > JV Colonies and colonization. Emigration and immigration. International migration P Language and Literature > P Philology. Linguistics P Language and Literature > PB Modern European Languages |
| Additional Information: | Published 29th October 2013. Copyright date 2014. |
| Publisher: | Routledge |
| ISBN: | 9780415723404 |
| Last Modified: | 10 Aug 2026 15:23 |
| URI: | https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/56455 |
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