Multilingualism and Politics

This edited book makes a significant contribution to the relatively under-explored field of multilingualism and politics, approaching the topic from two key perspectives: multilingualism in politics, and the politics of multilingualism. Through the lens of case studies from around the world, the authors in this volume combine theoretical and empirical insights to examine the inter-relation between multilingualism and politics in different spheres and contexts, including minority language policy, national identity, the translation of political debates and discourse, and the use of multiple, often competing languages in educational settings. This book will be of interest to students and scholars in the fields of politics, sociology, sociolinguistics, language policy, and translation and interpreting studies.

Focuses on multilingualism as a key element of the social construction of contemporary public spheres Examines the interdisciplinarity between languages and politics, especially the combination of politics, sociology, sociolinguistics, language policy and translation and interpreting studies Includes a broad scope of case studies, beyond the usual empirical explorations on EU politics, including examples from Croatia, Scotland, Hong Kong, Guadeloupe

Autorentext

Katerina Strani is Associate Professor and Head of Cultural Studies in the Department of Languages and Intercultural Studies at Heriot-Watt University, UK. With a background in languages and politics, she is interested in how multilingualism and multiculturalism shape contemporary society, politics and communities. ****

Inhalt
Chapter 1: Introduction (Katerina Strani).- Chapter 2: Multilingualism in/ and Politics Revisited: the State of the Art (Katerina Strani).- Chapter 3: Diverting Linguistic Diversity: the Politics of Multilingualism in the European Parliament (Martijn Mos).- Chapter 4: The Grilling: An Ethnographic Language Policy Analysis of EU Multilingualism Performed in the European Parliament (Péter Károly Szabó).- Chapter 5: Flagging the Homeland: Interpreting Brexit à la UKIP in the European Union (Morven Beaton-Thorne).- Chapter 6: Multilingualism and the Brexit Referendum (Roland Kappe).- Chapter 7: Civic Citizenship as Multilingual Citizenship? Somali People's Experiences of the Limits of Language and Belonging in Scotland (Emma Hill).- Chapter 8: Managing Institutional Spaces: Negotiating Linguistic Inequality in Repatriation Programmes (Katy Brickley).- Chapter 9: Monolingualism and National Identity: Lessons from Europe (Simona Guglielmi).- Chapter 10: Galician-Portuguese and the Politics of Language in Contemporary Galicia (Alejandro Dayán-Fernández and Bernadette O'Rourke).- Chapter 11: China's Belt and Road Initiative: Opportunities and Linguistic Challenges for Hong Kong (Tae-Hee Choi and Bob Adamson).- Chapter 12: For Whom the School Bell Tolls: Minority Language Politics in the Croatian Educational System (Kristian Lewis, Anita Skelin Horvat, Filip kilijan).- Chapter 13: Multilingualism from a Monolingual Habitus: the View from Scotland (Argyro Kanaki).- Chapter 14: Linguistic Jacobinism on French Caribbean Soil: Teachers as Public Policy Engineers in Guadeloupe (Sally Stainier).