TY - CHAP
T1 - Linguistic recognition in deeply divided societies
T2 - Antagonism or reconciliation?
AU - McDermott, Philip
AU - Craith, Máiréad Nic
PY - 2018/12/11
Y1 - 2018/12/11
N2 - This chapter evaluates the routes of recognition for minority languages in deeply divided societies. With reference to regions such as Guatemala, Rwanda, Ireland, the former Yugoslavia, the Ukraine and others, it critically analyses both the transformative and disruptive potential of the politics of language. Initial attention is paid to the theoretical notion of recognition and how these debates are particularly relevant to post-conflict places. Following this, consideration is taken of how language rights are applied or ignored at different levels in such broad-ranging contexts. This includes input from grassroots movements, alterations to restrictive attitudes at national level and the influence of global politics in the application of language rights in deeply divided societies.
AB - This chapter evaluates the routes of recognition for minority languages in deeply divided societies. With reference to regions such as Guatemala, Rwanda, Ireland, the former Yugoslavia, the Ukraine and others, it critically analyses both the transformative and disruptive potential of the politics of language. Initial attention is paid to the theoretical notion of recognition and how these debates are particularly relevant to post-conflict places. Following this, consideration is taken of how language rights are applied or ignored at different levels in such broad-ranging contexts. This includes input from grassroots movements, alterations to restrictive attitudes at national level and the influence of global politics in the application of language rights in deeply divided societies.
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U2 - 10.1057/978-1-137-54066-9_6
DO - 10.1057/978-1-137-54066-9_6
M3 - Chapter
AN - SCOPUS:85125005458
SN - 9781137540652
SP - 159
EP - 179
BT - The Palgrave Handbook of Minority Languages and Communities
A2 - Hogan-Brun, Gabrielle
A2 - O'Rourke, Bernadette
ER -