33.3760, Books: Reconceptualising Power in Language Policy: Sharma

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Date: Thu, 08 Dec 2022 23:38:46
From: Cameron de Kreij [cameron.dekreij at springernature.com]
Subject: Reconceptualising Power in Language Policy: Sharma

 


Title: Reconceptualising Power in Language Policy 
Subtitle: Evidence from Comparative Cases 
Series Title: Language Policy  

Publication Year: 2022 
Publisher: Springer Nature
	   http://www.springer.com
	

Book URL: https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-09461-3 


Author: Abhimanyu Sharma

Electronic: ISBN:  9783031094613 Pages: 255 Price: Europe EURO 96.29
Hardback: ISBN:  9783031094606 Pages: 255 Price: Europe EURO 130.79
Paperback: ISBN:  9783031094620 Pages: 255 Price: Europe EURO 39.99


Abstract:

This book aims to expand the theoretical framework of and counter the
Eurocentric narratives in language policy research, by comparing policies of
EU and India and demonstrating the importance of taking a comparative
perspective while studying language policies. This book challenges the notion
of macro-level power in language policy research and offers evidence that, in
democratic frameworks, macro-level power is not absolute. It is not uniform
across policy domains, but rather susceptible to pressure, especially in the
domains of healthcare and social welfare.

This book makes three important contributions to the theory of language policy
by:

1. Arguing for the need to reconceptualise macro-level power
2. Proposing ‘Categories of Differentiation’ as a new analytical tool for
policy research
3. Demonstrating that socio-political changes are reflected at the textual
level

This book is of interest to researchers working on language policies and those
investigating language related legislation across different policy domains, to
practitioners and policymakers in language policy, as well as to graduate
students conducting comparative policy research.
 



Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics
                     Language Documentation
                     Linguistic Theories
                     Sociolinguistics


Written In: English  (eng)

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