Language, Identity and Conflict: A Comparative Study of Language in Ethnic Conflict in Europe and Eurasia

by Diarmait Mac Giolla Chríost

Overview

This innovative study of language and identity in recent and contemporary cases of ethnic conflict in Europe and Eurasia sets out a response to the limitations in the fields of linguistics and political science. Using examples of language policy and planning in conflict situations, it examines the functions of language as a marker of identity in ethnic conflict, and the extent to which language may be a causal factor in ethnic conflict.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780415259507
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	09/04/2003
Series:	Routledge Advances in Sociology , #6
Pages:	256
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

About the Author

Diarmait Mac Giolla Chr?ost has been a consultant and advisor to a number of national and international agencies. He is currently facilitating a new departure in language planning in Wales through establishing a strategic language planning agency in the form of an innovative partnership arrangement between Trinity College and Carmarthenshire County Council.

Table of Contents

1. Virtual Globalization, Virtual Spaces/Tourist Spaces David Holmes 2. The Criminal Spectre in Law, Literature and Aesthetics Peter Hutchings 3. Immigrants and National Identity in Europe Anna Triandafyllidou 4. Constructing Risk and Safety in Technological Practice jane Summerton and Boel Berner 5. Europeanisation, National Identities and Migration, Changes in Boundary Constructions between Western and Eastern Europe Willfried Spohn and Anna Triandafyllidou 6. Language, Identity and Conflict, A Comparative Study of Language in Ethnic Conflict in Europe and Eurasia Diarmait Mac Giolla Chriost 7. Immigrant Life in the U.S. Multidisciplinary Perspectives Donna R. Gabaccia and Colin Wayne Leach 8. Rave Culture, Youth, Dance and Religion Graham St.John 9. Creation and Returns of Social Capital Henk Flap and Beate Volker 10. Self-Care, Embodiment, autonomy and the Shaping of Health Consciousness Christopher Ziguras 11. Mechanisms of Cooperation Werner Raub and Jeroen Weesie