Reconceptualising power in language policy : evidence from comparative cases / Abhimanyu Sharma.

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Reconceptualising power in language policy : evidence from comparative cases / Abhimanyu Sharma.

9783031094613 (electronic bk.)
3031094611 (electronic bk.)
3031094603
9783031094606

Cham : Springer, [2022]

©2022

English

1 online resource (xxx, 255 pages).

10.1007/978-3-031-09461-3 doi

P119.3

306.44/9

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: Arguing for the need to reconceptualise macro-level power Proposing Categories of Differentiation as a new analytical tool for policy research 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.

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Language policy (Monographic series) ; volume 30.

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