This book presents an innovative interpretation of the ideological and discursive processes that have emerged out of issues concerning the regulation of minorities within the United Nations. It reveals the importance of the reproduction of the interests of nation-states within an international organization and the reproduction of power through the legal management and control of linguistic minorities.
This book presents an innovative interpretation of the ideological and discursive processes that have emerged out of issues concerning the regulation ...
This book examines the ways in which our ideas about language and identity which used to be framed in national and political terms as a matter of rights and citizenship are increasingly recast in economic terms as a matter of added value. It argues that this discursive shift is connected to specific characteristics of the globalized new economy in what can be thought of as "late capitalism." Through ten ethnographic case studies, it demonstrates the complex ways in which older nationalist ideologies which invest language with value as a source of pride get bound up with newer neoliberal...
This book examines the ways in which our ideas about language and identity which used to be framed in national and political terms as a matter of r...
This book provides a unique insight into negotiations around language investment for employability in the context of public employment services. Drawing on extensive ethnographical research carried out in Regional Employment Offices in Switzerland, the authors follow the stories of various job seekers. In doing so, they challenge the currently dominant assumption that investment in language competences leads to better employability. Arguing for a political economic perspective on these issues, this book will be of interest to anyone concerned with the connections between language and social...
This book provides a unique insight into negotiations around language investment for employability in the context of public employment services. Drawi...
