Language, citizenship and Europeanization
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Kristine Horner
Abstract
This chapter considers the interface between events transpiring at the level of the European Union and the Luxembourgish state in order to understand the timing of recent citizenship legislation and the introduction of language requirements in multiple European Union member-states at the turn of the twenty-first century. Functioning like a kaleidoscope, the discourse of integration is central to this process as it facilitates the presentation of learning the ‘language of the country’ as the solution to the migration ‘problem’ and also to the ‘problem’ of implementing more harmonized forms of citizenship legislation within the European Union. The analysis shows how the discourse of integration is central to the negotiation of social practices informed by nationalist ideologies and the accelerated processes of globalization.
Abstract
This chapter considers the interface between events transpiring at the level of the European Union and the Luxembourgish state in order to understand the timing of recent citizenship legislation and the introduction of language requirements in multiple European Union member-states at the turn of the twenty-first century. Functioning like a kaleidoscope, the discourse of integration is central to this process as it facilitates the presentation of learning the ‘language of the country’ as the solution to the migration ‘problem’ and also to the ‘problem’ of implementing more harmonized forms of citizenship legislation within the European Union. The analysis shows how the discourse of integration is central to the negotiation of social practices informed by nationalist ideologies and the accelerated processes of globalization.
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- List of appendices, tables and figures vii
- Notes on contributors ix
- Acknowledgements xiii
- Testing regimes 1
- Fortress Europe? 15
- Language tests for immigrants 45
- Language, migration and citizenship 61
- Being English, speaking English 83
- Language, citizenship and Europeanization 109
- Local actors in promoting multilingualism 129
- Language tests and social policy 153
- Index 165
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- List of appendices, tables and figures vii
- Notes on contributors ix
- Acknowledgements xiii
- Testing regimes 1
- Fortress Europe? 15
- Language tests for immigrants 45
- Language, migration and citizenship 61
- Being English, speaking English 83
- Language, citizenship and Europeanization 109
- Local actors in promoting multilingualism 129
- Language tests and social policy 153
- Index 165
