Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents v
3. Introduction: State Traditions and Language Regimes: Conceptualizing Language Policy Choices 1
4. Contours
5. State Tradition and Language Regime in Canada 29
6. State Tradition and Language Regime in the United States: Time for Change? 44
7. The Irish Language Regime and Language Ideology in Ireland 62
8. Poland’s Language Regime Governing Kashubian and Silesian 79
9. Language Policies, Globalization, and Global English: Bringing the State Back In 97
10. Coalitions
11. Bureaucratic Language Regimes in Multilingual States: Comparing Belgium and Canada 119
12. The Politics of Language Regime: A Comparative Analysis of Southeast Asia 137
13. Mandarin State Tradition and Language Regime Change in Taiwan 154
14. State Tradition and Regional Languages in France: The Case of Basque 170
15. Components
16. Canada’s Official Languages Policy and the Federal Public Service 191
17. India’s Language Regime: The Eighth Schedule 205
18. State Tradition, Language, and Education Policies in France 219
19. The Language Politics of Peace-Building 237
20. Postscript: Reflections on States and the Uses of Language Policy 253
21. Contributors 269
22. Index 276