Chapter 5 LANGUAGES AND COLLECTIVE IDENTITIES IN SWITZERLAND The Case of Bilingual Cantons (Bern, Fribourg, Valais)

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. CONTENTS V
3. FIGURES VII
4. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS VIII
5. LANGUAGE AND THE RISE OF IDENTITY POLITICS An Introduction 1
6. PART I LANGUAGE AND IDENTITY POLITICS Theory and Concepts
7. Chapter 1 LANGUAGE AND COLLECTIVE IDENTITY Theorizing Complexity 17
8. Chapter 2 THE POLITICS OF LINGUISTIC IDENTITY IN EUROPE Between the Expression of Power and the Power of Expressivity 38
9. PART II LANGUAGE AND COLLECTIVE IDENTITY IN MULTILINGUAL STATES
10. Chapter 3 LANGUAGE AND IDENTITY POLITICS IN BELGIUM 61
11. Chapter 4 PLURILINGUALISM AND IDENTITY POLITICS The Case of Switzerland 73
12. Chapter 5 LANGUAGES AND COLLECTIVE IDENTITIES IN SWITZERLAND The Case of Bilingual Cantons (Bern, Fribourg, Valais) 93
13. Chapter 6 LANGUAGE RIGHTS AND LANGUAGE ENDANGERMENT IN CANADA The Case of Indigenous Languages 119
14. PART III LANGUAGE AND IDENTITY POLITICS IN IMMIGRATION SOCIETIES
15. Chapter 7 IMMIGRANTS AND THE REFRAMING OF LANGUAGE AND NATIONAL IDENTITY POLITICS IN THE UNITED STATES 139
16. Chapter 8 CHALLENGES OF DIVERSITY Language and Immigration in Switzerland 158
17. Chapter 9 LANGUAGE AND THE TRANSFORMATION OF IDENTITY POLITICS IN MINORITY FRANCOPHONE COMMUNITIES IN CANADA Between Collective Linguistic Identity and Individualistic Integration Policies 177
18. THE PROBLEMATIC NEXUS OF LANGUAGE AND IDENTITY Some Concluding Remarks 198
19. INDEX 213