RC50 The Politics of Language

Track Code
RC50
Track Chairs
Prof. Bartosz Hordecki
Prof. Kyoko Motobayashi
Dr. Yael Peled
Ms. Miranda Huron

The purpose of the committee is to study the politics of language; more specifically to study:

  • the relations of power that inflect the choice and use of language(s) in international, national, regional, and local polities, societies and communities;
  • the origins, structures, implementation, effects and consequences of language regimes;
  • the politics of linguistic minorities, including goals, strategies, motivations and mobilization;

 by

  • using the normative and empirical tools of analysis in political science;
  • developing mid-level theories regarding language and democracy, citizenship, globalization and other critical issues.
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