Fighting words : language policy and ethnic relations in Asia
"This book analyzes the impact of different kinds of language policies on ethnic relations in fifteen multiethnic countries in Asia and the Pacific. The analyses include discussion of the origins of different language policies and of how the policies have evolved over time. The book develops policy recommendations, both for individual countries and in more general terms." -- BACK COVER
xi, 480 pages : maps ; 25 cm.
9780262025355, 9780262523332, 0262025353, 0262523337
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Language policy and national development in India / Jyotirindra Dasgupta
The politics of language policy in Pakistan / Alyssa Ayres
Language, identity, and the state in Bangladesh / Amena Mohsin
Ethnolinguistic nationalism and ethnic conflict in Sri Lanka / Neil DeVotta
Language policy in modern Burma / Mary P. Callahan
The politics of language in Thailand and Laos / Charles F. Keyes
Language policy and ethnic relations in Vietnam / Thaveeporn Vasavakul
The politics of language policies in Malaysia and Singapore / Šumit Ganguly
Language policy and the promotion of national identity in Indonesia / Jacques Bertrand
Harmonizing linguistic diversity in Papua New Guinea / R.J. May
Language policy and ethnic relations in the Philippines / Caroline S. Hau and Victoria L. Tinio
The evolution of language policies in China / June Teufel Dreyer
The evolution of language policies and national identity in Taiwan / June Teufel Dreyer
Language policy and ethnic relations in Asia / Michael E. Brown
Project sponsored by the BCSIA Studies in International Security in cooperation with the Center for Peace and Security Studies, and the Pacific Basin Research Center