Language and Minority Rights: ethnicity, nationalism and the politics of language (2nd ed).

Abstract

Published in Nov 2011, this is a major revision of my seminal analysis of language rights & education. The book has reconfigured the field by providing an interdisciplinary analysis of language, identity and education alongside a defence of group-based language rights. It draws on sociology, sociolinguistics, politics, education, law, & explores in-depth international examples, including NZ, Wales, Catalonia, Quebec, France and USA. The 1st ed. was described as ‘a book of breathtaking conceptual and geographical scope’ (Ency. of Applied Linguistics). It has been cited over 560 times (Google Sch), shortlisted for the BAAL Book Prize 2002 & awarded an American Library Association Outstanding Title Award 2008. The 2nd ed. has 50,000 wds (40%) of new material. It addresses new theoretical developments over the last decade in sociolinguistics as to whether languages are definable, in sociology & political theory re cosmopolitanism and globalization, and in education re English as the language of mobility.