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Language Policies in Finland and Sweden : Interdisciplinary and Multi-sited Comparisons, EPUB eBook

Language Policies in Finland and Sweden : Interdisciplinary and Multi-sited Comparisons EPUB

Edited by Mia Halonen, Pasi Ihalainen, Taina Saarinen

Part of the Multilingual Matters series

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In this volume, authors from four disciplines join forces to develop an analysis of political discourse on a comparative and multidisciplinary basis. Language policy is often based on the political use of history, where the remembrance of past experiences by communities, individuals and historical bodies play a fundamental role. These authors see politics and policies as multi-sited by nature, taking place, being constructed, contested and reproduced simultaneously and in different times and places. Theoretically the book draws on the concept of language policy, operationalising it through the rhizomatic nature of politics and policies. Although confined empirically to considerations of situations in Finland and Sweden, the volume extends far beyond these locations in its theoretical contributions. The polities of Finland and Sweden are the lens through which a new and much needed understanding of language policy research, and policy research in general, is posited.

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