Standardizing Diversity : : The Political Economy of Language Regimes / / Amy H. Liu.
Languages have deep political significance beyond communication: a common language can strengthen cultural bonds and social trust, or it may exacerbate cultural differences and power imbalances. Language regimes that emerge from political bargains can centralize power by favoring the language of one...
Saved in:
Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Pennsylvania Press Complete Package 2014-2015 |
---|---|
VerfasserIn: | |
Place / Publishing House: | Philadelphia : : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [2015] ©2015 |
Year of Publication: | 2015 |
Language: | English |
Series: | National and Ethnic Conflict in the 21st Century
|
Online Access: | |
Physical Description: | 1 online resource (264 p.) :; 22 illus. |
Tags: |
Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
|
id |
9780812292107 |
---|---|
ctrlnum |
(DE-B1597)463546 (OCoLC)902828884 |
collection |
bib_alma |
record_format |
marc |
spelling |
Liu, Amy H., author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut Standardizing Diversity : The Political Economy of Language Regimes / Amy H. Liu. Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2015] ©2015 1 online resource (264 p.) : 22 illus. text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda National and Ethnic Conflict in the 21st Century Frontmatter -- Contents -- Note About Interviews -- Part I: Toward a Typology of Language Regimes -- Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Typology of Language Regimes -- Part II: Language Regime Choice -- Chapter 3. Language Regime Choice: Theory -- Chapter 4. Language Regime Choice: Evidence -- Part III: Economic Effects of Language Regimes -- Chapter 5. Economic Effects of Language Regimes: Theory -- Chapter 6. Mechanism 1: Social Capital -- Chapter 7. Mechanism 2: Foreign Capital -- Chapter 8. Conclusion: Standardizing Diversity -- Notes -- References -- Index -- Acknowledgments restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star Languages have deep political significance beyond communication: a common language can strengthen cultural bonds and social trust, or it may exacerbate cultural differences and power imbalances. Language regimes that emerge from political bargains can centralize power by favoring the language of one ethnolinguistic group, share power by recognizing multiple mother tongues, or neutralize power through the use of a lingua franca. Cultural egoism, communicative efficiency, or collective equality determines the choice. As Amy H. Liu demonstrates, the conditions surrounding the choice of a language regime also have a number of implications for a nation's economy.Standardizing Diversity examines the relationship between the distribution of linguistic power and economic growth. Using a newly assembled dataset of all language-in-education policies in Asia from 1945 to 2005 and drawing on fieldwork data from Malaysia and Singapore, Liu shows language regimes that recognize a lingua franca exclusively-or at least above all others-tend to develop social trust, attract foreign investment, and stimulate economic growth. Particularly at high levels of heterogeneity, the recognition of a lingua franca fosters equality and facilitates efficiency. Her findings challenge the prevailing belief that linguistic diversity inhibits economic growth, suggesting instead that governments in even the most ethnically heterogeneous countries have institutional tools to standardize their diversity and to thrive economically. Issued also in print. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 30. Aug 2021) Language and languages Economic aspects. Language and languages Political aspects. Language policy Economic aspects Southeast Asia. Language policy Economic aspects. Language policy Political aspects. Language policy Southeast Asia. Language policy. POLITICAL SCIENCE / Comparative Politics. bisacsh Political Science. Public Policy. Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Pennsylvania Press Complete Package 2014-2015 9783110665932 print 9780812246728 https://doi.org/10.9783/9780812292107 https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780812292107 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/cover/covers/9780812292107.jpg |
language |
English |
format |
eBook |
author |
Liu, Amy H., Liu, Amy H., |
spellingShingle |
Liu, Amy H., Liu, Amy H., Standardizing Diversity : The Political Economy of Language Regimes / National and Ethnic Conflict in the 21st Century Frontmatter -- Contents -- Note About Interviews -- Part I: Toward a Typology of Language Regimes -- Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Typology of Language Regimes -- Part II: Language Regime Choice -- Chapter 3. Language Regime Choice: Theory -- Chapter 4. Language Regime Choice: Evidence -- Part III: Economic Effects of Language Regimes -- Chapter 5. Economic Effects of Language Regimes: Theory -- Chapter 6. Mechanism 1: Social Capital -- Chapter 7. Mechanism 2: Foreign Capital -- Chapter 8. Conclusion: Standardizing Diversity -- Notes -- References -- Index -- Acknowledgments |
author_facet |
Liu, Amy H., Liu, Amy H., |
author_variant |
a h l ah ahl a h l ah ahl |
author_role |
VerfasserIn VerfasserIn |
author_sort |
Liu, Amy H., |
title |
Standardizing Diversity : The Political Economy of Language Regimes / |
title_sub |
The Political Economy of Language Regimes / |
title_full |
Standardizing Diversity : The Political Economy of Language Regimes / Amy H. Liu. |
title_fullStr |
Standardizing Diversity : The Political Economy of Language Regimes / Amy H. Liu. |
title_full_unstemmed |
Standardizing Diversity : The Political Economy of Language Regimes / Amy H. Liu. |
title_auth |
Standardizing Diversity : The Political Economy of Language Regimes / |
title_alt |
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Note About Interviews -- Part I: Toward a Typology of Language Regimes -- Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Typology of Language Regimes -- Part II: Language Regime Choice -- Chapter 3. Language Regime Choice: Theory -- Chapter 4. Language Regime Choice: Evidence -- Part III: Economic Effects of Language Regimes -- Chapter 5. Economic Effects of Language Regimes: Theory -- Chapter 6. Mechanism 1: Social Capital -- Chapter 7. Mechanism 2: Foreign Capital -- Chapter 8. Conclusion: Standardizing Diversity -- Notes -- References -- Index -- Acknowledgments |
title_new |
Standardizing Diversity : |
title_sort |
standardizing diversity : the political economy of language regimes / |
series |
National and Ethnic Conflict in the 21st Century |
series2 |
National and Ethnic Conflict in the 21st Century |
publisher |
University of Pennsylvania Press, |
publishDate |
2015 |
physical |
1 online resource (264 p.) : 22 illus. Issued also in print. |
contents |
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Note About Interviews -- Part I: Toward a Typology of Language Regimes -- Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Typology of Language Regimes -- Part II: Language Regime Choice -- Chapter 3. Language Regime Choice: Theory -- Chapter 4. Language Regime Choice: Evidence -- Part III: Economic Effects of Language Regimes -- Chapter 5. Economic Effects of Language Regimes: Theory -- Chapter 6. Mechanism 1: Social Capital -- Chapter 7. Mechanism 2: Foreign Capital -- Chapter 8. Conclusion: Standardizing Diversity -- Notes -- References -- Index -- Acknowledgments |
isbn |
9780812292107 9783110665932 9780812246728 |
callnumber-first |
P - Language and Literature |
callnumber-subject |
P - Philology and Linguistics |
callnumber-label |
P119 |
callnumber-sort |
P 3119.32 S64 L583 42015 |
geographic_facet |
Southeast Asia. |
url |
https://doi.org/10.9783/9780812292107 https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780812292107 https://www.degruyter.com/cover/covers/9780812292107.jpg |
illustrated |
Illustrated |
dewey-hundreds |
300 - Social sciences |
dewey-tens |
300 - Social sciences, sociology & anthropology |
dewey-ones |
306 - Culture & institutions |
dewey-full |
306.44/9598 |
dewey-sort |
3306.44 49598 |
dewey-raw |
306.44/9598 |
dewey-search |
306.44/9598 |
doi_str_mv |
10.9783/9780812292107 |
oclc_num |
902828884 |
work_keys_str_mv |
AT liuamyh standardizingdiversitythepoliticaleconomyoflanguageregimes |
status_str |
n |
ids_txt_mv |
(DE-B1597)463546 (OCoLC)902828884 |
carrierType_str_mv |
cr |
hierarchy_parent_title |
Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Pennsylvania Press Complete Package 2014-2015 |
is_hierarchy_title |
Standardizing Diversity : The Political Economy of Language Regimes / |
container_title |
Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Pennsylvania Press Complete Package 2014-2015 |
_version_ |
1770176426793762817 |
fullrecord |
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><collection xmlns="http://www.loc.gov/MARC21/slim"><record><leader>05106nam a22008175i 4500</leader><controlfield tag="001">9780812292107</controlfield><controlfield tag="003">DE-B1597</controlfield><controlfield tag="005">20210830012106.0</controlfield><controlfield tag="006">m|||||o||d||||||||</controlfield><controlfield tag="007">cr || ||||||||</controlfield><controlfield tag="008">210830t20152015pau fo d z eng d</controlfield><datafield tag="019" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">(OCoLC)952799648</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="020" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">9780812292107</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="024" ind1="7" ind2=" "><subfield code="a">10.9783/9780812292107</subfield><subfield code="2">doi</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="035" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">(DE-B1597)463546</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="035" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">(OCoLC)902828884</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="040" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">DE-B1597</subfield><subfield code="b">eng</subfield><subfield code="c">DE-B1597</subfield><subfield code="e">rda</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="041" ind1="0" ind2=" "><subfield code="a">eng</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="044" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">pau</subfield><subfield code="c">US-PA</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="050" ind1=" " ind2="4"><subfield code="a">P119.32.S64</subfield><subfield code="b">.L583 2015</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="072" ind1=" " ind2="7"><subfield code="a">POL009000</subfield><subfield code="2">bisacsh</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="082" ind1="0" ind2="4"><subfield code="a">306.44/9598</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="100" ind1="1" ind2=" "><subfield code="a">Liu, Amy H., </subfield><subfield code="e">author.</subfield><subfield code="4">aut</subfield><subfield code="4">http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="245" ind1="1" ind2="0"><subfield code="a">Standardizing Diversity :</subfield><subfield code="b">The Political Economy of Language Regimes /</subfield><subfield code="c">Amy H. Liu.</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="264" ind1=" " ind2="1"><subfield code="a">Philadelphia : </subfield><subfield code="b">University of Pennsylvania Press, </subfield><subfield code="c">[2015]</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="264" ind1=" " ind2="4"><subfield code="c">©2015</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="300" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">1 online resource (264 p.) :</subfield><subfield code="b">22 illus.</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="336" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">text</subfield><subfield code="b">txt</subfield><subfield code="2">rdacontent</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="337" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">computer</subfield><subfield code="b">c</subfield><subfield code="2">rdamedia</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="338" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">online resource</subfield><subfield code="b">cr</subfield><subfield code="2">rdacarrier</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="347" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">text file</subfield><subfield code="b">PDF</subfield><subfield code="2">rda</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="490" ind1="0" ind2=" "><subfield code="a">National and Ethnic Conflict in the 21st Century</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="505" ind1="0" ind2="0"><subfield code="t">Frontmatter -- </subfield><subfield code="t">Contents -- </subfield><subfield code="t">Note About Interviews -- </subfield><subfield code="t">Part I: Toward a Typology of Language Regimes -- </subfield><subfield code="t">Chapter 1. Introduction -- </subfield><subfield code="t">Chapter 2. Typology of Language Regimes -- </subfield><subfield code="t">Part II: Language Regime Choice -- </subfield><subfield code="t">Chapter 3. Language Regime Choice: Theory -- </subfield><subfield code="t">Chapter 4. Language Regime Choice: Evidence -- </subfield><subfield code="t">Part III: Economic Effects of Language Regimes -- </subfield><subfield code="t">Chapter 5. Economic Effects of Language Regimes: Theory -- </subfield><subfield code="t">Chapter 6. Mechanism 1: Social Capital -- </subfield><subfield code="t">Chapter 7. Mechanism 2: Foreign Capital -- </subfield><subfield code="t">Chapter 8. Conclusion: Standardizing Diversity -- </subfield><subfield code="t">Notes -- </subfield><subfield code="t">References -- </subfield><subfield code="t">Index -- </subfield><subfield code="t">Acknowledgments</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="506" ind1="0" ind2=" "><subfield code="a">restricted access</subfield><subfield code="u">http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec</subfield><subfield code="f">online access with authorization</subfield><subfield code="2">star</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="520" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">Languages have deep political significance beyond communication: a common language can strengthen cultural bonds and social trust, or it may exacerbate cultural differences and power imbalances. Language regimes that emerge from political bargains can centralize power by favoring the language of one ethnolinguistic group, share power by recognizing multiple mother tongues, or neutralize power through the use of a lingua franca. Cultural egoism, communicative efficiency, or collective equality determines the choice. As Amy H. Liu demonstrates, the conditions surrounding the choice of a language regime also have a number of implications for a nation's economy.Standardizing Diversity examines the relationship between the distribution of linguistic power and economic growth. Using a newly assembled dataset of all language-in-education policies in Asia from 1945 to 2005 and drawing on fieldwork data from Malaysia and Singapore, Liu shows language regimes that recognize a lingua franca exclusively-or at least above all others-tend to develop social trust, attract foreign investment, and stimulate economic growth. Particularly at high levels of heterogeneity, the recognition of a lingua franca fosters equality and facilitates efficiency. Her findings challenge the prevailing belief that linguistic diversity inhibits economic growth, suggesting instead that governments in even the most ethnically heterogeneous countries have institutional tools to standardize their diversity and to thrive economically.</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="530" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">Issued also in print.</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="538" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="546" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">In English.</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="588" ind1="0" ind2=" "><subfield code="a">Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 30. Aug 2021)</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="650" ind1=" " ind2="0"><subfield code="a">Language and languages</subfield><subfield code="x">Economic aspects.</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="650" ind1=" " ind2="0"><subfield code="a">Language and languages</subfield><subfield code="x">Political aspects.</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="650" ind1=" " ind2="0"><subfield code="a">Language policy</subfield><subfield code="x">Economic aspects</subfield><subfield code="z">Southeast Asia.</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="650" ind1=" " ind2="0"><subfield code="a">Language policy</subfield><subfield code="x">Economic aspects.</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="650" ind1=" " ind2="0"><subfield code="a">Language policy</subfield><subfield code="x">Political aspects.</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="650" ind1=" " ind2="0"><subfield code="a">Language policy</subfield><subfield code="z">Southeast Asia.</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="650" ind1=" " ind2="0"><subfield code="a">Language policy.</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="650" ind1=" " ind2="7"><subfield code="a">POLITICAL SCIENCE / Comparative Politics.</subfield><subfield code="2">bisacsh</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="653" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">Political Science.</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="653" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">Public Policy.</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="773" ind1="0" ind2="8"><subfield code="i">Title is part of eBook package:</subfield><subfield code="d">De Gruyter</subfield><subfield code="t">University of Pennsylvania Press Complete Package 2014-2015</subfield><subfield code="z">9783110665932</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="776" ind1="0" ind2=" "><subfield code="c">print</subfield><subfield code="z">9780812246728</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="856" ind1="4" ind2="0"><subfield code="u">https://doi.org/10.9783/9780812292107</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="856" ind1="4" ind2="0"><subfield code="u">https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780812292107</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="856" ind1="4" ind2="2"><subfield code="3">Cover</subfield><subfield code="u">https://www.degruyter.com/cover/covers/9780812292107.jpg</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="912" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">978-3-11-066593-2 University of Pennsylvania Press Complete Package 2014-2015</subfield><subfield code="c">2014</subfield><subfield code="d">2015</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="912" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">EBA_BACKALL</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="912" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">EBA_CL_SN</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="912" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">EBA_EBACKALL</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="912" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">EBA_EBKALL</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="912" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">EBA_ECL_SN</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="912" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">EBA_EEBKALL</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="912" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">EBA_ESSHALL</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="912" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">EBA_PPALL</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="912" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">EBA_SSHALL</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="912" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">EBA_STMALL</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="912" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">GBV-deGruyter-alles</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="912" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">PDA11SSHE</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="912" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">PDA12STME</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="912" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">PDA13ENGE</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="912" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">PDA17SSHEE</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="912" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">PDA5EBK</subfield></datafield></record></collection> |