Language Rights and Political Theory
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This volume provides the reader with an up-to-date overview of the emerging debates over the role of language rights and linguistic diversity within political theory. It brings together many of the leading political theorists who work in the field, together with some of the most important social scientists, with the aim of exploring how political theorists can conceptualize issues of language rights and contribute to public debates on language policy. The thirteen essays in this volume highlight both the empirical constraints and normative complexities of language policy, and identify the important challenges and opportunities that linguistic diversity raises for contemporary political theory.
List of FiguresList of TablesNotes on Contributors1Introduction: Language Rights and Political Theory: Context, Issues, and Approaches12Language Rights: Exploring the Competing Rationales523A Liberal Democratic Approach to Language Justice804Accommodation Rights for Hispanics in the United States1055Misconceiving Minority Language Rights: Implications for Liberal Political Theory1236Linguistic Justice1537Diversity as Paradigm, Analytical Device, and Policy Goal1698Global Linguistic Diversity, Public Goods, and the Principle of Fairness1899Language Death and Liberal Politics21010Language Rights, Literacy, and the Modern State23011The Antinomy of Language Policy25012Beyond Personality: The Territorial and Personal Principles of Language Policy Reconsidered27113What Kind of Bilingualism?296References322Index340
