Fighting Words - Table of Contents

September 2003
6 1/8 x 9 1/4, 492 pp.
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ISBN-10:
0-262-02535-3
ISBN-13:
978-0-262-02535-5

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Fighting Words
Language Policy and Ethnic Relations in Asia
Edited by Michael E. Brown and Sumit Ganguly

	Preface	ix

	Introduction Sumit Ganguly and Michael E. Brown Sample Chapter - Download PDF (80 KB)	1

I	South Asia	19

1	Language Policy and National Development in India Jyotirindra Dasgupta Sample Chapter - Download PDF (541 KB)	21

2	The Politics of Language Policy in Pakistan Alyssa Ayres	51

3	Language, Identity, and the State in Bangladesh Amena Mohsin	81

4	Ethnolinguistic Nationalism and Ethnic Conflict in Sri Lanka Neil DeVotta	105

II	Southeast Asia	141

5	Language Policy in Modern Burma Mary P. Callahan	143

6	The Politics of Language in Thailand and Laos Charles F. Keyes	177

7	Language Policy and Ethnic Relations in Vietnam Thaveeporn Vasavakul	211

8	The Politics of Language Policies in Malaysia and Singapore Sumit Ganguly	239

9	Language Policy and the Promotion of National Identity in Indonesia Jacques Bertrand	263

10	Harmonizing Linguistic Diversity in Papua New Guinea R. J. May	291

11	Language Policy and Ethnic Relations in the Philippines Victoria L. Tinio and Caroline S. Hau	319

III	East Asia	351

12	The Evolution of Language Policies in China June Teufel Dreyer	353

13	The Evolution of Language Policies and National Identity in Taiwan June Teufel Dreyer	385

IV	Conclusions	411

14	Language Policy and Ethnic Relations in Asia Michael E. Brown	413

	Suggestions for Further Reading	449

	Contributors	463

	Index Sample Chapter - Download PDF (58 KB)	467

	About the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs	483

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