Linguistic Effects of Political Institutions
Year:
2011
Author :
Volume and number:
, 73
Collection:
, 1
Journal:
, The Journal of Politics
Pages :
, 125-139
Abstract
What are the linguistic effects of political institutions? Are consensus-building, power-sharing democracies more likely to recognize minority languages? In this article, the author argues (1) power-sharing institutions—proportional electoral rules, parliamentary systems, and federalism—are less likely to recognize minority languages than their moderation-inducing, power-concentrating counterparts; but (2) if there is recognition, the level of recognition is actually greater in the former than in the latter. By testing this argument using a newly constructed language-in-education barometer, I find a significant and robust relationship between political institutions and minority language recognition.
Theme :
InstitutionsLinguistic minorities
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