Overview
This volume provides an up-to-date overview of the emerging debates over the role of language rights and linguistic diversity within political theory.
Full Product Details
Author: Will Kymlicka (, Queen's National Scholar, Department of Philosophy, Queen's University) ,
Alan Patten (, Associate Professor of Political Science, McGill University)
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Imprint: Oxford University Press
Dimensions:
Width: 15.70cm
, Height: 1.80cm
, Length: 23.30cm
Weight: 0.570kg
ISBN: 9780199262915
ISBN 10: 0199262918
Pages: 364
Publication Date: 29 May 2003
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Reviews
<br> Until now, there has been no major work or edited volume dealing with language rights from the standpoint of normative political theory.... Anyone presently interested in working on language rights in political theory should begin here. --Perspectives on Politics<br> This is a thoughtful collection of essays on a longstanding issue which has only recently come under legal and political analysis: how do we manage political and social arrangements when we do not all speak the same language? Kymlicka and Patten have brought together a range of experts to discuss this key question. The result is a collection of diverse views which will provide much to ponder for anyone interested in questions of language rights, minority rights, and very basic questions of justice such as the fair distribution of burdens, the 'free rider' problem, the functioning of democracy. --Law and Politics Book Review<br>
Until now, there has been no major work or edited volume dealing with language rights from the standpoint of normative political theory.... Anyone presently interested in working on language rights in political theory should begin here. --Perspectives on Politics
Until now, there has been no major work or edited volume dealing with language rights from the standpoint of normative political theory.... Anyone presently interested in working on language rights in political theory should begin here. --Perspectives on Politics<br> This is a thoughtful collection of essays on a longstanding issue which has only recently come under legal and political analysis: how do we manage political and social arrangements when we do not all speak the same language? Kymlicka and Patten have brought together a range of experts to discuss this key question. The result is a collection of diverse views which will provide much to ponder for anyone interested in questions of language rights, minority rights, and very basic questions of justice such as the fair distribution of burdens, the 'free rider' problem, the functioning of democracy. --Law and Politics Book Review<br>
Author Information
Will Kymlicka is Queen's National Scholar, Department of Philosophy, Queen's University Alan Patten is Associate Professor of Political Science, McGill University
