Fédéralisme, question linguistique et citoyenneté aux Etats-Unis dans le contexte des Amériques
In the U.S. there is neither consensus nor national policy regarding the linguistic issue, whether it concerns the status of English or the languages of minority groups, like Spanish. The inconsistency of the various policies seems to derive directly from the federal system; it also affects the rig...
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Centre de Recherches sur les Mondes Américains
2008-12-01
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| author | James Cohen |
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| description | In the U.S. there is neither consensus nor national policy regarding the linguistic issue, whether it concerns the status of English or the languages of minority groups, like Spanish. The inconsistency of the various policies seems to derive directly from the federal system; it also affects the rights of linguistic minorities and the definition of citizenship. The article examines what a truly democratic policy of recognition of minority languages through bilingual programs for instance involves, and contemplates what a redefinition of a truly republican and even transnational citizenship extended to the Americas entails |
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| spelling | doaj.art-b406c4fa2f26460d9f170b9129ca1b7d2024-02-14T16:51:04ZengCentre de Recherches sur les Mondes AméricainsNuevo mundo - Mundos Nuevos1626-02522008-12-0110.4000/nuevomundo.46513Fédéralisme, question linguistique et citoyenneté aux Etats-Unis dans le contexte des AmériquesJames CohenIn the U.S. there is neither consensus nor national policy regarding the linguistic issue, whether it concerns the status of English or the languages of minority groups, like Spanish. The inconsistency of the various policies seems to derive directly from the federal system; it also affects the rights of linguistic minorities and the definition of citizenship. The article examines what a truly democratic policy of recognition of minority languages through bilingual programs for instance involves, and contemplates what a redefinition of a truly republican and even transnational citizenship extended to the Americas entailshttps://journals.openedition.org/nuevomundo/46513National languageminority languageSpanishfederal systemcitizenshiptransnationalism |
| spellingShingle | James Cohen Fédéralisme, question linguistique et citoyenneté aux Etats-Unis dans le contexte des Amériques Nuevo mundo - Mundos Nuevos National language minority language Spanish federal system citizenship transnationalism |
| title | Fédéralisme, question linguistique et citoyenneté aux Etats-Unis dans le contexte des Amériques |
| title_full | Fédéralisme, question linguistique et citoyenneté aux Etats-Unis dans le contexte des Amériques |
| title_fullStr | Fédéralisme, question linguistique et citoyenneté aux Etats-Unis dans le contexte des Amériques |
| title_full_unstemmed | Fédéralisme, question linguistique et citoyenneté aux Etats-Unis dans le contexte des Amériques |
| title_short | Fédéralisme, question linguistique et citoyenneté aux Etats-Unis dans le contexte des Amériques |
| title_sort | federalisme question linguistique et citoyennete aux etats unis dans le contexte des ameriques |
| topic | National language minority language Spanish federal system citizenship transnationalism |
| url | https://journals.openedition.org/nuevomundo/46513 |
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