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Elites, Language, and the Politics of Identity: The Norwegian Case in Comparative Perspective »

Authors: Gregg Bucken-Knapp
ISBN-13: 9780791456552, ISBN-10: 0791456552
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Date Published: March 2003
Edition: (Non-applicable)

Author Biography: Gregg Bucken-Knapp

Book Synopsis

In this case study, political scientist Bucken-Knapp (Göteborg U.) examines the development of Norwegian language policy from the point of parliamentary sovereignty until the late 1960s. He contends that for much of modern Norway's existence, elites of various ideological stripes have used the controversy over language variations as a tool to serve their own nonlinguistic political ends. The text is based upon the author's doctoral dissertation. Annotation ©2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

	List of Tables
	Acknowledgements
Ch. 1	Language, Politics, and Modern Norway	1
Ch. 2	National Identity, Party Identity, and the Role of Nynorsk in the New Norwegian State	33
Ch. 3	Language and Social Democracy in Twentieth-Century Norway	65
Ch. 4	The Shifting Fate of the Sami Languages in Modern Norway	99
Ch. 5	Norway Compared: The Case of Belgian Language Politics	125
Ch. 6	Conclusion	145
	Notes	157
	Bibliography	179
	Index	189