Language Planning in Slovakia: Nation-Building in the Context of European Integration

2018 ◽  
pp. 261-286
Author(s):  
Marián Sloboda ◽  
Lucia Molnár Satinská ◽  
Mira Nábělková
Keyword(s):  
European Integration ◽  
Language Planning ◽  
Nation Building

National identity and Europeanization in post-communist Romania. The meaning of citizenship in Sibiu: European Capital of Culture 2007

2008 ◽  
Vol 41 (1) ◽  
pp. 63-78 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dragoş Dragoman
Keyword(s):  
National Identity ◽  
European Integration ◽  
Nation Building ◽  
National Sovereignty ◽  
European Cities ◽  
European Capital Of Culture ◽  
Political Project

The structure of the requirements for citizenship in a Romanian city differs by and large from the structure of the same requirements in other European cities. The peculiarity lies in the lack of distinctiveness between the origin, the ethnic aspect and the civic aspect of citizenship and also in the emphasis on the language requirements for citizenship. The explanations could be traced back to the previous century and to the cultural and political project of state and nation-building. But the importance assigned to the national identity and national sovereignty issues in Romania may affect the European integration by hindering the feelings of European belonging and solidarity.

scholarly journals Nation-building oraz nation-preserving w Polsce w dobie transformacji i integracji europejskiej

2020 ◽  
Vol 48 (1) ◽  
pp. 99-123
Author(s):  
Tomasz Grzegorz Grosse
Keyword(s):  
European Integration ◽  
19Th Century ◽  
18Th Century ◽  
Nation Building ◽  
Political Transformation ◽  
Right Wing ◽  
First Case ◽  
The Right ◽  
The 19Th Century ◽  
The Eu

The aim of the article is to show the centuries-old tradition of Polish elites working for nation-building and nation-preserving purposes. It dates back to at least the 18th century. The nation-preserving formula was developed in the 19th century, that is, during the partitions, when the Polish nation did not have its own statehood. In the first part of the article, I describe the specificity of Poles’ historical experiences, primarily after the partitions that took place at the end of the 18th century. I try to indicate three main approaches to nation-building (and nation-preserving) activities during this period. In the next part of the article, I try to show that this tradition lasted during the period of political transformation and European integration. While the nation-building approach, related to the reconstruction of sovereign statehood, democracy and a political nation, was dominant in the first case, the nation-preserving policy was observed more often, especially among the right-wing elites, after joining the EU, primarily due to the experiences of subsequent European crises.

scholarly journals Language Planning as Nation Building

10.1075/ahs.9 ◽  
2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gijsbert Rutten
Keyword(s):  
Language Planning ◽  
Nation Building

Language Policy and Planning in Western European Countries

1994 ◽  
Vol 14 ◽  
pp. 93-110 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hugo Baetens Beardsmore
Keyword(s):  
European Integration ◽  
Language Planning ◽  
Political Organization ◽  
Language Usage ◽  
Language Policy And Planning ◽  
European Level ◽  
Language Management ◽  
Specific Language ◽  
Policy Interventions ◽  
Policy And Planning

The recent events promoting European integration have far-reaching consequences for language management. Such management may form an explicit part of policy, though often it is reflected implicitly in interventions dealing with other aspects of social and political organization. This article will highlight both explicit and implicit language planning issues at the European level, the latter being more the result of policy interventions rather than deliberate attempts to manipulate language usage. Given constraints on space, it is impossible to handle more specific language planning issues at national or regional levels except as illustrations.

Nation-Building Through Language Policy: The Chinese Experience

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tabitha Daly
Keyword(s):  
Language Policy ◽  
Personal Identity ◽  
Language Planning ◽  
Nation Building ◽  
Continuous Group ◽  
Nation State ◽  
Language Policies ◽  
Language Reform ◽  
Republic Of China ◽  
The Republic

In 1808, the German Romanticist Johann Fichte contended that "men are formed by language far more than language is formed by men." Following this and understanding that language is closely tied to personal identity, to what extent can language become a means to influencing identity and, through that, influencing actions? This presentation will look at the role that language played throughout twentieth century China by focusing on how language was employed as a nation-building instrument in China’s transformation from empire to nation-state by promoting a common identity where previously none had existed. This study looks at the case of China for it presents a continuous group of people affected by three different governments in less than a century, who experienced three different nationbuilding campaigns, where three different sets of language policies were applied. By looking at thelanguage policies and planning during the Republic of China from 1912-49, the Maoist People’s Republic of China during the 1950s, and the shift in policy in the 1970s and 1980s with Deng Xiaoping, I examine how and why language policy changed and how successful the policies were in affecting an idea of nation and national identity amongst China’s populations. By studying the motivations, aims, and consequencesof language planning this study leads to an understanding of why nations engage in language planning and acknowledges the power, or lack thereof, that deliberate language reform and policy can have ininitiating greater social and political change.

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