Conflict and Compromise in Multilingual Societies: Finland

Häftad, Engelska, 2000

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Conflict and Compromise, Volume 3: Finland examines historical and developmental patterns during the Swedish, Russian and post-independence periods of Finland's history. McRae outlines Finland's changing social structures, showing how the language groups have evolved within these structures in the twentieth century. He compares how Finnish-speaking and Swedish-speaking citizens perceive themselves and other language groups, as well as the similarities and differences in their views on political and social issues. Further, the book describes in detail the constitutional and institutional arrangements for languages in Finland's political and administrative system, as well as in education and the mass media.

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Utgivningsdatum2000-05-30
Mått152 x 229 x 25 mm
Vikt950 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor445
FörlagWilfrid Laurier University Press
ISBN9780889203471

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Kenneth D. McRae is Professor Emeritus of Political Science at Carleton University, Ottawa, and a Past President of the Canadian Political Science Association. He focuses his research on political thought and comparative politics, with special interests in multilingual states and their language policies. His previous publications include Conflict and Compromise in Multilingual Societies, Vol. 1: Switzerland (WLU Press, 1983), and Vol. 2: Belgium (WLU Press, 1986).

"To the author's great credit, McRae has achieved a text that is beyond compare....Overall, the book is well written, with numerous graphs and tables to supplement the text. A rich bibliography and detailed index add to a complete and thorough academic effort. This book is for scholars interested in linguistic differences and struggles between ethnolinguistic groups. Historians and political scientists will also find material rich in their areas of interest. Most importantly, this is a book for the Finns who have not examined themselves as closely as has McRae. It is highly commendable that a foreign scholar with no ties to the two languages has developed a comprehensive text about the two Finnish language groups. It is high time that such work is published, and it may be justifiably appropriate to have a neutral third party examine one of the most sensitive issues of Finnish life, which to this date has been impossible for a native of Finland." -- Mika Roinila, Acta Sociologica