Language(s) of Politics

Multilingual Policy-Making in the European Union

Inbunden, Engelska, 2022

AvNils Ringe

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Multilingualism is an ever-present feature in political contexts around the world, including multilingual states and international organizations. Increasingly, consequential political decisions are negotiated between politicians who do not share a common native language. Nils Ringe uses the European Union to investigate how politicians’ reliance on shared foreign languages and translation services affects politics and policy-making. Ringe's research illustrates how multilingualism is an inherent and consequential feature of EU politics—that it depoliticizes policy-making by reducing its political nature and potential for conflict. An atmosphere with both foreign language use and a reliance on translation leads to communication that is simple, utilitarian, neutralized, and involves commonly shared phrases and expressions. Policymakers tend to disregard politically charged language and they are constrained in their ability to use vague or ambiguous language to gloss over disagreements by the need for consistency across languages.

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Utgivningsdatum2022-01-19
Mått152 x 229 x undefined mm
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor280
FörlagThe University of Michigan Press
ISBN9780472075133

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Chapter 1 – The Language(s) of Politics: Multilingual Policy-Making in the European UnionChapter 2 – Multilingualism in the EU: How it WorksChapter 3 – The EU’s Language Regime: Institutional Stability and ChangeChapter 4 – Foreign Language Use and DepoliticizationChapter 5 – “EU English” and DepoliticizationChapter 6 – Translation, Interpretation, and DepoliticizationChapter 7 – ConclusionAppendix – Multilingual Law-Making under the Ordinary Legislative ProcedureBibliography

“The Language(s) of Politics provides a deeply insightful rendering of daily multiculturalism in the European Union’s institutions. Nils Ringe paints a vivid picture of how Europe’s officials communicate and deliberate in a polity with 23 official languages. Based on some hundred in-depth interviews, textual analysis, and quantitative data on institutional meetings he concludes that multilingualism depoliticizes EU politics because it rewards neutral, decultured language over expressive, symbolic language. Interestingly, this places depoliticization within the institutions through multilingualism directly at odds with increased politicization in the wider EU society. Essential reading for EU scholars and EU participants.”