Language Policies and (Dis)Citizenship: Rights, Access, Pedagogies - Paperback
Language Policies and (Dis)Citizenship: Rights, Access, Pedagogies - Paperback
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by Vaidehi Ramanathan (Editor)
This volume explores the concept of 'citizenship'. The authors use local contexts to foreground how the vulnerable, particularly those from minority language backgrounds, continue to be excluded, whilst offering a powerful demonstration of the potential for change offered by individual agency.
Author Biography
Vaidehi Ramanathan is a Professor of Applied Sociolinguistics in the Department of Linguistics at the University of California, Davis. Her previous publications include The English-Vernacular Divide: Postcolonial Language Politics and Practice (Multilingual Matters, 2005) and Bodies and Language: Health, Ailments, Disabilities (Multilingual Matters, 2009).