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Multilingualism in the Andes
This illuminating book critically examines multicultural language politics and policymaking in the Andean-Amazonian countries of Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia, demonstrating how issues of language and power throw light on the relationship between Indigenous peoples and the state. Based on the author’s research in Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia over several decades, Howard draws comparisons over time and space. With due attention to history, the book’s focus is situated in the years following the turn of the millennium, a period in which ideological shifts have affected continuity in official policy delivery even as processes of language shift from Indigenous languages such as Aymara and Quechua...
The Handbook of Hispanic Sociolinguistics
This Handbook provides a comprehensive, state-of-the-art overview of theoretical and descriptive research in contemporary Hispanic sociolinguistics. Offers the first authoritative collection exploring research strands in the emerging and fast-moving field of Spanish sociolinguistics Highlights the contributions that Spanish Sociolinguistics has offered to general linguistic theory Brings together a team of the top researchers in the field to present the very latest perspectives and discussions of key issues Covers a wealth of topics including: variationist approaches, Spanish and its importance in the U.S., language planning, and other topics focused on the social aspects of Spanish Includes several varieties of Spanish, reflecting the rich diversity of dialects spoken in the Americas and Spain
The Political System of Brazil
This volume presents in-depth insights into the polity, politics and policies of the Brazilian political system. It reassesses the processes of change since the country's return to democracy in the 1980s, in the light of autocratic societal structures and suboptimal institutional design, on the one hand, and the political and economic achievements observed, on the other. In their contributions, top Brazilian and international scholars critically examine the development of the political system with a focus on the Lula and Rousseff administrations, and place their actions and failures in the socio-political and economic context so as to uncover the underlying institutional structures, constellations and diverging interests of actors on various decision-making levels and in different political fields. It is the central aim of this book to present a differentiated portrait of the current political landscape and remaining contradictions in Latin America's largest country.
Nuevos maestros para América Latina
Este volumen está destinado al colectivo de profesionales involucrados en la formación docente en una América Latina que, cada vez más, reconoce y acepta positivamente su diversidad cultural y lingüística. Nuevos maestros para América Latina busca contribuir a esta discusión y análisis reuniendo trabajos con un balance y perspectivas de la formación docente en un grupo de países latinoamericanos en los que están en curso reformas educativas. Extrae y presenta lecciones aprendidas que orientan tanto la formulación de políticas educativas como la puesta en marcha de programas y proyectos específicos. Desde este espacio deseamos estimular innovaciones educativas que no sólo den cuenta de la diversidad, sino que partan de ella y contribuyan a la búsqueda de la unidad en la diversidad. Las nuevas demandas de nuestras sociedades obligan a reconstruir tanto las prácticas educativas como el sentido de la formación del profesorado. Ambas tareas son imprescindibles si realmente se pretende formar una ciudadanía intercultural más crítica y más democrática.
Multilingual Education and Sustainable Diversity Work
This very original, inspirational book globalises our understanding of languages in education and changes our understanding of bilingual and multilingual education from something mostly western to being truly transnational: it spotlights the small, celebrates African and Asian cases of multilingual classrooms and demonstrates that such education is universally successful. Colin R. Baker, Pro Vice-Chancellor, Bangor University, Bangor, Wales, UK A norm-setting work on multilingual education, which combines theoretical perspectives with practical experience from different parts of the globe, this book demonstrates convincingly not only that multilingual education works, but also that, for most...
Hacia una sociolingüística crítica
Desde su inicio como campo de estudio en las décadas de 1960 y 1970, la sociolingüística ha sido parte de un debate por los significados del término y lo que abarca la propia disciplina. A partir del surgimiento de una serie de corrientes como el variacionismo, la etnografía de la comunicación,la sociología del lenguaje o los estudios críticos del discurso en el último tercio del siglo XX, esta rama de la lingüística empezó a hacerse nuevas preguntas y a desarrollar nuevas formas de contestarlas. Este volumen presenta un conjunto de artículos fundamentales para pensar la sociolingüística desde una perspectiva crítica y etnográfica. Constituye un aporte valioso para examinar el rol que está cumpliendo el lenguaje en la estructuración y cambio de la realidad social en este momento histórico.
