Rights to Language

by Robert Phillipson (Editor)

Rights to Equity, Power, and Education brings together cutting-edge scholarship in language, education, and society from all parts of the world. Celebrating the 60th birthday of Tove Skutnabb-Kangas, it is inspired by her work in minority, indigenous, and immigrant education; multilingualism; linguistic human rights; and global language and power issues. Rights to Language situates issues of minorities and bilingual education in broader perspectives of human rights, power, and the ecology of language. The rich mix of papers serves to underline that the issues are comparable worldwide, that many disparate topics can cross-fertilize each other, and that our understanding of the issues can benefit from coverage that is global, reflective, and committed.

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314 pages, Paperback

First published May 1, 2000

About the author

Robert Phillipson is Emeritus Professor at Copenhagen Business School, Denmark. His books have been published in twelve countries. He has also edited books on language rights and multilingual education. He was awarded the UNESCO Linguapax prize in 2010. He functions as an expert for the European Commission on language policy.