State traditions and language regimes / edited by Linda Cardinal and Selma K. Sonntag.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction : State traditions and language regimes : conceptualizing language policy changes / Selma K. Sonntag and Linda Cardinal -- State tradition and language regime in Canada / Linda Cardinal -- State tradition and language regime in the United States : time for change? / Selma K. Sonntag -- The Irish language regime and language ideology in Ireland / John Walsh -- Poland's language regime governing Kashubian and Silesian / Roman Szul -- Language policies, globalization, and global English : bringing the state back in / Peter Ives -- Bureaucratic language regimes in multilingual states : comparing Belgium and Canada / Luc Turgeon and Alain-G. Gagnon -- The politics of language regime : a comparative analysis of Southeast Asia / Amy H. Liu -- Mandarin state tradition and language regime change in Taiwan / Jean-Franco̧is Dupre ́-- State tradition and regional languages in France : the case of Basque / Jean-Baptiste Harguindeǵuy and Xabier Itca̧ina -- Canada's official languages policy and the federal public service / Helaina Gaspard -- India's language regime : the eighth schedule / Ahsa Sarangi -- State tradition, language, and education policies in France / Nuria Garcia -- The language politics of peace-building / Catherine Baker -- Postscript : Reflections on states and the uses of language policy / Wiliam Safran.