Nation-Building, Collective Identity, and Language Choices: Between Instrumental and Value Rationalities

Safran, William; Liu, Amy H.

doi:10.1080/13537113.2012.707492

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“…Linguistic minorities are groups prone to such cultural sensitivities. Language has an important attachment for linguistic groups as its well-being represents the symbolic security of the group (Laitin 1998;Safran and Liu 2012). Yet, the vitality of a language can have more tangible impacts as it is often attached to economic considerations for group members (Giles and Johnson 1987;Woolard 1989).…”

Section: Intergroup Attitudes: the Power Of Cultural Insecuritymentioning

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National frenemies: linguistic intergroup attitudes in Canada

Medeiros

2017

Ethnic and Racial Studies

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Intergroup sentiments have been shown to be an important determinant of social stability in multinational countries. The present study explores the present state of linguistic intergroup tensions in Canada to contribute to the understanding of outgroup attitudes among minorities and majorities. Four main findings are derived from the results of empirical analyses on survey data. (1) Cultural threat impacts outgroup attitudes in both the national minority and the national majority. (2) Education has a strong impact on feelings towards the linguistic outgroup. (3) Unexpectedly, age does not display a statistical influence on intergroup attitudes. (4) Specifically relating to Canada, intergroup feelings between Francophones and Anglophones have over the last quarter century become considerably more positive, both groups hold quite positive attitudes towards one another.

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Section: Intergroup Attitudes: the Power Of Cultural Insecuritymentioning

confidence: 99%

National frenemies: linguistic intergroup attitudes in Canada

Medeiros

2017

Ethnic and Racial Studies

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“…Therefore, where religious groups are linguistically divided, their potential for collective action might well be smaller. Safran and Liu (2012, 273) argue that the very preservation of religious group identities depends on the use of a language that is distinct from the dominant language in a state. The fact that Sunni Kurdish fighters are at the forefront of fighting the Sunni Arab ISIS rebellion in Syria and Iraq is a clear example.…”

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Language, Religion, and Ethnic Civil War

Bormann

Cederman

Vogt

2016

Journal of Conflict Resolution

107

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Are certain ethnic cleavages more conflict-prone than others? While only few scholars focus on the contents of ethnicity, most of those who do argue that political violence is more likely to occur along religious divisions than linguistic ones. We challenge this claim by proposing the path from linguistic differences to ethnic civil war along three theoretical steps: (1) the perception of grievances by group members, (2) rebel mobilization, and (3) government accommodation of rebel demands. Our argument is tested with a new dataset of ethnic cleavages that records multiple linguistic and religious segments for ethnic groups from 1946 to 2009. Adopting a relational perspective, we assess ethnic differences between potential challengers and the politically dominant group in each country. Our findings indicate that intrastate conflict is more likely within linguistic dyads than among religious ones. Moreover, we find no support for the thesis that Muslim groups are particularly conflict-prone.

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“…It is also important to shed light on the fact that languages are not equal (Liu 2015). For example, some languages are spoken by the majority (Safran and Liu 2012). Others have economic value in terms of their association with an increase in investments (Kim et al 2015), trade (Hutchinson 2002) or wages (Ginsburgh et al 2007).…”

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Tolerance, Cultural Diversity and Economic Growth: Evidence from Dynamic Panel Data Analysis

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This study aims to examine the impact of social tolerance of cultural diversity, and the ability to speak widely spoken languages, on economic performance. Based on the literature, the evidence is still controversial and unclear. Therefore, the study used panel data relating to (99) non-English speaking economies during the time period between 2009 and 2017. Following the augmented Solow model approach, the related equation was expanded, in this study, to include (besides human capital) social tolerance, the English language (as a lingua franca) and the level of openness. The model was estimated using the two-step system GMM approach. The results show that social tolerance of diversity and English language competence have a positive, but insignificant impact on the economy. Regarding policy implications, government and decision-makers can avoid the costs deriving from cultural diversity by adopting democratic and effective institutions that aim to achieve cultural justice and recognition, which, in turn, enhance the level of tolerance, innovation and productivity in the economy. Moreover, to ease intercultural communication within heterogeneous communities, it is necessary to invest in enhancing the quality of second language education which is necessary to make society more tolerant and the country more open to the global economy.

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Nation-Building, Collective Identity, and Language Choices: Between Instrumental and Value Rationalities

Cited by 19 publications

References 16 publications

National frenemies: linguistic intergroup attitudes in Canada

National frenemies: linguistic intergroup attitudes in Canada

Language, Religion, and Ethnic Civil War

Tolerance, Cultural Diversity and Economic Growth: Evidence from Dynamic Panel Data Analysis

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