Coalitions and Language Politics: Policy Shifts in Southeast Asia

• Main Authors: LIU, Amy H., RICKS, Jacob I.
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2012
• Subjects: Language policy; social policy; nation building; education and state; multilingualism; South East Asia; Malaysia; Thailand; Singapore; Asian Studies; Education Policy; Political Science; South and Southeast Asian Languages and Societies
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/1404; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/soss_research/article/2660/viewcontent/Coalitions_language_politics_av.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

Why is it that some governments recognize only one language while others espouse multilingualism? Related, why are some governments able to shift language policies, and if there is a shift, what explains the direction? In this article, the authors argue that these choices are theproduct of coalition...