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Language conflicts in contemporary Estonia, Latvia, and Ukraine : a comparative exploration of discourses in post-Soviet Russian-language digital media /

Language policy and usage in the post-communist region have continually attracted wide political, media, and expert attention since the disintegration of the USSR in 1991. How are these issues politicized in contemporary Estonia, Latvia, and Ukraine? This study presents a cross-cultural qualitative...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Maksimovtsova, Ksenia (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Stuttgart, Germany : Ibidem-Verlag, [2019]
Colección:Soviet and post-Soviet politics and society ; 205.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Intro; Table of Contents; Acknowledgements; Foreword; Introduction; Problem statement; Case selection; Theoretical approach; The novelty of the research; Methodology; Primary data for analysis; Structure of the book; Chapter I. The Theories of Social Constructionism in Relation to Nation-Building and Social Problems; 1.1. Introduction; 1.2. A Social Constructionist Approach to Nation-Building and the Role of Language Policy in Post-Soviet Space; 1.3. A Social Constructionist Approach to the Study of Social Problems
  • 1.4. Research Programme of J. Kitsuse and P. Ibarra in the Study of Social Problems1.5. The Theory of Moral Panics in the Study of Social Problems; 1.6. The Theory of Securitisation and its Applicability to the Study of Language Policy Debates in Estonia, Latvia, and Ukraine; Summary of Chapter I.; Chapter II. Methodological Implications of Discourse Analysis; 2.1. Theoretical Foundations of Discourse Analysis; 2.2. Reiner Keller's Research Programme on Discourse Analysis; 2.3. Using Blogs and News Websites as the Empirical Material for Social Science Research
  • 2.4. The Selection Criteria for Russian-Language Blogs and News Websites in Estonian, Latvian, and Ukrainian Online Media Space2.5. The Process of Analysing Russian-Language Blogs and News Websites in Estonia, Latvia, and Ukraine; Chapter III. Language Policy Development in Contemporary Estonia, Latvia, and Ukraine; 3.1. The Characteristics of Language Policy in Ukraine after the USSR Disintegration; 3.1.1. Ethnic and Linguistic Composition of the Population in Ukraine; 3.1.2. The Debates on the Status of the Russian Language in Ukraine
  • 3.1.3. Regional Polarisation of Linguistic and Political Preferences3.1.4. Legislation on Language Policy in Ukraine; 3.1.5. Language Policy in the Sphere of Secondary and Higher Education in Ukraine; 3.1.6. Ukrainian Contested Identity during the Ukrainian Political Crisis in 2013-2015; 3.1.7. Politicisation of Language Policy in Post-Euromaidan Ukraine (2016-2017); 3.2. Language Policy in Latvia after 1991; 3.2.1. Ethnic Composition of Contemporary Latvia; 3.2.2. Legislation on Language Policy in Latvia; 3.2.3. Educational Reforms and Language Policy in Contemporary Latvia
  • 3.2.4. The Referendum on the Russian Language in February 20123.3. Language Policy in Contemporary Estonia; 3.3.1. Ethnic and Linguistic Composition of the Population; 3.3.2. Characteristics of Language Policy in Post-Soviet Estonia; 3.3.3. Legislation on Language Policy in Contemporary Estonia; 3.3.4. Educational Reforms and Language Policy in Contemporary Estonia; 3.4. Summary of Chapter III.; Chapter IV. Public Debates on Language Policy within the Discourse of the Russian-Language Blogs and on News Websites in Ukraine; 4.1. Digital Media Landscape in Ukraine