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Conflict And Compromise In Multilingual Societies: Belgium (conflict & Compromise In Multilingual Societies) by Kenneth D. McRae is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

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After the French Revolution, Switzerland developed from a country in which German dominated linguistically into a confederation of four officially recognised language groups -- German, French, Italian, Romansh -- concentrated in different geographical areas and marked by distinctive cultures and lifestyles. Following a historical overview of this development and the social and political institutionalisation of the linguistic cleavages, McRae's study examines key elements in the functioning of modern Swiss society; political parties, federal and cantonal institutions, the media, educational and cultural policies, the relation between the linguistic cleavages and class and religion, the attitudes and behaviour of the four language groups to one another. It concludes by reviewing the various explanations advanced to explain the relative social and political stability of Switzerland.

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Author

Kenneth D. McRae

Publisher

Wilfrid Laurier University Press

Published

1986

Language

EN

ISBN

9780889201330

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Social Science, Science, Linguistics