Painting Towns and Cities by Michael B Edwards

Painting Towns and Cities by Michael B Edwards

This book argues that Brexit will wholly re-shape the legal framework and public policy norms relating to linguistic diversity that have dominated public life in the UK and the EU since the Treaty on European Union in 1993. First, Brexit de-anchors the linguistic actors engaged with sub-state nationalisms in the UK (in Northern Ireland, Wales and Scotland) from the ethno-linguistic imaginary of the so-called 'Europe of the regions'. This strengthens the case both for the de jure recognition of English as the official language of the UK and for embedding autochthonous minority language rights and freedoms in a transformed UK constitution. Second, Brexit strengthens the normative case for English as the lingua franca of the EU, by reducing the injustices associated with the rise of English as the EU and global lingua franca. The book will appeal to students and scholars across the fields of political science, political theory, law, language policy and planning, and sociolinguistics.

Michael B. Edwards is a Retired Army Lieutenant Colonel whose tours of duty included England, Germany, and Turkey. He has personally visited every site in the Ionic League mentioned in this novel. He teaches in Charlotte, North Carolina where he lives with his wife Sylvia. They have three children.

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ISBN 13	9780891344551
ISBN 10	0891344551
Title	Painting Towns and Cities
Author	Michael B Edwards
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Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Greenwich Editions,U.S.
Year published	1997-10-31
Number of pages	128
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