Language and Citizenship

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Language and citizenship

1. Introduction

2. Citizenship: Status, habitus, acts

2.1 Status, linguistic capital, and the reproduction of social inequality

2.2 Habitus, heteroglossia, and the ambivalent life of authoritative discourse

2.3 Acts of linguistic and bodily citizenship

2.4 Instead of reaching consensus

3. Where to from here?

References

Integration in Flanders (Belgium) – Citizenship as achievement

1. Introduction

2. The virtualization of citizenship: Shifting from a formal to a moral concept of citizenship

2.1 Conceptualizing citizenship

2.2 Integration and citizenship policies intertwined

2.3 Citizenship and language policies

3. Socio-political and socio-cultural context in Belgium and Flanders

3.1 The Belgian state structure

3.2 Different frames of reference regarding integration and citizenship in Flanders and Wallonia

3.3 Transition into a super-diverse society

4. Language policies in Flanders: Citizenship and integration intertwined

4.1 Sub-state nation-building in Flanders

4.2 Citizenship as achievement in Flanders

4.3 Wallonia, integration policies at a slower but more and more steady pace

5. Conclusion

References

Language regimes and acts of citizenship in multilingual Luxembourg

1. Introduction

2. Bridging the gap between language politics and citizenship studies

3. Language ideological debates and citizenship legislation in Luxembourg

4. Discourses on language, integration and citizenship in Luxembourg

4.1 Language regimes and the duties of integration

4.2 Acts of citizenship and democratic participation

5. Conclusion: Language and citizenship in 21st century Luxembourg and the EU

Acknowledgements

References

‘They look into your lips’

1. Introduction

2. The historical context of British citizenship

3. Citizenship ceremonies

4. Becoming

5. Methodology

6. Becoming British: Application process and citizenship ceremony

6.1 Waiting to become British

6.2 ‘They look into our lips’ – The ceremony

7. Conclusion

References

Linguistic citizenship

1. Introduction

2. Performing acts of citizenship

3. The skit

4. Discussion

5. Conclusion

Acknowledgements

References

Sexual cityzenship

1. Introduction

2. Discourse-based studies on citizenship meet research on linguistic landscapes… through sexuality

3. Joburg Pride vs. One in Nine Campaign

3.1 Joburg Pride 2012

3.2 One in Nine Campaign

4. Troubling performances of sexual cityzenship

4.1 Pride/shame and national identity: Proudly South African or not?

4.2 History repeats… uncannily: Black bodies on the tarmac

5. Concluding remarks

References

The party’s over?

1. Introduction

2. The People’s Action Party and the politics of citizenship

3. Engaging the citizenry over the years

3.1 From nation-state to global city

3.2 Crisis and response

3.3 Nationalism

4. Into the ‘new-normal’: The 2011 General Elections and after

5. Discussion

6. Conclusion

References