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Conflict and Compromise in Multilingual Societies

Finland

By: Kenneth Douglas McRae,Mika Helander,Sari Luoma

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Conflict and Compromise in Multilingual Societies

Finland

By: Kenneth Douglas McRae,Mika Helander,Sari Luoma

Conflict and Compromise, Volume 3: Finland examines historical and developmental patterns during the Swedish, Russian and post-independence periods of Finland's history. McRae outlines Finland's changing social structures, showing how the language groups have evolved within these structures in the twentieth century. He compares how Finnish-speaking and Swedish-speaking citizens perceive themselves and other language groups, as well as the similarities and differences in their views on political and social issues. Further, the book describes in detail the constitutional and institutional arrangements for languages in Finland's political and administrative system, as well as in education and the mass media.

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Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press

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ISBN 10

0889203474

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9780889203471

Nuclear Dawn

F. E. Simon and the Race for Atomic Weapons in World War II

By: Kenneth D. McRae

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Nuclear Dawn

F. E. Simon and the Race for Atomic Weapons in World War II

By: Kenneth D. McRae

A biography of the experimental physicist Franz Simon, describing his early life in Germany, his move to Oxford in 1933, and his experimental contributions to low temperature physics. This volume is distinctive for using new source materials and the broad setting of five competing nuclear programmes.

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313

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Oxford University Press, USA

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0199687188

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9780199687183

Conflict and Compromise in Multilingual Societies

By: Kenneth McRae

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Conflict and Compromise in Multilingual Societies

By: Kenneth McRae

After the French Revolution, Switzerland developed from a country in which German dominated linguistically into a confederation of four officially recognized 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 institutionalization 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. This book is the first volume in a projected multi-volume work examining four multilingual Western democracies. The volumes to come will focus on Belgium (scheduled for publication in 1985), Finland, and Canada.

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Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press

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088920313X

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9780889203136

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Conflict and Compromise in Multilingual Societies

Conflict and Compromise in Multilingual Societies

Nuclear Dawn

Nuclear Dawn

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Conflict and Compromise in Multilingual Societies

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