Author: Maurice Beaudin
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780662625452
Category : Canadians, English-speaking
Languages : en
Pages : 124

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Author: Maurice Beaudin
Publisher: Canadian Museum of Civilization/Musee Canadien Des Civilisations
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 140

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Provides socio-economic profiles of official-language minorities to establish a comparative base from which to assess the relative vitality of each minority in its regional context. The minorities selected for the profiles are the Acadian minority in Prince County, Prince Edward Island, and the Anglophone minority on the Gaspe Peninsula and the Magdalen Islands, Quebec. Information in the profiles comes mainly from census data. The profile study combines two approaches: a regional approach beginning with the county (a census division) in which the minority resides, and a community approach which examines actual communities located within county boundaries. The profiles examine demographics, labour markets, economic structure, educational levels, income levels and sources, the female labour force, and the comparative status of the minority. Interviews with selected members of the linguistic minorities are also included. The conclusions assess the economic vitality of the minority communities and present an analysis and action framework that may enable these communities to at least maintain and possibly reinforce what they have achieved.

Author: Canada. Canadian Heritage. Official Languages Support Programs
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 284

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Presents papers from a conference on official languages, bilingualism, and their economic aspects. Topics of papers include the economic dimensions of minority and foreign language use, international research on the economics of language, advantages of bilingualism in the job market, official language implications of immigration, economic contributions of linguistic minority communities, social and economic policy, and economic benefits of bilingualism.

Author: Adam Szirmai
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1316240185
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 795

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Why are poor countries poor and rich countries rich? How are wealth and poverty related to changes in health, life expectancy, education, population growth and politics? This non-technical introduction to development studies explores the dynamics of socio-economic development and stagnation in developing countries. Thoroughly updated and revised, this second edition includes new material on the effects of the 2008 financial crisis, the emergence of the BRICS economies, the role of institutions in development and the accelerated growth of economies in Africa and Asia. Taking a comparative approach, Szirmai places contemporary debates within their broader contexts and combines insights and theories from economics, economic history, political science, anthropology and sociology. Each chapter includes comparative statistics and time series for thirty-one developing countries. Assuming no prior knowledge of economics, this book is well-suited for students in interdisciplinary development studies and development economics, for policy-makers and for practitioners pursuing careers in developing countries. Visit www.dynamicsofdevelopment.com for additional resources.

Author: Adam Szirmai
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521817639
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 760

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Why are poor countries poor and rich countries rich? How are wealth and poverty related to changes in nutrition, health, life expectancy, education, population growth and politics? This modern, non-technical 2005 introduction to development studies explores the dynamics of socio-economic development and stagnation in developing countries. Taking a quantitative and comparative approach to contemporary debates within their broader context, Szirmai examines historical, institutional, demographic, sociological, political and cultural factors. Key chapters focus on economic growth, technological change, industrialisation, agricultural development, and consider social dimensions such as population growth, health and education. Each chapter contains comparative statistics on trends from a sample of twenty-nine developing countries. This rich statistical database allows students to strengthen their understanding of comparative development experiences. Assuming no prior knowledge of economics the book is suited for use in inter-disciplinary development studies programmes as well as economics courses, and will also interest practitioners pursuing careers in developing countries.

Author: William Floch
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780660250533
Category : Community development
Languages : en
Pages : 46

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This document provides a profile of the region of Cape Breton (NS) drawing on a series of composite indicators for key dimensions of community vitality: geo-spatial complexity, demographic vitality, demo-linguistic vitality, socio-cultural diversity, socio-economic vitality, OLMC participation in key industries and occupations, institutional presence, institutional proximity, presence of federal offices.

Author: Thomas Ricento
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0190266597
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 336

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This volume articulates a new framework for language policy research that explores the connections between language policy and political economy. The chapters are united in their focus on English, a language that has enjoyed a reputation as a "global language" over the course of the last century and that is perceived as a tool for socioeconomic mobility. The book argues that adopting a new, political economic approach to language policy research will enhance our ability to provide more consistent explanations about the status, functions, benefits, and limitations of English in its various roles in non-English dominant countries. The book poses the questions: Does English serve as a "lingua franca" and does it advance the interests of sustainable economic and social development in low-income countries? Written by leading experts in language policy research, the chapters reveal the myriad and complex ways in which government leaders, policymakers, and communities make decisions about the languages that will be taught as subjects or used as media of instruction in schools. English is often advertised as a social "good" with unquestioned instrumental value, yet access to quality English-medium education in low-income countries tends to be restricted to those with sufficient economic means to pay for it. As the capitalist world economy continues to change and grow, and assuming that translation technologies continue to improve, it is likely that the roles and relative importance of English as a global language will change significantly. Assessing the costs and benefits of acquiring English therefore takes on increased urgency. The book argues that a political economic approach is particularly appropriate in this endeavor, as it takes into account theories and empirical findings from a range of disciplines in order to assess and explain real-world phenomena that do not fit neatly into boxes labeled "economic," "social," "political" or "cultural." Together, the chapters in this volume argue for a new direction in language policy studies-grounded in political economy -- that will explain why English has been experienced as both a blessing and curse in different parts of the world, why English continues to be useful as a lingua franca for particular sectors of the global economy, and why it is a detriment to economic development in many low-income countries. The book will be invaluable to language policy scholars, policy-makers, and educators, significantly advancing research in this important field.

Author: Nkonko M. Kamwangamalu
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 1137316233
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 252

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This book addresses the perennial question of how to promote Africa’s indigenous languages as medium of instruction in educational systems. Breaking with the traditional approach to the continent’s language question by focusing on the often overlooked issue of the link between African languages and economic development, Language Policy and Economics argues that African languages are an integral part of a nation’s socio-political and economic development. Therefore, the book argues that any language policy designed to promote these languages in such higher domains as the educational system in particular must have economic advantages if the intent is to succeed, and proposes Prestige Planning as the way to address this issue. The proposition is a welcome break away from language policies which pay lip-service to the empowerment of African languages while, by default, strengthening the stranglehold of imported European languages.

Author: Warren R. Hofstra
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
ISBN: 0742576108
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 207

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The Seven Years' War (1754–1763) was a pivotal event in the history of the Atlantic world. Perspectives on the significance of the war and its aftermath varied considerably from different cultural vantage points. Northern and western Indians, European imperial authorities, and their colonial counterparts understood and experienced the war (known in the United States as the French and Indian War) in various ways. In many instances the progress of the conflict was charted by cultural differences and the implications participants drew from cultural encounters. It is these cultural encounters, their meaning in the context of the Seven Years' War, and their impact on the war and its diplomatic settlement that are the subjects of this volume. Cultures in Conflict: The Seven Years' War in North America addresses the broad pattern of events that framed this conflict's causes, the intercultural dynamics of its conduct, and its profound impact on subsequent events—most notably the American Revolution and a protracted Anglo-Indian struggle for continental control. Warren R. Hofstra has gathered the best of contemporary scholarship on the war and its social and cultural history. The authors examine the viewpoints of British and French imperial authorities, the issues motivating Indian nations in the Ohio Valley, the matter of why and how French colonists fought, the diplomatic and social world of Iroquois Indians, and the responses of British colonists to the conflict. The result of these efforts is a dynamic historical approach in which cultural context provides a rationale for the well-established military and political narrative of the Seven Years' War. These synthetic and interpretive essays mark out new territory in our understanding of the Seven Years' War as we recognize its 250th anniversary.

Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 336

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