Francophonie In The 1990 S

Author : D. E. Ager
Publisher : Multilingual Matters
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : History
ISBN : 1853593230

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"Francophonie" in the 1990's by D. E. Ager Pdf

Makes accessible to English speakers the current status of the development and distribution of the French language, the international movement for using it through nearly 50 countries and regions, and the cultural and political values it offers to the rest of the world. Outlines the development and distribution of Francophonie; problems of culture and identity, the last colonies, economics and organization; and prospects in Africa, Asia and the Pacific, and Europe. For North Americans, places the otherwise sometimes perplexing concerns of Quebec into a historical and international perspective. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Author : Dennis E. Ager
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES
ISBN : 1800418256

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Francophonie in the 1990s by Dennis E. Ager Pdf

This book is intended to make up-to-date information and opinion about Francophonie accessible to English-speaking readers, and to assess how well the international movement of French-speaking nations is placed to face the future. Students of French, international relations and sociolinguistics will find the book valuable.

Author : Christopher John Murray
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 748 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : History
ISBN : 9781579583842

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Encyclopedia of Modern French Thought by Christopher John Murray Pdf

This work covers not only philosophy, but also all the other major disciplines, including literary theory, sociology, linguistics, political thought, theology, and more. The 240 analytical entries examine individuals such as Bergson, Durkheim, Mauss, Sartre, Beauvoir, Foucault, Levi-Strauss, Lacan, Kristeva, and Derrida; specific disciplines such as the arts, anthropology, historiography, psychology, and sociology; key beliefs and methodologies such as Catholicism, deconstruction, feminism, Marxism, and phenomenology; themes and concepts such as freedom, language, media, and sexuality; and istorical, political, social, and intellectual context. --From publisher's decription.

Author : France. Haut Conseil de la francophonie
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 420 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Fransktalende lande
ISBN : IND:30000123236790

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L'État de la francophonie dans le monde by France. Haut Conseil de la francophonie Pdf

Author : Alfred B. Zack-Williams
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 155 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2017-07-05
Category : History
ISBN : 9781351960441

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Africa Beyond the Post-Colonial by Alfred B. Zack-Williams Pdf

The poor economic performance of some African countries since independence has been a major concern to both African leaders and policy makers. This volume, which draws together contributions from academics based in Africa and its diaspora, situates the continent within its historic and socio-political background: from the 1960s, the decade of independence, through to its development outlook as the new millennium unfolds. It examines a broad range of contemporary issues -- from development and culture to linguistics and is unique in identifying and examining issues that are common both to Africa and the diaspora.

Author : Ericka A. Albaugh
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2014-04-24
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781107042087

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State-Building and Multilingual Education in Africa by Ericka A. Albaugh Pdf

This book explains why many governments in Africa are including African languages alongside European languages as media of instruction in elementary schools. It argues that a number of factors have combined to make multilingual education attractive: France has changed its foreign policy toward its former colonies, language NGOs are transcribing more languages, and pressure toward democracy makes African leaders look for ways to divide the opposition.

Author : Tony Chafer,Margaret A. Majumdar
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 640 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2023-11-02
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781351142144

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Routledge Handbook of Francophone Africa by Tony Chafer,Margaret A. Majumdar Pdf

The Routledge Handbook of Francophone Africa brings together a multidisciplinary team of international experts to reflect on the history, politics, societies, and cultures of French-speaking parts of Africa. Consisting of approximately 35% of Africa’s territory, Francophone Africa is a shifting concept, with its roots in French and Belgian colonial rule. This handbook develops and problematizes the term, with thematic sections covering: Colonial and post-colonial ties between France and sub-Saharan Africa Belgium, Belgian colonialism and Africa The Maghreb African Francophones in France Francophone African literature and film ‘Francophone’ and ‘Anglophone’ Africa Beyond national boundaries and ‘colonial partners’ The chapters demonstrate the evolution of "Francophone Africa" into a multi-dimensional construct, with both a material and an imagined reality. Materially, it defines a regional territorial space that coexists with other conceptualisations of African space and borders. Conceptually, Francophone Africa constitutes a shared linguistic and cultural space within which collective memories are shared, not least through their connection to the French imperial imagination. Overall, the Handbook demonstrates that as global power structures and relations evolve, African agency is increasingly assertive in shaping French-African relations. Bringing this important debate together into a single volume, this Handbook will be an essential resource for students and scholars interested in Francophone Africa.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1476 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Earth sciences
ISBN : OSU:32435071660500

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GIS: Geographic Information Systems : Challenge for the 1990's by Anonim Pdf

Author : Herman Salton
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 310 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780198733591

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Dangerous Diplomacy by Herman Salton Pdf

Dangerous Diplomacy' examines and reassesses the role of the UN Secretariat in the Rwandan genocide. With the help of new sources, including the personal diaries and private papers of the late Sir Marrack Goulding, an Under-Secretary-General from 1988 to 1997, this book situates the Rwanda operation within the context of bureaucratic friction existing at Headquarters in the early 1990s between the Department of Political Affairs (DPA) and the Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO). The book argues that these two units clashed not only over resources but also over the nature of peacekeeping and the 'political' limits of the Secretary-General's role. Importantly, the book also identifies the conceptual origins of the DPA/DPKO split in the gray area that separates peacebuilding and peacekeeping. The volume shows how and why power politics between global players, along with the porous borders between peacekeeping and peacebuilding, contributed to the Rwanda tragedy.

Author : Stefan Helgesson
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 255 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2011-05-25
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781443831345

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Literature, Geography, Translation by Stefan Helgesson Pdf

The present volume connects three academic fields that share central concerns but remain surprisingly isolated from each other: world literature studies, postcolonial studies, and translation studies. It approaches translation not as a vague metaphor but as a distinct and socially embedded practice that connects literatures. In similar vein, it interrogates the smoothness of many versions of “global” theory by insisting on the specificity of place and the resistance to translatibility among languages, oeuvres and genres. The topics covered in the chapters include the formation of world literature as a progamme of study, the French concept of littérature-monde, the rise of English in nineteenth-century Sweden, the translation of Arabic literature in Europe, and the transnationalism of the avant-garde. Through such case studies, and by drawing on the theoretical frameworks of Édouard Glissant, Pierre Bourdieu and David Damrosch, among others, the international group of contributors add substantially to the theoretical and methodological consolidation of world literature as a field of research.

Author : Nancy Snow,Nicholas J. Cull
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 504 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2020-01-20
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780429878954

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Routledge Handbook of Public Diplomacy by Nancy Snow,Nicholas J. Cull Pdf

The second edition of the Routledge Handbook of Public Diplomacy, co-edited by two leading scholars in the international relations subfield of public diplomacy, includes 16 more chapters from the first. Ten years later, a new global landscape of public diplomacy has taken shape, with major programs in graduate-level public diplomacy studies worldwide. What separates this handbook from others is its legacy and continuity from the first edition. This first edition line-up was more military-focused than this edition, a nod to the work of Philip M. Taylor, to whom this updated edition is dedicated. This edition includes US content, but all case studies are outside the United States, not only to appeal to a global audience of scholars and practitioners, but also as a way of offering something fresher than the US/UK-centric competition. In Parts 1–4, original contributors are retained, many with revised editions, but new faces emerge. Parts 5 and 6 include 16 global case studies in public diplomacy, expanding the number of contributors by ten. The concluding part of the book includes chapters on digital and corporate public diplomacy, and a signature final chapter on the noosphere and noopolitik as they relate to public diplomacy. Designed for a broad audience, the Routledge Handbook of Public Diplomacy is encyclopedic in its range and depth of content, yet is written in an accessible style that will appeal to both undergraduate and postgraduate students.

Author : Michael A. Morris
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Page : 536 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2010-07-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780773590809

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Canadian Language Policies in Comparative Perspective by Michael A. Morris Pdf

Capturing the dynamism of Canadian language policies, the essays in this volume analyze and compare the effects, histories, and features of language policies as they have been enacted and implemented by Canadian provincial and federal governments. The contributors' comparisons reveal significant domestic and international implications for language policy. An important study of a social and political issue that has immediate local, national, and international consequences, Canadian Language Policies in Comparative Perspective assembles knowledgeable authorities on language policy to provide a comprehensive synthesis of its consequences.

Author : Christian Moraru,Nicole Simek,Bertrand Westphal
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2020-06-25
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781501347153

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Francophone Literature as World Literature by Christian Moraru,Nicole Simek,Bertrand Westphal Pdf

Francophone Literature as World Literature examines French-language works from a range of global traditions and shows how these literary practices draw individuals, communities, and their cultures and idioms into a planetary web of tension and cross-fertilization. The Francophone corpus under scrutiny here comes about in the evolving, markedly relational context provided by these processes and their developments during and after the French empire. The 15 chapters of this collection delve into key aspects, moments, and sites of the literature flourishing throughout the francosphere after World War II and especially since the 1980s, from the French Hexagon to the Caribbean and India, and from Québec to the Maghreb and Romania. Understood and practiced as World Literature, Francophone literature claims--with particular force in the wake of the littérature-monde debate--its place in a more democratic world republic of letters, where writers, critics, publishers, and audiences are no longer beholden to traditional centers of cultural authority.

Author : K. Srinivasan
Publisher : Springer
Page : 198 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2005-11-07
Category : History
ISBN : 9780230248434

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The Rise, Decline and Future of the British Commonwealth by K. Srinivasan Pdf

Written by a senior Indian diplomat who has until recently also served as Commonwealth Deputy Secretary-General, this book provides a unique and far-reaching exploration of the British Commonwealth, and its impact since the second World War on the process of Britain adjusting to a world without Empire. Whither the Commonwealth now? What is its record of achievement; what are the benefits of membership to countries in terms of collective political influence, trade, investment, aid, travel and education? Can any practical good be envisaged for this nearly moribund post-colonial organization? Britain, which brought the association into being and is central to it, would have to play a key part in determining its future. But in coming to such decisions, the British Government faces great problems of perception, both from the Monarchy and the British public.

Author : Jean-Benoit Nadeau,Julie Barlow
Publisher : Vintage Canada
Page : 498 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2010-05-28
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780307370495

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The Story of French by Jean-Benoit Nadeau,Julie Barlow Pdf

A fascinating exploration of the historical and cultural development of the French language from the bestselling authors of Sixty Million Frenchmen Can’t Be Wrong. Imagine a language that is watched over by a group of forty “Immortals,” a language with rules so complex that few people ever completely master it, whose status as the world’s lingua franca has been declining for two centuries, whose use in global institutions is waning and whose speakers are so insecure they pass laws banning the use of other languages and spend millions of tax-payers’ dollars to make sure it gets used in literature, music and film. Now imagine a language that is second only to English for the number of countries where it is spoken officially, surpassing both Spanish or Arabic, a language that is the official tongue of two G-7 countries and three European nations, that is employed alongside English in most international institutions and that is the number-two choice of language students across the planet – a language with two million teachers and 100 million students worldwide, and whose number of speakers has tripled in the last fifty years. This paradox is the backdrop for The Story of French, in which bilingual Canadian authors Jean-Benoît Nadeau and Julie Barlow unravel the mysteries of a language that has maintained its global influence in spite of the ascendancy of English. Mixing historical analysis with journalistic observation, and drawing on their experiences living in and travelling to French-speaking countries, they explore how the French language developed over the centuries, how it came to be spoken in the Americas, Africa and Asia, and how it has maintained its global appeal.