Politics of the Russian Language Beyond Russia
Published on 22. May 2023
Book
Paperback/Softback
264 pages
978-1-4744-6380-5 (ISBN)
Description
Russian policy documents increasingly emphasise the importance of miagakaia sila for securing Russia's foreign policy interests. Looking at the politics of Russian in a range of countries including the Ukraine, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Moldova, Ireland and Germany, this book examines Russian language promotion and its reception in different countries and across different contexts.
Bringing together leading scholars in the field, the book examines the politics of the Russian language, the role of the Russian Federation in influencing these politics and the challenges that the promotion of Russian faces in particular contexts across the globe. Taking a comparative approach, the book also examines the institutional set-up and practice of Russia's language promotion in relation to its British, French and German counterparts and against the history of Soviet cultural diplomacy.
Bringing together leading scholars in the field, the book examines the politics of the Russian language, the role of the Russian Federation in influencing these politics and the challenges that the promotion of Russian faces in particular contexts across the globe. Taking a comparative approach, the book also examines the institutional set-up and practice of Russia's language promotion in relation to its British, French and German counterparts and against the history of Soviet cultural diplomacy.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Edinburgh
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Illustrations
7 black and white tables
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 159 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
437 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4744-6380-5 (9781474463805)
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Christian Noack
Politics of the Russian Language Beyond Russia
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1st Edition
Edinburgh University Press
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Christian Noack
Politics of the Russian Language Beyond Russia
E-Book
08/2021
1st Edition
Edinburgh University Press
€24.49
Available for download
Person
Christian Noack is Associate Professor and Director of the Amsterdam School for Regional, Transnational and European Studies at the University of Amsterdam
Content
Introduction: Language and Culture in Russia's Soft Power ToolboxChristian NoackChapter 1: The 'Russian World' and UkraineMichal WawrzonekChapter 2: Russian in Belarus: Element of Belarusian Identity or Moscow's 'Trojan Horse'?Mark BrueggemannChapter 3: Between Emotions and Pragmatism: The Russian Language in Kazakhstan and the 'Russian Factor'Natalya Kosmarskaya, Igor SavinChapter 4: Speakers of Russian in Ireland: 'What unites us is [the] language, but in all other respects we are different'Feargus Denman Chapter 5: Media Use of Russian Speakers in Germany Olga TikhomirovaChapter 6: The Role of Russian for Digital Diplomacy in MoldovaDmitry YagodinChapter 7: Promoting Russian Higher EducationSirke MaekinenChapter 8: Stable or Variable Russian? Standardization versus PluricentrismEkaterina Protassova, Maria YelenevskayaChapter 9: Russkii Mir in Perspective: Comparing Russia's Language Promotion with British, French and German Practices.Christian Noack