The handbook of linguistic human rights / edited by Tove Skutnabb-Kangas and Robert Phillipson.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

"The Handbook of Linguistic Human Rights is the first Handbook-length resource in the field of language rights and linguistic human rights. Bringing together key research in the area from around the globe, six sections offer an exploration of multidisciplinary theory and practice: General Issues; Language Human Rights (LHRs) in the policies of official or global institutions, Suppression of LHRs; Issues of access, procedure and implementation; LHRs and Documenting endangered languages; and finally Successful experience of recognising and implementing LHRs policies. Authored by a prominent team of international experts in their respective fields and geographical areas, the individual chapters of the Handbook are masterfully brought together by the highly qualified editorial team of Tove Skutnabb-Kangas and Robert Phillipson. The Handbook of Linguistic Human Rights is written so that it is accessible to a wide audience of researchers and students of linguistics, applied linguistics and multilingual education, as well as multidisciplinary areas of education, law, political theory, sociology, cultural studies, minority studies, and anthropology"-- Provided by publisher.

About the Author
Tove Skutnabb-Kangas (1940-2023) was Adjunct Professor Emerita at Åbo Akademi University, Finland. Her research focused on linguistic human rights, linguistic genocide, mother-tongue-based multilingual education, the subtractive spread of English, revitalization of Indigenous languages, and the relationship between biodiversity and linguistic and cultural diversity. She was the (co-)author or editor of some 50 books and over 400 scientific articles. She was awarded the UNESCO Linguapax Prize in 2003.

Robert Phillipson is Professor Emeritus at Copenhagen Business School, Denmark. His research focuses on the role of English worldwide, language policy, linguistic justice, language pedagogy, and multilingualism. He co-edited the four-volume Language Rights with Tove Skutnabb-Kangas. His most influential books are Linguistic Imperialism, Linguistic Imperialism Continued, and English-only Europe? Challenging Language Policy. He was awarded the UNESCO Linguapax Prize in 2010.