 | Standardizing Diversity: The Political Economy of Language Regimes Subjects: Language policy -- Southeast Asia -- Political aspects; Language policy -- Southeast Asia -- Economic aspects; Southeast Asia -- Languages -- Political aspects; Language policy -- Political aspects; Language policy -- Economic aspects; Language and langua; Using a newly assembled dataset and drawing on fieldwork data from Malaysia and Singapore, Liu finds that how linguistic power is distributed--specifically whether a lingua franca is recognized exclusively or above all others--can generate social trust, attract foreign investment, and therefore indirectly promote economic growth. Amy H. Liu teaches government at the University of Texas at Austin. |
