Statehood, the English Language, and the Politics of Education in Puerto Rico
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6357549 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Amílcar Antonio Barreto (0000-0002-4022-9921, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2001 |
| Volume | 34 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 89-105 |
| Publication date | 2001-09-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Polity (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0032-3497 • E-ISSN: 1744-1684 |
| Publisher | University of Chicago Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2307/3235510 |
| OpenAlex | W2332058948 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
Puerto Rico's government recently outlined a controversial plan to restore English as a language of instruction in the public school system. Spanish became the medium of education in 1949 after Americanization-a federal policy aimed at cultural assimilation-was abolished. This U.S. territory represents a prime case for the study of nationalist politics. First we assess the administration's sincerity-whether the initiative was enacted for purely pedagogical purposes. Second, we explore if this example confirms standard Rational Choice principles of altering policies in an attempt to maximize votes. Third, we assess Tsebelis's Nested Games concept and the possibility that the administration was harboring a hidden agenda-in this case promoting Puerto Rican statehood. This study may shed light on policies in other societies engrossed in the dilemma over center-periphery relations
Administration (probate law · Americanization · Dilemma · Epistemology · Ethnology · Government (linguistics · Language planning · Nationalism · Pedagogy · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Puerto rican · Sincerity · Sociology · Law · Multilingual Education and Policy · Public Administration
| Citations per year | 0.18 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2015 - 2017 (3) |
| Highly cited | No |