The View from Below
Exploring the Interface of Europeanization and Basque Language Activism in France
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7921118 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Kai Heidemann (0000-0002-8821-8295, Department of Sociology, Social Work and Anthropology at Christopher Newport University, Newport News, VA 23606, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2012 |
| Volume | 17 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 195-220 |
| Publication date | 2012-06-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Mobilization An International Quarterly (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1086-671X • E-ISSN: 1938-1514 |
| Publisher | Mobilization Journal (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.17813/maiq.17.2.1443224g539v6377 |
| OpenAlex | W2281250242 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
| References cited | 28 |
This article explores how Basque language activists in France have evaluated and engaged with European-level minority language policies in relative terms of "opportunity." Focusing upon the social construction of political opportunity from below, I consider how actors affiliated with a community-based schooling initiative cultivated a strategic stance toward the Council of Europe's Charter for Regional or Minority Languages between 1997 and 2007. Drawing upon qualitative case study data, I show how activist stances toward the European Charter were both motivated and minimized by their institutional containment within the French national state and the educational sector more specifically. The article contributes to scholarship by shedding microsociological light on the ways in which grassroots actors experience the intersection between national and supranational political processes in Europe. The article also contributes to the study of ethnic mobilization in Europe by shedding light on the underexamined field of linguistic-rights activism in education
Charter · Ethnic group · Grassroots · Political economy · Political opportunity · Political science · Politics · Scholarship · Social movement · Sociology · Cultural Identity and Heritage · Law · Linguistic and Sociocultural Studies · Multilingual Education and Policy · Public Administration
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| Citations per year | 0.54 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2013 - 2025 (13) |
| Highly cited | No |