Language difference and regional authority

IF 1.7 Q2 POLITICAL SCIENCE

Regional and Federal Studies Pub Date : 2020-10-14 DOI:10.1080/13597566.2020.1831476

Sarah Shair-Rosenfield, A. Schakel, Sara Niedzwiecki, G. Marks, L. Hooghe, Sandra Chapman-Osterkatz

引用次数: 43

Abstract

ABSTRACT This paper draws on research in geography, linguistics, and political science to explain the incidence of language regions and their effect on regional authority. It conjectures a chain of mechanisms beginning with the physical and political barriers to human interaction and culminating with contemporary patterns of regional authority. Using data on 1767 regions in 95 countries, it finds causal power in the claim that the linguistic distinctiveness of a region reflects the ratio of internal interaction to external interaction. Finally, the effects of a language region for regional authority depend decisively on the openness of the political regime.

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语言差异与地区权威

摘要本文借鉴地理学、语言学和政治学的研究成果，解释语言区域的发生率及其对区域权威的影响。它推测了一系列机制，从人类互动的物理和政治障碍开始，到当代地区权威模式结束。利用95个国家1767个地区的数据，研究发现，一个地区的语言独特性反映了内部互动与外部互动的比例，这一说法具有因果力。最后，语言区域对地区权威的影响决定性地取决于政治制度的开放性。

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Regional and Federal Studies POLITICAL SCIENCE-

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3.80

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21.40%

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期刊介绍： The upsurge of academic and political interest in regional and federal questions since the 1980s has been stimulated by the salience of regions in EU policy-making and the Structural Funds but also by regionalization and federalization processes in many Western states. The most striking example is the devolution occurring in the UK, but the process is at work all over Europe and in other parts of the world. These developments have led to many important research programmes and projects. Regional and Federal Studies is a refereed social science journal which provides an academic forum for the publication of international research on these issues. It is essential reading for both academics and practitioners in politics, administration and the business world.