Why and when do linguistic cleavages within a nation become politicized? Using Norway—where language has played a particularly salient role in the nation's hi

“Identity politics” is everywhere, polarizing discourse from the campaign trail to the classroom and amplifying antagonisms in the media, both online and of

Uses Norway to test the claim that elites are central to the politicization of linguistic conflict.

This new study powerfully asserts the pivotal importance of the interplay between language and ethnicity, which is often underestimated as a component for polit

Modern Mexico derives many of its richest symbols of national heritage and identity from the Aztec legacy, even as it remains a predominantly Spanish-speaking,