Post Globalisation Politics of Language in Maharashtra : Doctor of Philosophy in Politics [Hardcover]

Language: English. ABOUT THE BOOK: Dr. Deepak Pawar is assistant professor at the Department of Civics and Politics at the University of Mumbai, Maharashtra. He is in the teaching profession for last 20 years. Language Policy. Language Politics, Centre State relations are areas of his interest. His interest in 'Post Globalisation Politics of Language in Maharashtra 'stems from his decade long participation in the language movement in Maharashtra through 'Marathi Abhyas Kendra' (Marathis study centre) a civil society organisation that he heads. He is a prolific writer and writes for newspapers. He participates as political analyst for discussions on television channels. At the state level advocacy efforts of his team have led to the establishment of the Department of Marathi Language in the Government of Maharashtra, use of Unicode in the Government establishments and starting of media courses in Marathi. He is the founding member of CLEAR (Campaign for language equality and rights) a pan Indian organisation working for the betterment of Indian Languages and revisiting the federal design in India. He believes that Indian languages can meet the challenges of Globalisation only if they become the languages of employment, advanced knowledge and languages of information and communication technology. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Dr. Deepak Pawar is assistant professor at the Department of Civics and Politics at the University of Mumbai, Maharashtra. He is in the teaching profession for last 20 years. Language Policy. Language Politics, Centre State relations are areas of his interest. His interest in 'Post Globalisation Politics of Language in Maharashtra 'stems from his decade long participation in the language movement in Maharashtra through 'Marathi Abhyas Kendra' (Marathis study centre) a civil society organisation that he heads. He is a prolific writer and writes for newspapers. He participates as political analyst for discussions on television channels. At the state level advocacy efforts of his team have led to the establishment of the Department of Marathi Language in the Government of Maharashtra, use of Unicode in the Government establishments and starting of media courses in Marathi. He is the founding member of CLEAR (Campaign for language equality and rights) a pan Indian organisation working for the betterment of Indian Languages and revisiting the federal design in India. He believes that Indian languages can meet the challenges of Globalisation only if they become the languages of employment, advanced knowledge and languages of information and communication technology. CONTENTS: ?Preface . 9 Acknowledgements . 11 Chapter 1 Introduction . 15 Chapter 2 Framework for Analysis . 29 Chapter 3 Samyukta Maharashtra Movement . 45 Chapter 4 Congress and Language Politics in Maharashtra . 71 Chapter 5 Shivsena, MNS and other Non Congress Parties . 103 Chapter 6 Civil Society Organisations and Language Politics in Maharashtra . 133 Chapter 7 New Politics of Marathi in the Age of Globalisation . 151 Chapter 8 Summary and Conclusions . 171 Bibliography . 183 Synopsis . 195 Index . 221 The Title 'Post Globalisation Politics of Language in Maharashtra : Doctor of Philosophy in Politics written/authored/edited by Deepak Pawar', published in the year 2016. The ISBN 9788121213202 is assigned to the Hardcover version of this title. This book has total of pp. 228 (Pages). The publisher of this title is Gyan Publishing House. This Book is in English. The subject of this book is Political Science / Public Administration. Size of the book is 14.34 x 22.59 cms Vol: 228.…