"Francophonie" in the 1990's: problems and opportunities

by Ager, D. E.

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Title Statements

Full title :"Francophonie" in the 1990's : problems and opportunities / Dennis Ager.

Summary

This book is intended to make up-to-date information and opinion about Francophonie accessible to English-speaking readers, and to assess how well the international movement of French-speaking nations is placed to face the future. 'Francophonie' can be defined in three ways: as the development and distribution of the French language; as an international movement of nearly fifty countries and regions, similar to, but showing major differences from the Commonwealth; and as a set of cultural and political values which can be shared by other nations for which French is not the only or the main means of communication.

Students of French, of international relations, of sociolinguistics and the sociology of language, of politics and economics, and those interested in questions of cultural and linguistic identity will find the book invaluable as a source of reference, as an assessment of the effectiveness of the Francophone approach to world problems, and as an evaluation of France's own role in Europe and Africa.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:©1996.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Multilingual Matters
Place of Publication:Clevedon
Language:eng
Publication Date:©1996.

The Physical Object

Description:1 online resource (215 pages) : : illustrations

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:0585149682, 9780585149684
oclc:ocm44961821
LC Classification:DC33.9
Dewey Decimal:909/.0975410829

pt. 1. Contemporary Francophonie. 1. The development of Francophonie. 2. The distribution of contemporary Francophonie -- pt. 2. Problems for Contemporary Francophonie. 3. Problems for French: language, culture and identity. 4. The problem of English and other languages. 5. The last colonies? The DOM-TOM. 6. The economics of Francophonie. 7. The organisation of Francophonie -- pt. 3. Opportunities for Francophonie. 8. Africa. 9. Asia and the Pacific. 10. Europe.

Subjects

Civilisation moderne et contemporaine -… Civilization Civilization, Modern -- French influenc… Français (Langue) -- Francophonie Français (Langue) -- Pays étrangers France France -- Civilisation -- 20e siècle France -- Civilization -- 20th century France -- Relations -- Francophonie France -- Relations -- French-speaking … francophonie Francophonie -- Relations -- France Frankreich Französisches Sprachgebiet French language -- -Foreign countries French-speaking countries French-speaking countries -- Relations … Geschichte 1985-1995 HISTORY -- World international relations