Language policy mistakes in Singapore: Governance, expertise and the deliberation of language ideologies

International Journal of Applied Linguistics

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 202-221

  Wee, Lionel ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Deliberative democracy; Deliberative poll; Expertise; Ideology; Language policy

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960461770     PISSN: 08026106     EISSN: 14734192     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1473-4192.2010.00275.x     Document Type: Article

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