This book examines language education policy in European migrant-hosting countries. By applying the Multiple Streams Framework to detailed case studies on Austria and Italy, it sheds light on the factors and processes that innovate education policy. The book illustrates an education policy design that values language diversity and inclusion, and compares underlying policymaking processes with less innovative experiences. Combining empirical analysis and qualitative research methods, it assesses the ways in which language is intrinsically linked to identity and political power within societies, and how language policy and migration might become a firmer part of European policy agendas. Sitting at the intersection between policy studies, language education studies and integration studies, the book offers recommendations for how education policy can promote a more inclusive society. It will appeal to scholars, practitioners and students who have an interest in policymaking, education policy and migrant integration.
Introduction.-
1. Language, National Identity, Old and New Minorities:
An Overview.-
2. Theoretical Framework: Looking at the Agenda of Language
Education Policy Through the Multiple Streams Framework Lens.-
3. The Problem
Stream: Language, Migration and Integration Between Assimilation and
Intercultural Dialogue.-
4. The Politics Stream: What do Political
Entrepreneurs Think About Migrants Linguistic Integration?.-
5. The Policy
Stream: Searching for Migrant Language Rights and Policies in Europe and
Beyond.-
6. If Someone Has Done It, Can Everybody? Foundations for Language
Education Policy Learning.- Conclusions: For an Inclusive Europe.
Anna Malandrino is a Postdoctoral Researcher at the University of Bologna, Italy, and collaborates with the University of Bern, Switzerland. She was previously a Visiting Scholar at the Center for European Studies, Harvard University, USA. She has published on diverse topics including public procurement, administrative cooperation, policy processes, policy learning, crisis management, evidence-based policy and education policy.
