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InStateTraditionsandLanguageRegimesscholarsfromAsiaEuropeandNorthAmericashiftfocusfromtheconsequencesoflanguagepoliciestohowandwhystatesmakelanguagepolicychoices.Thisshifttheorizedthroughtheconceptoflanguageregimeinsertsanurgentlyneededpoliticalscienceperspectiveintothecurrentdialoguebetweensociolinguistswhoresearchthesocietaleffectsoflanguagepoliciesandpoliticaltheoristsoflanguagerightswhoanalyzethenormativeimplicationsofpolicies.Newanalyticaltoolsdrawnfromcomparativepoliticsareshowcasedtoanalyzepathstakenbydifferentstatesinestablishinglanguageregimesattimesdisruptedandredirectedatcriticaljunctures.ContributionstothevolumeincludeanalysesofCanadasincreasinglycourt-drivenlanguagepoli-ciestheUnitedStatesbifurcatedlanguageregimeintheaftermathof911IrelandsconictedprotectionoftheIrishlanguageFranceslinguisticJacobintraditiondisruptedbyEuropeanizationtheroleofpoliticalpartiesandcoali-tionsinlanguageregimestabilityandchangeinTaiwanandSoutheastAsiaPolandswar-tornhistoryinformingpolicytowardregionallanguagesandtheroleofEnglishininternationalpeace-building.Whileotherbookslookatthepoliticalandsocietaleffectsoflanguagepolicynoneseekstoemployahistoricalinstitutionalismapproach.StateTraditionsandLanguageRegimesoffersacomparativepoliticsperspectiveonethatenrichesinterdisciplinarydebateonlanguagepolicy.LindaCardinalisprofessorattheSchoolofPoliticalStudiesandchairederecherchesurlafrancophonieetlespolitiquespubliquesattheUniversityofOttawa.SelmaK.SonntagisprofessorofpoliticsatHumboldtStateUniversityinCaliforniaandchairoftheResearchCommitteeonthePoliticsofLanguageoftheInternationalPoliticalScienceAssociation.TheearlytwentiethcenturywitnessedtheemergenceofScottishandQuebecnationalismsthatwerecloselyintertwinedwithliberalphilosophies.TheYoungScotsSocietyandtheLiguenationalistecanadiennecarriedtheseliberalnationalistideas.ThisbookoffersacomparativeandhistoricalexaminationoftheirideasandpoliticsexploringtheYoungScotsasamovementaswellastheideasofkeyNationalistes.JamesKennedyarguesthatthegrowthoftheYoungScotsSocietyandtheLiguenationalistecanadiennewaslargelyinresponsetochangeswithinem-pirestateandcivilsociety.HesuggeststhattheactionsoftheBritishEmpireandtheCanadianstatenotonlypromptednationalistresponsesinScotlandandQuebecrespectivelybutalsoshapedtheirliberalcharacter.Hiscompara-tiveanalysisprovidesinsightsthatwouldnotarisefromasinglecasestudyofeithermovementwhiledetailingtheimportantrolesthatgeopoliticsconsociationandfederationandorganizedreligionplayedinthecreationofnationalistphilosophies.Therst-evercomparativehistoryofnationalisminScotlandandQuebecLiberalNationalismsisaninsightfulstudyofnascentpoliticalnationalismsandamajorcontributiontothescholarshipofnationalistmovementsintheearlytwentiethcentury.ThisisanimpressivecontributiontheoreticallyinformedandempiricallysustainedandwrittenwithsufcientclarityandbreadthtoestablishitselfasakeytextforthoseexaminingnationalismnationalidentitypoliticalandconstitutionalhistoryandthenalstagesoftheBritishEmpire.GraemeMortonUniversityofGuelphJamesKennedyisseniorlecturerinsociologyandprogrammedirectoroftheMScinNationalismStudiesattheUniversityofEdinburgh.SPECIFICATIONSMarch2015978-0-7735-4525-032.95ACDN32.95AUS20.99paper6x9336ppe-bookavailableSPECIFICATIONSMay2015978-0-7735-4484-034.95ACDN34.95AUS22.99paper978-0-7735-4483-3100.00SCDN100.00SUS76.00cloth6x9312pp3tables3gurese-bookavailableStateTraditionsandLanguageRegimeseditedbylindacardinalandselmak.sonntagOriginalandprovocativeanalysesofhowstatetraditionsinformlanguagepolicychoicesinAsiaEuropeandNorthAmerica.POLITICALSCIENCESOCIOLINGUISTICSSOCIOLOGYPOLITICALSCIENCEnewinpaperLiberalNationalismsEmpireStateandCivilSocietyinScotlandandQuebecjameskennedyArevealingcomparativehistoryofnationalistpoliticsinScotlandandQuebec.WinneroftheJohnPorterTraditionofExcellenceBookAward