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Theorizing School-Based Language Activism in the Basque Country and Beyond

A Social Movement Approach

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In this chapter I draw on the insights of social movement theory in order to propose an analytical approach to the study of school-based minority language revitalization movements. In particular, I propose a framework that centers on resource mobilization theory [henceforth ‘RMT’]. RMT posits that the relative ‘success’ of any movement hinges heavily upon the capacity of actors to marshal forth empowering forms of capital or ‘resources’ within a broader landscape of structural limitations and possibilities (Buechler, 1993, Edwards & McCarthy, 2004; McCarthy & Zald, 1987).

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    Kai A. Heidemann

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  1. University of A Coruña, Spain

    Renée DePalma

  2. University of Georgia, USA

    Diane Brook Napier

  3. University of Yaounde I, Cameroon

    Willibroad Dze-Ngwa

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Heidemann, K.A. (2015). Theorizing School-Based Language Activism in the Basque Country and Beyond. In: DePalma, R., Napier, D.B., Dze-Ngwa, W. (eds) Revitalizing Minority Voices. The World Council of Comparative Education Societies. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6300-187-8_5

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