id author title date pages extension mime words sentence flesch summary cache txt bn999595z0n Kevin Anthony Estep Constructing a Language Problem: Paternalism, Power Devaluation, and the Legitimation of Nativism in the English-only Movement 2013 .txt text/plain 109 4 41 Between 1984 and 2010, the 'English-only' movement successfully lobbied for legislation to make English the official language of 24 states and to restrict bilingual public education in three others. I find support for the status-based power devaluation perspective — an alternative to the dominant theories of symbolic politics — and for a 'new nativism' grounded in fiscal conservatism. cache/bn999595z0n.txt txt/bn999595z0n.txt