'… explains why administrators promulgate instructional programs in which forgetting exceeds learning, inadequate time insures fractured acquisition, and materials and assessment ignores research.' Robert B. Kaplan, Emeritus Professor, University of Southern California
Part I. Definition and Principles: 1. What is language policy? Bernard Spolsky; 2. History of the field: a sketch Björn Jernudd and Jiří Nekvapil; 3. Philosophy of language policy Denise Réaume and Meital Pinto; 4. Language policy, the nation and nationalism Sue Wright; 5. Ethnic identity and language policy Ofelia Garcia; 6. Diversity and language policy for endangered languages Julia Sallabank; 7. Language is just a tool! On the instrumentalist approach to language David Robichaud and Helder De Schutter; Part II. Language Policy at the Macrolevel: 8. Language policy at the supra-national level Fernand de Varennes; 9. Language policy, territorialism and regional autonomy Colin Williams; 10. Colonialism and imperialism Robert Phillipson; 11. Language policy and management at the municipal level Peter Backhaus; 12. Language policy and management in service domains: brokering communication for linguistic minorities in the community Claudia V. Angelelli; 13. Language policy in defense and attack Richard Brecht and William P. Rivers; 14. Language policy and medium of instruction in education I Steve Walter and Carol Benson; 15. Language policy in education II: additional languages Jasone Cenoz and Durk Gorter; Part III. Non-Governmental Domains: 16. Language policy in the workplace Alexandre Duchêne and Monica Heller; 17. Language policy and religion Christina Bratt Paulston and Jonathan M. Watt; 18. Language policy in the family Stephen J. Caldas; 19. Language policies and the deaf community Sherman Wilcox, Verena Krausneker and David Armstrong; Part IV. Globalization and Modernization: 20. Transnationalism, migration and language education policy Kendall A. King and Adam C. Rambow; 21. Language management agencies John Edwards; 22. Literacy and script reform Florian Coulmas and Federica Guerini; 23. Language activism and language policy Mary Carol Combs and Susan D. Penfield; 24. English in language policy and management Gibson Ferguson; Part V. Regional and Thematic Issues: 25. National language revival movements: reflections from India, Israel, Indonesia and Ireland Joseph Lo Bianco; 26. Colonial and postcolonial language policies in Africa: historical and emerging landscapes Sinfree Makoni, Busi Makoni, Ashraff Abdelhay and Pedzisai Mashiri; 27. Indigenous language planning and policy in the Americas Teresa McCarty; 28. Language policy in the European Union (EU) Ulrich Ammon; 29. Language policy management in the former Soviet sphere Gabrielle Hogan-Brun and Svitlana Melnyk; 30. Language policy in Asia and the Pacific Richard B. Bauldauf, Jr and Thi Mai Hoa Nguyen.