Language policy and political economy : English in a global context /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Ricento, Thomas (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, [2015]
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Pt. I. Political theory and political economy in language policy research on English as a global language
  • Political economy and English as "global" language
  • Global English and the limits of liberalism : confronting global capitalism and challenges to the nation-state
  • Language policy and global political economy
  • Language, hegemony, and economy
  • pt. II. Political economy and global English : case studies
  • The economics of English in Europe
  • Language education, economic development, and participation in the greater Mekong subregion
  • Neoliberalism as language policy
  • Why English dominates the central economy : an economic perspective on "elite closure" and South African language policy
  • Narratives of globalization in language politics in India
  • pt. III. Global English, development, and democracy
  • The ground floor of the world : on the socioeconomic consequences of linguistic globalization
  • Linguistic diversity and global English : the Pushmi-Pullyu of language policy and political economy
  • "English," the global lingua franca?