Includes bibliographical references and index.

The politics of the ESL classroom / Elsa Roberts Auerbach -- English in the world, the world in English / Alastair Pennycook -- Understandi ng language and power in the Solomon Islands / Karen Ann Watson-Gegeo a nd David Welchman Gegeo -- Supporting or containing bilingualism? : pol icies, power asymmetries, and pedagogic practices in mainstream primary classrooms / Marilyn Martin-Jones and Mukul Saxena -- Elite competitio n and official language movements / Selma K. Sonntag -- American langua ge policy and compensatory opinion / Thomas S. Donahue -- Spanish langu age loss as a determinant of income among Latinos in the United States / Ofelia Garcâia -- Ideological influences on linguistic and cultural e mpowerment : an Australian example / Brian M. Bullivant -- Five vowels or three? : linguistics and politics in Quechua language planning in Pe ru / Nancy H. Hornberger.