Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Series Editor’s Foreword viii
4. Acknowledgements xi
5. Introduction 1
6. Part 1. Language Diversity in Development Discourse
7. Chapter 1. Language and the Colonial State 15
8. Chapter 2. Postcolonial Development, Language and Nationhood 50
9. Chapter 3. The Global Cultural Economy: Issues of Language, Culture and Politics 97
10. Chapter 4. Language in the Global Cultural Economy:1 Implications for Postcolonial Societies 126
11. Part 2. Case Studies
12. Chapter 5. Language and Education Issues in Policy and Practice in Mali, West Africa 157
13. Chapter 6. Language and Literacy Issues in South Africa 187
14. Chapter 7. Contemporary Issues in Language, Education and Development in Pakistan 218
15. Part 3. Globalization and Linguistic Diversity
16. Chapter 8. Postcolonial Perspectives: Issues in Language-in-Education and Development in the Global Cultural Economy 245
17. References 267
18. Index 287