Politics of Language in the Spanish-Speaking World

Clare Mar-Molinero is head of Spanish Studies at Southampton University. An experienced author, Clare Mar-Molinero’s previous publications include The Spanish-Speaking World (Routledge) and the BBC course Paso Doble.

'The book is readable, clearly-structured and informative. It will provide many readers with an awakening to unfamiliar issues and possibly a stimulus for further investigation.' - - Kathryn Crameri, Lancaster University'... an extremely useful contribution to the fields of Spanish linguistics and Spanish applied linguistics ... an outstanding point of departure for further study and research on the complex and intriguing natire of the Spanish language in the twenty-first century.' - Manel Lacorte, University of Maryland, Applied Linguistics

• Introduction PART I Spanish as national language: conflict and hegemony 1 Language and nationalism 2 The ‘Castilianisation’ process—the emergence of Spanish as dominant language 3 Counter-nationalism and the other languages of the Spanish-speaking world PART II Legislation and the realities of linguistic diversity 4 Language rights, language policies, and Language Planning 5 The state and language policies in the contemporary Spanish-speaking world PART III Language and education, 6 Bilingual education, literacy and the role of language in education systems 7 Latin American educational policies in the struggle for linguistic rights 8 Politics, language and the Spanish education system PART IV Language politics in the new millennium: the outlook for Spanish 9 Spanish as minority language 10 Spanish in a global era