Language Policy and Political Theory

"The volume provides a highly valuable addition to existing literature for academics of both political theory and sociolinguistics, while also appealing to language policy practitioners. ... provides a constructive contribution to the field of language policy, its main achievement being the great emphasis on interdisciplinarity, as well as the assertion that language policies need to not only take into account but also reflect linguistic reality ... ." (Nadine Hamdan, The Linguist List, January, 2016)

• Preface by Thomas Ricento, Yael Peled, Peter Ives.- Normative Language Policy: Interface and Interfences by Y. Peled.- The Complex Normative Foundations of Language Policy by D. Weinstock.- De-politicizing Language: Obstacles to Political Theory's Engagement with Language Policy by P. Ives.- Thinking about Language: What Political Theorists need to know about Language in the Real World by T. Ricento.- Contesting Public Monolingualism and Diglossia: Rethinking Political Theory and Language Policy for a Multilingual World by S. May.- Democratic Theory and the Challenge of Linguistic Diversity by R. Schmidt Sr..- Book Review: Philippe Van Parijs: Linguistic Justice for Europe and for the World by Y. Peled.