The Routledge Handbook Of Language Policy And Planning Michele Gazzola by Michele Gazzola, François Grin, Linda Cardinal, Kathleen Heugh 9781138328198, 9780429448843, 9780429828928 instant download after payment.

The Handbook approaches language policy as public policy that can be studied through the policy cycle framework. It offers a systematic and research-informed view of actual processes and methods of design, implementation, and evaluation.

With a substantial introduction, 38 chapters and an extensive bibliography, this Handbook is a resource for all decision makers, students, and researchers of language policy and planning within linguistics and cognate disciplines such as public policy, economics, political science, sociology, and education.

'This fascinating and comprehensive handbook offers an authoritative state of the art overview of language policy and planning, its main features, diverse implementation and associated complications. The editors have skilfully woven a narrative which interprets the five stages of a language policy cycle from an interdisciplinary perspective while the distinguished contributors present a refreshing range of material and approaches drawn from a wide variety of international, largely democratic contexts ranging from the global to the local, together with case study chapters which illustrate the complexity of language policy implementation. This is an excellent resource which will repay consistent and regular reading as much for its insights into the policy process as for its evidence-based interpretations.'

Colin H. Williams, Honorary Professor of Welsh at Cardiff University, UK