Routledge The Hegemony of English (Series in Critical Narrative)

Product Description '[P]erhaps the best analysis of the English-only movement in the US and the ramifications worldwide of language policies favouring English ...It displays a dazzling grasp of the many meanings of language and the politics that underlie language policy and educational discourse.' Stanley Aronowitz, City University of New York 'In the present political climate, racism and classism often hide behind seemingly technical issues about English in the modern world. The Hegemony of English courageously unmasks these deceptions and points the way to a more humane and sane way to discuss language in our global world.' James Paul Gee, University of Wisconsin, Madison The Hegemony of English succinctly exposes how the neoliberal ideology of globalization promotes dominating language policies. In the United States and Europe these policies lead to linguistic and cultural discrimination while, worldwide, they aim to stamp out a greater use and participation of national and subordinate languages in world commerce and in international organizations such as the European Union. Democracy calls for broad, multi-ethnic participation, and the authors point us toward more effective approaches in an increasingly interconnected world. Review "In the present political climate, racism and classism often hide behind seemingly technical issues about English in the modern world. The Hegemony of English courageously unmasks these deceptions and points the way to a more humane and sane way to discuss language in our global world." James Paul Gee Tashia Morgridge Professor of Reading, University of Wisconsin, Madison "[P]erhaps the best analysis of the English-only movement in the US and the ramifications worldwide of language policies favoring English. ...It displays a dazzling grasp of the many meanings of language and the politics that underlie language policy and educational discourse." Stanley Aronowitz Distinguished Professor, Graduate Center, City University of New York About the Author Donaldo Macedo is Distinguished Professor of Education at U Mass Boston and co-author of Dancing with Bigotry: Beyond the Politics of Tolerance (Palgrave MacMillan, 2000) and The Hegemony of English (Paradigm, 2004). Panayota Gounari is Assistant Professor in the Applied Linguistics Graduate Program at the University of Massachusetts Boston. She is co-author with Donaldo Macedo of The Hegemony of English (Paradigm, 2003). Bessie Dendrinos teaches at the National and Kapodistrian Univ. of Athens.