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03446aam a2200373 i 4500 001 FFC9C11401A711EDB8EAEDD844ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20220712010056 008 210930s2022 nyu b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2021042594 020 $a 0190625619 020 $a 9780190625610 040 $d SILO 042 $a pcc 050 00 $a PE1073.4 $b .S35 2022 082 00 $a 306.442/21 $2 23/eng/20211028 100 1 $a Salomone, Rosemary C., $e author. 245 14 $a The rise of English : $b global politics and the power of language / $c Rosemary Salomone. 264 1 $a New York, NY : $b Oxford University Press, $c [2022] 300 $a xiii, 471 pages ; $c 25 cm. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 00 $g Conclusion. $t Looking back, moving forward. $t Multilingual Europe. Myth or reality? -- $t A high-stakes movement -- $t Shakespeare in the crossfire -- $t Headwinds from the North -- $t Shadows of colonialism. The "new scramble" for Africa -- $t Adieu to French -- $t Redress and transformation -- $t Confronting the Raj -- $t Defying the monolingual mindset. Defining the deficit -- $t Reframing the narrative -- $t A revolution in the making -- $t Marketing language -- $g Conclusion. $t Looking back, moving forward. 520 $a "Is English a bridge or a barrier to economic advancement and social mobility as it spreads worldwide? To what extent do domestic and global politics determine those outcomes? Who are the winners, losers, and resisters? How are France and China using the "soft power" of language to overtake English and to what ends? What role do globalization, a knowledge-based economy, and neoliberalism play in these developments? Using education as its lens, this book critically unpacks these and related questions in a sweeping journey across four continents through diverse political and historical settings. It begins in Europe with the European Union and its promotion of multilingualism, and with controversies over English-taught courses and programs in universities in the name of internationalization. It then moves to the post-colonial world where disputes over English in the schools reveal longstanding grievances and the inequities of historically rooted and politically motivated language policies, and where French is losing its hold to English in some former French-speaking colonies. It finally shifts to the United States where state and local officials and grassroots organizers are addressing the "foreign language deficit" and initiating programs that promote multilingualism. Drawing on a vast store of interdisciplinary research, interviews, court decisions, political commentary, literature, and popular culture from across the globe and in multiple languages, the book makes the case for a common global language (English for now) as a core component of multilingualism in a world that is growing smaller, more diverse, and more politically uncertain by the nanosecond"-- $c Provided by publisher. 650 0 $a English language $x Globalization. 650 0 $a English language $x Political aspects. 650 0 $a English language $x Social aspects. 650 0 $a Language and education. 650 0 $a Language policy. 941 $a 4 952 $l PQAX094 $d 20231214030030.0 952 $l BOPG851 $d 20231010032757.0 952 $l VXPE964 $d 20220806015043.0 952 $l CAPH522 $d 20220712010305.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=FFC9C11401A711EDB8EAEDD844ECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search