This is the first Handbook to deal with language policy as a whole and is a complete 'state-of-the-field' survey.

Part I. Definition and Principles: 1. What is language policy? Bernard Spolsky; 2. History of the field: a sketch Björn Jernudd and Ji¿í Nekvapil; 3. Philosophy of language policy Denise Réaume and Meital Pinto; 4. Language policy, the nation and nationalism Sue Wright; 5. Ethnic identity and language policy Ofelia Garcia; 6. Diversity and language policy for endangered languages Julia Sallabank; 7. Language is just a tool! On the instrumentalist approach to language David Robichaud and Helder De Schutter; Part II. Language Policy at the Macrolevel: 8. Language policy at the supra-national level Fernand de Varennes; 9. Language policy, territorialism and regional autonomy Colin Williams; 10. Colonialism and imperialism Robert Phillipson; 11. Language policy and management at the municipal level Peter Backhaus; 12. Language policy and management in service domains: brokering communication for linguistic minorities in the community Claudia V. Angelelli; 13. Language policy in defense and attack Richard Brecht and William P. Rivers; 14. Language policy and medium of instruction in education I Steve Walter and Carol Benson; 15. Language policy in education II: additional languages Jasone Cenoz and Durk Gorter; Part III. Non-Governmental Domains: 16. Language policy in the workplace Alexandre Duchêne and Monica Heller; 17. Language policy and religion Christina Bratt Paulston and Jonathan M. Watt; 18. Language policy in the family Stephen J. Caldas; 19. Language policies and the deaf community Sherman Wilcox, Verena Krausneker and David Armstrong; Part IV. Globalization and Modernization: 20. Transnationalism, migration and language education policy Kendall A. King and Adam C. Rambow; 21. Language management agencies John Edwards; 22. Literacy and script reform Florian Coulmas and Federica Guerini; 23. Language activism and language policy Mary Carol Combs and Susan D. Penfield; 24. English in language policy and management Gibson Ferguson; Part V. Regional and Thematic Issues: 25. National language revival movements: reflections from India, Israel, Indonesia and Ireland Joseph Lo Bianco; 26. Colonial and postcolonial language policies in Africa: historical and emerging landscapes Sinfree Makoni, Busi Makoni, Ashraff Abdelhay and Pedzisai Mashiri; 27. Indigenous language planning and policy in the Americas Teresa McCarty; 28. Language policy in the European Union (EU) Ulrich Ammon; 29. Language policy management in the former Soviet sphere Gabrielle Hogan-Brun and Svitlana Melnyk; 30. Language policy in Asia and the Pacific Richard B. Bauldauf, Jr and Thi Mai Hoa Nguyen.