John P. O'Regan

Global English and Political Economy (eBook, PDF)

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Produktbeschreibung

Examining the role of political economy in the worldwide spread of English, this book is essential reading for advanced students and researchers in Applied Linguistics, World Englishes and related fields of study.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 282
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. April 2021
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781317608783
• Artikelnr.: 61204744

Autorenporträt

John P. O'Regan is Professor of Critical Applied Linguistics at UCL Institute of Education, University College London, UK. He is co-editor of Education and the Discourse of Global Neoliberalism (Routledge, 2021).

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements
Chapter 1
The political economy of English in a capitalist world-system
Chapter 2
English and the political economy of informal empire, 1688-1850
Chapter 3
The political economy of global English, 1850-1914
Chapter 4
The political economy of global English, 1918-1979
Chapter 5
Capital-centric English and the modern world-system, 1979-2008
Chapter 6
The decline of the US world-hegemony
Chapter 7
Superdiverse translingualism, commodification and trans-spatial resistances
Chapter 8
The demise of capitalism and the end of the hegemony of English
References
Index