Table of Contents

Introduction. Part 1: Multilingualism: Nations, States and Citizenship Part 2: Multilingualism and Education Part 3: Multilingualism Within Other Institutional Sites Part 4: Multilingualism in Social and Cultural Change Part 5: Multilingualism: Situated Practices

About the Author

Marilyn Martin-Jones is an Emeritus Professor based in the MOSAIC Centre for Research on Multilingualism, University of Birmingham, UK. She is the series editor of the Routledge Critical Studies in Multilingualism series. Adrian Blackledge is Professor of Bilingualism, and Director of the MOSAIC Centre for Research on Multilingualism, University of Birmingham, UK. He is the author of several books including Multilingualism, A Critical Perspective (2010) with Angela Creese. Angela Creese is Professor of Educational Linguistics at the University of Birmingham, UK. She is author of a number of books and articles on multilingualism and linguistically diverse classrooms including Multilingualism, A Critical Perspective (2010) with Adrian Blackledge.

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