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'This book is an eye-opener for all sociolinguists interested in understanding how nation-states respond to and 'do' globalisation through language education policies. This is not a book about China, in other words. Or at least it is less about China than about how globalised institutional spaces such as schools are key sites for the exploration of links between processes of economic transformation, changes in the organisation of a given community, and discursive practices through which that community reconstitutes itself (p.9). It unquestionably invites us to include other Eastern schools in our understanding of these processes. But it also exhorts us to explore if and how, and with what results, Western nation-states, like China, pursue paths to political and economic modernisation that blend an increasing investment in language commodification and internationalisation with a more protective concern for linguistic and cultural heritage.' - Jurgen Jaspers, Universite Libre de Bruxelles, Journal of Sociolinguistics 'The book is written in a lively narrative style employing real-life examples, especially in the description and analysis of choral practice. It constitutes a valuable addition to the current literature in the field of multilingualism and is suitable for post- graduate and PhD students of sociolinguistics and multilingual education as well as for professionals involved in educational reform and language planning.' - Li Jia, Macquarie University, Australia and Yunnan University, China, Multilingua. Journal of Cross-Cultural and Interlanguage Communication

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Miguel Pérez-Milans is Assistant Professor at the English Language Education Division in the Faculty of Education, The University of Hong Kong.

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