Introduction: Language policy, power, and inequality, James W. Tollefson; 1.The politics of the ESL classroom: issues of power in pedagogical choices, Elsa Roberts Auerbach; 2. English in the world/the world in English, Alastair Pennycook; 3. Understanding language and power in the Solomon Islands: methodological lessons for educational intervention, Karen Ann Watson-Gegeo and David Welchman Gegeo; 4. Supporting or containing bilingualism? Policies, power asymmetries, and pedagogic practices in mainstream primary classrooms, Marilyn Martin-Jones and Mukul Saxena; 5. Elite competition and official language movements, Selma K. Sonntag; 6. American language policy and compensatory opinion, Thomas S. Donahue; 7. Spanish language loss as a determinant of income among Latinos in the United States: implications for language policy in schools, Ofelia Garcia; 8. Ideological influences on linguistic and cultural empowerment: an Australian example, Brian M. Bullivant; 9. Five vowels or three? Linguistics and politics in Quechua language planning in Peru, Nancy H. Hornberger