Frontmatter -- Preface -- Contents -- Introduction -- I. Theoretical Perspectives on Language Policy -- Introduction -- Official Languages and Language Planning -- II. International Perspectives on Language Policy -- Introduction -- Una Lingua, Una Patria?: Is Monolingualism Beneficial or Harmful to a Nation's Unity? -- Canadian Perspectives on Official English -- Language Policy and Linguistic Tolerance in Ireland -- Language Policies in Western Europe and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics -- The Legislation of Bahasa Malaysia as the Official Language of Malaysia -- III. Perspectives on the Success of the Official English Campaign -- Introduction -- English - the Official Language of California, 1983-1988 -- Testimony before the State Legislature on California Proposition 63 -- Voting Rights, Liberal Voters and the Official English Movement: An Analysis of Campaign Rhetoric in San Francisco's Proposition "O" -- The Popularity of California's Proposition 63: An Analysis -- The Official English Movement in Florida -- Who Supports Official English, and Why?: The Influence of Social Variables and Questionnaire Methodology -- IV. Language Patterns in the United States: The Southwestern Perspective -- Introduction -- Ethnic and Linguistic Minorities in the Southwest: an Overview -- Official English and the Learning of English -- On the English Proficiency Act -- The Official English Movement and the Role of First Languages -- Official English and the Urge to Legislate -- The Navajo Language Today -- American Indian Language Policy -- V. Legal Perspectives on Language Policy -- Introduction -- Legal Background and History of the English Language Movement -- Is Language Choice a Constitutional Right?: Outline of a Constitutional Analysis -- Bilingualism and the Constitution -- Language and the Law in the Classroom: Bilingual Education and the Official English Initiative -- Language Rights as Collective Rights -- On Walling In and Walling Out -- Appendix I: Amendments, Initiatives, Resolutions -- Appendix II: Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo -- Appendix III: Congressional Hearings on Statehood for New Mexico and Arizona -- Appendix IV: Constitution of the State of New Mexico -- Appendix V: Representative Data on Language Use and Ethnicity -- References -- List of Contributors -- Index -- Backmatter