Frontmatter -- Contents -- Series Editor's Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Part 1. Language Diversity in Development Discourse -- Chapter 1. Language and the Colonial State -- Chapter 2. Postcolonial Development, Language and Nationhood -- Chapter 3. The Global Cultural Economy: Issues of Language, Culture and Politics -- Chapter 4. Language in the Global Cultural Economy:1 Implications for Postcolonial Societies -- Part 2. Case Studies -- Chapter 5. Language and Education Issues in Policy and Practice in Mali, West Africa -- Chapter 6. Language and Literacy Issues in South Africa -- Chapter 7. Contemporary Issues in Language, Education and Development in Pakistan -- Part 3. Globalization and Linguistic Diversity -- Chapter 8. Postcolonial Perspectives: Issues in Language-in-Education and Development in the Global Cultural Economy -- References -- Index