"While many of the ideas in this volume may not be new...the contributions offer new insight into these discussions and reemphasize the need for a paradigm shift within AL. The volume as a whole...paves the way for new platforms of research which will continue to take account of socially, culturally, historically, and intuitionally situated perspectives."
—Linguist List
"...this book identifies the urgent local concerns caused by the increasing linguistic and social homogeneity in the representation of literacy and expertise, and also brings to the foreground the rising issues of power inequality."
—TESL-EJ
"This book is a well-written compilation of some current studies examining the reclamation of the local in a globalized world. The theoretical reconstruction of dominant sociolinguistic paradigms is one of its strengths....this volume is a valuable resource."
—Studies in Second Language Acquisition
"This book represents an important movement toward acknowledging the importance of indigenous perspectives in the social sciences....One of its greatest contributions would be to help persuade applied linguists that issues of globalization and local knowledge should be central to their field."
—James W. Tollefson
International Christian University, Japan
"Reclaiming the Local in Language Policy and Practice is not only a significant contribution to the literature in the field, but will bring about a radical rethinking of much of the current work on language planning and language policy theory and practice around the world....It is an outstanding contribution....Its emphasis on the need to deal with both the global and local contexts is both timely and essential."
—Timothy Reagan
University of Witwatersrand, South Africa
"While many of the ideas in this volume may not be new...the contributions offer new insight into these discussions and reemphasize the need for a paradigm shift within AL. The volume as a whole...paves the way for new platforms of research which will continue to take account of socially, culturally, historically, and intuitionally situated perspectives."
—Linguist List
"...this book identifies the urgent local concerns caused by the increasing linguistic and social homogeneity in the representation of literacy and expertise, and also brings to the foreground the rising issues of power inequality."
—TESL-EJ
"…the book contains many fine articles addressing a variety of critical, postcolonial and poststructural aspects of local language practices, and is a valuable resource for scholars in applied linguistics and related fields." –Journal of Language, Identity, and Education; 7: 161-168, 2008