37.2643, Books: Including Non-Dominant Languages in Educational Policy Change: Kosonen and Benson (eds.) (2026)

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Subject: 37.2643, Books: Including Non-Dominant Languages in Educational Policy Change: Kosonen and Benson (eds.) (2026)

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Date: 11-Aug-2026
From: Flo McClelland [flo at multilingual-matters.com]
Subject: Including Non-Dominant Languages in Educational Policy Change: Kosonen and Benson (eds.) (2026)


Title: Including Non-Dominant Languages in Educational Policy Change
Subtitle: Key Actors and Agency
Series Title: Bilingual Education & Bilingualism
Publication Year: 2026

Publisher: Multilingual Matters
           http://www.multilingual-matters.com/
Book URL:
https://www.multilingual-matters.com/page/detail/?K=9781836684046

Editor(s): Kimmo Kosonen and Carol Benson

Pbk ISBN 9781836684046 £29.95 / US$39.95 / €34.95
Hbk ISBN 9781788921121 £109.95 / US$149.95 / €129.95
PDF ISBN 9781788921138 OPEN ACCESS

Abstract:

This edited volume discusses the actions of key agents in educational
policy change, focusing on shifts towards greater use of non-dominant
languages in multilingual contexts. It uses Kosonen and Benson’s
(2021) language-in-education policy change framework to consider
actors, actions and agency at three levels: change from above, below
and the side.
Chapter authors expand on and critique this framework, applying it to
a wide-range of low- and middle-income countries in the Global South
and considering a diverse selection of actors including academics,
NGOs, advocacy groups, teachers, communities and local governments.
Taking a critical look at policymaking in multilingual settings, this
book explores policy timelines, trajectories of change and
implications for sustainable implementation of multilingual education.
This volume will be of particular interest to researchers and
practitioners working in the fields of international and comparative
education and language policy and planning.
This book is open access under a CC BY NC ND licence:
https://zenodo.org/records/20808236.

Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics
                     Sociolinguistics




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