Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- British and French organisations and abbreviations -- 1 Theoretical considerations: sociolinguistics, policy studies and language planning -- 2 The development of the standard language -- 3 Language policies: the status of languages in Britain and France -- 4 Constituent, corpus and acquisition policies -- Constituent or administrative policies -- Corpus policies -- Acquisition policies -- An overview of French and British language policies -- 5 The policy process: inputs -- Literacy -- Language policy for immigrants -- 6 The policy process: networks -- Policy networks -- The civil service -- 7 Networks: other participants -- Governmental advisory groups -- Interest and pressure groups -- 8 The policy process: negotiation -- Defining objectives and criteria -- Stages in negotiation -- 9 The policy process: implementation -- 10 The policy process: implementation and impact -- Administrative orders -- The impact of policies -- 11 Comparisons and conclusions -- Policy processes in France and Britain -- Language policies in France and Britain -- References -- Index of names -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- V -- W -- General index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.