This wide-ranging introduction reveals the importance of language policy in relation to migration, globalization, cultural diversity, nation-building, education, and ethnic identity throughout several countries and continents.

Using ethnographic case studies from a wide range of geographical areas, including Mexico, Peru, Amazonia, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Europe, and Africa, the contributors explore the inner worlds of meaning and practice that define and sustain elite identities. They also provide insights into the cultural mechanisms that maintain elite status, and into the complex ways that elite groups relate to, and are embedded within, wider social and historical processes.

Clare's atmospheric setting is spot-on, informed equally by neo-gothic horror films and the modern fantasy leanings of Neil Gaiman. Werewolves, vampires, angels and fairies all fit in this ambitious milieu. At the core, though, this is a compelling story about family secrets and coming-of-age identity crises. Fans of the smart/chic horror typified by Buffy the Vampire Slayer will instantly fall for this new series

Gender and discourse interface in many more epistemological sites than can be represented in one collection. Gender Identity and Discourse Analysis therefore focuses on a principled diversity of key sites within four broad areas: the media, sexuality, education and parenthood. The different chapters together illustrate how taking a discourse perspective facilitates understanding of the complex and subtle ways in which gender is represented, constructed and contested through language.

In the first edition of this text, Moshman (University of Nebraska- Lincoln) provided a constructivist synthesis of the literature of cognitive, moral, and identity development, from classic universalist theories through the more pluralistic research of the late 20th century. In this second edition, he develops his conceptualization of advanced psychological development in adolescence and, in a new chapter, proposes a conception of rational moral identity as a developmental ideal. The book concludes with a chapter on the importance of intellectual freedom in secondary education. No prior knowledge of psychology is assumed.