Bringing together key writings since the 1992 publication of Linguistic Imperialism, Robert Phillipson's controversial benchmark volume, this sequel analyzes how the persistent global dominance of English in all domains of power is maintained and legitimized in the 21st century.

Robert Phillipson is Professor Emeritus, Copenhagen Business School, Department of International Language Studies and Computational Linguistics .

Chapter 1 The study of continued linguistic imperialism; Chapter 2 English in the new world order; Chapter 3 Language policy and linguistic imperialism; Chapter 4 Linguistic imperialism; Chapter 5 English, no longer a foreign language in Europe?; Chapter 6 The linguistic imperialism of neoliberal empire; Chapter 7 Lingua franca or lingua frankensteinia? English in European integration and globalization; Chapter 8 English in higher education, panacea or pandemic?;