Begins with an overview of Joshua A. Fishman's work and influence in the field of language planning. Specific papers deal with the problems of political and social intricacies of language planning in the European Community, India, Africa, Israel, Cuba and Quebec.

1. Preface; 2. Acknowledgments; 3. Introduction: To Honor a Man and His Calling (by Marshall, David F.); 4. Joshua A. Fishman on Language Planning: "Brotherhood' does Not Mean Uniformity" (by Adams, Karen L.); 5. Multi-Disciplined Language Planning (by Jernudd, Bjorn H.); 6. Towards a Sociology of Language Planning (by Vries, John de); 7. Language Planning and Social Change: Ecological Speculations (by Williams, Colin H.); 8. Empirical and Theoretical Advances in Macro Studies as a Basis for Language Planning and Social Development (by McConnell, Grant D.); 9. Towards a Language Policy for the European Community (by Truchot, Claude); 10. Language Planning in India: Problems, Approaches and Prospects (by Dua, Hans R.); 11. The Political and Sociolinguistics of Status Planning in Africa (by Eastman, Carol M.); 12. The Handicaps of Language Planning in Africa (by Breton, Roland); 13. French Colonial Language Policies in Africa and Their Legacies (by Bokamba, Eyamba G.); 14. The "Back to the Future" Syndrome in Language Planning: The Case of Modern Hebrew (by Glinert, Lewis); 15. Language Maintenance and Language Shift in the Cuban American Community of Miami: the 1990s and Beyond (by Roca, Ana); 16. Yidish Military Terminology: A Case of Non-Institutionalized Language Standardization (by Schaechter, Mordkhe); 17. Terminological Change within a Language Planning Framework (by Daoust, Denise); 18. References; 19. Contributors; 20. Index