Temporal Politics and discursive marginalization: neoliberal and neocolonial dynamics of English-medium instruction in Pakistan’s higher education

An analysis of the rise of English-taught programmes in the North Macedonian context: the impact of policy spillover

This study examines the proliferation of English-medium instruction (EMI) within North Macedonia’s higher education system, a context emblematic of broader regional trends towards Europeanisation in the Western Balkans. Moving beyond the steering at a distance framework (Kickert, 1995), we analyse EMI development throu...

Navigating Neoliberal Demands: Linguistic Entrepreneurship Among EMI Students in a Non-Elite Chinese University

English-medium instruction (EMI) has rapidly expanded in Chinese higher education, yet its implementation often lacks a solid research foundation and overlooks the politico-economic dimensions of education. This article reports on a case study of how EMI students from a second-tier Chinese university, an under-investig...

Cultural Legitimacy, Coalition Pragmatism, and Digital Outreach: Explaining the National Awakening Party’s Trajectory in Indonesia

THE GRAMMAR OF SUBALTERNIZATION AND THE COLONIALITY OF DIGITAL HATE: A CRITICAL DISCOURSE ANALYSIS OF DEHUMANIZATION, POLITICAL MISOGYNY AND REGIONALISM IN BRAZIL (2018–2022)

The findings identify a shared grammar of subalternization: sanitary and zoological metaphors authorize symbolic expulsion, pathologizing predications discipline women in public life, and territorial generalizations transform historical inequality into presumed civic incapacity.

Language policy roadmap in the Philippines: a policy synergy towards global competitiveness and neoliberalisation

Cinema, censorship and educational impact: a semiotic and empirical analysis of the compilation–oral history documentary “Yollara Düştük” (We Hit the Road)

Introduction Compilation-oral history documentaries operate at the intersection of ideological struggle and educational praxis, yet their dual function as counter-hegemonic texts and pedagogical tools remains under-theorized. This two-phase study examines the 2014 Turkish documentary Yollara Düştük through semiotic and...