Chapters in this book

1. Prelim pages i
2. Table of contents v
3. Notes on contributors vii
4. Introduction xiii
5. Part I. Language and totalitarism
6. Structures of consensus-making and intervention 3
7. Language policy during the fascist period 39
8. The political speech of Futurism and its relationship to Italian Fascism 57
9. War with words 81
10. Part II. Language of politics/or politicians
11. Some remarks on linguistic strategies of persuasion 95
12. Credibility and political language 115
13. 1968 137
14. Phonological variation in parliamentary discussions 165
15. Social prejudice as a resource of power 181
16. Part III. Institutions, control and discourse in specific settings
17. Mediating racism 199
18. Manipulationstrategies in newspapers 227
19. The case of W. 251
20. Revising the patriarchal paradigm 273