1. Notes on contributors; 2. Introduction; 3. Part I. Language and totalitarism; 4. Structures of consensus-making and intervention: The concept of Nazi language policy in occupied Holland ("Deutsche Zeitung in den Niederlanden" 1940 to 1945) (by Sauer, Christoph); 5. Language policy during the fascist period: The case of language education (by Klein, Gabrielle); 6. The political speech of Futurism and its relationship to Italian Fascism (by Schjerve-Rindler, Rosita); 7. War with words (by Brekle, Herbert E.); 8. Part II. Language of politics/or politicians; 9. Some remarks on linguistic strategies of persuasion (by Sornig, Karl); 10. Credibility and political language (by Holly, Werner); 11. 1968: The power of political jargon - a "Club-2" discussion (by Wodak, Ruth); 12. Phonological variation in parliamentary discussions (by Moosmuller, Sylvia); 13. Social prejudice as a resource of power: Towards the functional ambivalence of stereotypes (by Quasthoff, Uta M.); 14. Part III. Institutions, control and discourse in specific settings; 15. Mediating racism: The role of the media in the reproduction of racism (by Dijk, Teun A. van); 16. Manipulationstrategies in newspapers: A program for critical linguistics (by Menz, Florian); 17. The case of W.: A critical journey to the border between psychiatry and justice (by Strouhal, Ernst); 18. Revising the patriarchal paradigm: Language change and feminist language politics (by Hellinger, Marlis)