Through a range of innovative and compelling state-of-the art chapters, this volume advances and illuminates our understanding of manipulation and counter-manipulative strategies. Importantly, cross-cultural investigations construe these phenomena as situated, tied (among others) to core discourse processes such as identity construction and intergroup communication, which shape and are shaped by societal values and ideologies. <i>Manufacturing Dissent: Manipulation and counter-manipulation in times of crisis</i> is destined to become a major reference for scholars and advanced students of manipulation.

- Pilar G. Blitvich, University of North Carolina at Charlotte,

The volume <i>Manufacturing Dissent</i> captures the problematics and paradoxes of manipulative communication and its dissent-inducing effects through a diversity of discursive, meta-discursive and inter-discursive perspectives on co-constructed manipulation by diverse actors across national, cultural and institutional contexts. The potential readership extends beyond discourse studies and includes academics and practitioners in politics, national security, conflict resolution, and other areas.

- Cezar M. Ornatowski, San Diego State University,

While deception and manipulation are a regular feature of human interaction, in <i>Manufacturing Dissent</i>, Professor Cornelia Ilie has adroitly marshalled a compelling collection of studies that demonstrate the growing role of manipulation in political and institutional life. It is a must-read for scholars of discourse analysis, communication and pragmatics, and indeed anyone interested in better understanding the current time of seemingly never-ending crises.

- Michael Haugh, The University of Queensland,