Includes bibliographical references (p. 229-245) and index.

Pt. 1, Language, ideology, and peace: Defining peace : perspectives from peace research / Anita L. Wenden -- Discourse analysis as ideology analysis / Teun A. van Dijk. -- pt. 2, Language and war: Foreign policy by metaphor / Paul Chilton and George Lakoff -- A comparative discourse analysis of editorials on the Lebanon 1982 crisis / Caroline Vaughan -- The "balance" metaphor in relation to peace / Christina Schäffner -- Promising to end war=language of peace? : the rhetorics of allied news management in the Gulf War 1991 / Andreas Musloff -- pt. 3, Language and social discrimination: Establishing linguistic markers of racist discourse / Michael Clyne -- Power and ideology in different discursive practices / Julieta Haidar and Lidia Rodriguez -- The role of language in European nationalist ideologies / Jan Blommaert and Jef Verschueren -- Language and the institutionalization of ethnic inequality : Malay and English in Malaysia / Peter Lowenberg -- pt. 4, Language, education, and peace. Doctor-patient communication : training medical practitioners for change / José Carols Gonçalves -- Perceptions of language in L1 and L2 teacher-pupil interaction / Luiz Paulo da Moita Lopes -- Critical language education / Anita L. Wenden.