The present book is essential for anyone working broadly in the field of discourse analysis in the social sciences. The book includes often critical re-assessments of CDA's assumptions and methods, while proposing new route-maps for innovation.

• 1. Acknowledgements; 2. Preface (by Chilton, Paul); 3. PART I. Interdisciplinarity and (C)DA; 4. Three models of interdisciplinarity (by Leeuwen, Theo van); 5. Missing links in mainstream CDA: Modules, blends and the critical instinct (by Chilton, Paul); 6. Critical discourse analysis in transdisciplinary research (by Fairclough, Norman); 7. Contextual knowledge management in discourse production: A CDA perspective (by Dijk, Teun A. van); 8. Lighting the stove: Why habitus isn't enough for Critical Discourse Analysis (by Scollon, Ron); 9. PART II. Implementing interdisciplinarity; 10. Analyzing European Union discourses: Theories and applications (by Wodak, Ruth); 11. 'European identity wanted!': On discursive and communicative dimensions of the European Convention (by Krzyzanowski, Michal); 12. Deliberation or 'mainstreaming'?: Empirically researching the European Convention (by Oberhuber, Florian); 13. "It is not sufficient to have a moral basis, it has to be democratic too.": Constructing "Europe" in Swedish reports on the Austrian political situation in 2000 (by Barenreuter, Christoph); 14. Language, psychotherapy and client change: An interdisciplinary perspective (by Muntigl, Peter); 15. PART III. Inside and Outside traditional disciplines; 16. Anthropology of institutions and discourse analysis: Looking into interdisciplinarity (by Bellier, Irene); 17. The role of a political identity code in defining the boundaries of public and private.: The example of latent antisemitism (by Kovacs, Andras); 18. Social order and disorder: Institutions, policy paradigms and discourses: An interdisciplinary approach (by Burns, Tom R.); 19. Biographical Notes; 20. Name index; 21. Subject index