Frontmatter -- Contents -- Chapter 1. Introduction: Impoliteness and power in -- language -- Part 1. Theoretical focus on research on -- impoliteness -- Chapter 2. Reflections on impoliteness, relational -- work and power -- Chapter 3. Toward a unified theory of politeness, -- impoliteness, and rudeness -- Part 2. Political interaction -- Chapter 4. Relational work and impoliteness: -- Negotiating norms of linguistic behaviour -- Chapter 5. Political campaign debates as zero-sum -- games: Impoliteness and power in candidates' exchanges -- Part 3. Interaction with legally constituted -- authorities -- Chapter 6. Impoliteness in the struggle for -- power -- Chapter 7. Threats in conflict talk: Impoliteness -- and manipulation -- Chapter 8. Verbal aggression and impoliteness: -- Related or synonymous? -- Part 4.Workplace interaction -- Chapter 9. Impoliteness as a means of contesting -- power relations in the workplace -- Chapter 10. "Stop hassling me!" Impoliteness, power -- and gender identity in the professional workplace -- Part 5. Further empirical studies -- Chapter 11. "You're screwed either way":An -- exploration of code-switching, impoliteness and power -- Chapter 12. A manual for (im)politeness?:The impact -- of the FAQ in an electronic community of practice -- Backmatter