The volume Insights into Romanian Political Discourse, edited by Andra Vasilescu, Mihaela-Viorica Constantinescu, Ariadna Ștefănescu and Șerban Hartular, published in 2024 at Cambridge Scholars Publishing, reunites researchers in linguistics and scholars from universities in Romania and the Institute of Linguistics of the Romanian Academy to present a comprehensive and detailed examination of the characteristics and specificities of present-day discursive practices of Romanian political discourse. In a collection of 14 case studies, organised in 4 parts, the book treats a multiplicity of genres, from a variety of perspectives, and provides a thorough understanding of the current socio-political status quo, as a natural result of the complex history of Romanian politics viz. political discourse ever since the foundation of the Parliament one and a half centuries ago, with all of the intricacies of the subsequent phases, particularly focusing on the postRevolution period. Rooted in consistent previous work (more than 110 studies by 30+ authors, referenced in a valuable inventory in the Editorial), the volume tackles new data, innovatively applying theoretical and methodological frameworks grounded in pragmadiscursive, interactional and rherotical perspectives.

Alecu, B. (2024). Romanian memes on controversial policies: Visual and verbal strategies of political critique. In A. Vasilescu, M.-V. Constantinescu, A. Ștefănescu, & Ș. Hartular (Eds.), Insights into Romanian political discourse (pp. 442-471). Cambridge Scholars Publishing.

Biriș, G. (2024). Romanian presidential and royal Christmas messages. In A. Vasilescu, M.-V. Constantinescu, A. Ștefănescu, & Ș. Hartular (Eds.), Insights into Romanian political discourse (pp. 223-247). Cambridge Scholars Publishing.

Constantinescu, M.-V. (2024). Insults and offence in Romanian parliamentary debates. A metapragmatic perspective. In A. Vasilescu, M.-V. Constantinescu, A. Ștefănescu, & Ș. Hartular (Eds.), Insights into Romanian political discourse (pp. 303-340). Cambridge Scholars Publishing.

Costăchescu, A. (2024). Conflictual communication and repair strategies in a Romanian parliamentary debate: Around a motion of no confidence. In A. Vasilescu, M.-V. Constantinescu, A. Ștefănescu, & Ș. Hartular (Eds.), Insights into Romanian political discourse (pp. 282-302). Cambridge Scholars Publishing.

Gâță, A. (2024). Unparliamentary language in disguise: Information in excess, or overspecification, as strategic maneuvering. In A. Vasilescu, M.-V. Constantinescu, A. Ștefănescu, & Ș. Hartular (Eds.), Insights into Romanian political discourse (pp. 341-376). Cambridge Scholars Publishing.

Gebăilă, A. (2024). Impoliteness in forms of address used in Romanian political talk shows. In A. Vasilescu, M.-V. Constantinescu, A. Ștefănescu, & Ș. Hartular (Eds.), Insights into Romanian political discourse (pp. 99-140). Cambridge Scholars Publishing.

Hoinărescu, L. (2024). Irony and (im)politeness in Romanian parliamentary discourse. A diachronic perspective. In A. Vasilescu, M.-V. Constantinescu, A. Ștefănescu, & Ș. Hartular (Eds.), Insights into Romanian political discourse (pp. 377-417). Cambridge Scholars Publishing.

Ionescu-Ruxăndoiu, L. (2024). Impoliteness strategies in some Romanian presidential debates. In A. Vasilescu, M.-V. Constantinescu, A. Ștefănescu, & Ș. Hartular (Eds.), Insights into Romanian political discourse (pp. 2-30). Cambridge Scholars Publishing.

Popescu, C.-M. (2024). Pragmatic overtones in the use of evidential markers in present-day Romanian political discourse. In A. Vasilescu, M.-V. Constantinescu, A. Ștefănescu, & Ș. Hartular (Eds.), Insights into Romanian political discourse (pp. 141-179). Cambridge Scholars Publishing.

Radu, C.-I. (2024). Verbal disagreement and aggressiveness in Romanian parliamentary debates during the pandemic period. In A. Vasilescu, M.-V. Constantinescu, A. Ștefănescu, & Ș. Hartular (Eds.), Insights into Romanian political discourse (pp. 248-281). Cambridge Scholars Publishing.

Săftoiu, R., Toader, A., & Tudorache, E. (2024). “Like Thieves in the Night”. A pragma-linguistic analysis of protest slogans in Romania. In A. Vasilescu, M.-V. Constantinescu, A. Ștefănescu, & Ș. Hartular (Eds.), Insights into Romanian political discourse (pp. 418-441). Cambridge Scholars Publishing.

Stoica, G. (2024). The rhetoric of patriotism in Romanian political discourse. National day speeches–a pragma-rhetorical analysis. In A. Vasilescu, M.-V. Constantinescu, A. Ștefănescu, & Ș. Hartular (Eds.), Insights into Romanian political discourse (pp. 180-222). Cambridge Scholars Publishing.

Ștefănescu, A. (2024). Reinventing the political. (Im)politeness and interdiscursivity in the Romanian public communication sphere. In A. Vasilescu, M.-V. Constantinescu, A. Ștefănescu, & Ș. Hartular (Eds.), Insights into Romanian political discourse (pp. 66-98). Cambridge Scholars Publishing.

Vasilescu, A. (2024). Populism(s). The Romanian case. In A. Vasilescu, M.-V. Constantinescu, A. Ștefănescu, & Ș. Hartular (Eds.), Insights into Romanian political discourse (pp. 31-65). Cambridge Scholars Publishing.

Vasilescu, A., Constantinescu, M.-V., Ștefănescu, A., & Hartular, Ș. (2024). Insights into Romanian political discourse. Cambridge Scholars Publishing.