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The short communism's journey into democracy: an appraisal of Romanian democratization

[journal article]

Ionescu, Alexandra

Abstract

Two decades after the demise of communism, one can draw a state of the art of democratization in Romania. The task of building democracy was not only an endeavor of institutional engineering, but also a re-conceptualization of the intellectual resources of politics, as well as a re-conversion of the... view more

Two decades after the demise of communism, one can draw a state of the art of democratization in Romania. The task of building democracy was not only an endeavor of institutional engineering, but also a re-conceptualization of the intellectual resources of politics, as well as a re-conversion of the instruments and modes of government. Romanian democratization meant simultaneously unraveling the state and the regime and separating the state and the society. Both processes were grounded in the make up of political parties which turned to be not only their authors, but also one of their chief products. Successful as they were, these two disengagements led unwittingly to a third one: between the political regime and the society reshaped by postcommunism.... view less

Keywords
society; Romania; party system; democracy; political regime; democratization; post-socialist country; national state

Classification
Political Process, Elections, Political Sociology, Political Culture

Document language
English

Publication Year
2009

Page/Pages
p. 393-398

Journal
Studia Politica: Romanian Political Science Review, 9 (2009) 3

ISSN
1582-4551

Status
Published Version; peer reviewed

Licence
Creative Commons - Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works


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