Romania since 1989 Politics, Economics, and Society

by Carey, Henry F.; Antohi, Sorin; Bacon, Wally; Badescu, Gabriel; Barany, Zoltan D.; Birnier, Johanna Kristin; Bush, Larry S.; Campeanu, Pavel; Daianu, Danie; Deletant, Dennis; Eisterhold, Christopher; Ely, John F.; Gabanyi, Anneli Ute; Gross, Peter; Hall,

• ISBN13: 9780739105924
• ISBN10: 0739105922
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2004-05-24
• Publisher: Lexington Books

Summary

The most comprehensive study of Romanian politics ever published abroad, this volume represents an effort to collect and analyze data on the complex problems of Romania's journey from sultanistic national communism to a yet-unreached democratic government.

Table of Contents

List of Tables	ix
Foreword	xi
Norman Manea
Preface	xvii
Henry F. Carey
Introduction	1	(26)
Henry F. Carey and Christopher Eisterhold
Part 1: Romanian Exceptionalism?
1 Understanding National Stalinism: Legacies of Ceausescu's Socialism	27	(22)
Vladimir Tismaneanu
2 Sonderweg Romania?	49	(18)
F. Peter Wagner
3 Memory, Memorials, and Membership: Romanian Utilitarian Anti-Semitism and Marshal Antonescu	67	(30)
Michael Shafir
4 Re-Membering Romania	97	(20)
John F. Ely and Catalin Augustin Stoica
5 Democratization in the Shadows: Post-Communist Patrimonialism	117	(22)
Frank Sellin
Part 2: The State and Politics
6 Institutionalizing the Party System	139	(20)
Jóhanna Kristin Birnir
7 Parliamentary Development	159	(20)
Steven D. Roper
8 An Evaluation of Six Forms of Political Participation	179	(16)
Paul E. Sum and Gabriel Badescu
9 Media in the First Post-Communist Decade	195	(424)
Peter Gross
10 Political Culture in Post-Ceau§escu Romania	215	(14)
Richard Andrew Hall
Part 3: Civil Society and Social Issues
11 NGOs and the Development of Civil Society	229	(18)
Sandra Pralong
12 Multiculturalism and Ethnic Relations in Transylvania	247	(8)
Claude Karnoouh
13 Romani Marginality and Politics	255	(20)
Zoltan Barany
14 Church and State in Romania before and after 1989	275	(22)
Sabrina P. Ramet
15 Post-Totalitarian Pre-Feminism	297	(18)
Mihaela Miroiu and Liliana Popescu
16 Gay and Lesbian Rights	315	(20)
Mihnea Ion Nastase
17 Higher Education and the Post-Communist Generation of Students	335	(18)
Sorin Antohi
Part 4: Economics and Environment
18 The New Business Elite: From Nomenklatura to Oligarchy	353	(20)
Anneli Ute Gabanyi
19 Economic Reform	373	(18)
U"ally Bacon
20 Fiscal and Monetary Policies	391	(28)
Daniel Daianu
21 Trade Unions and Labor Relations	419	(20)
Larry S. Bush
22 The Environment in Transition	439	(22)
Clifford F. Zinnes
Part 5: Security
23 Romanian Security	461	(24)
Daniel N. Nelson
24 Romanian Bilateral Relations with Russia and Hungary: 1989-2002	485	(18)
Robert Weiner
25 The Security Services since 1989: Turning over a New Leaf	503	(20)
Dennis Deletant
26 Civil-Military Relations: Continuity or Exceptionalism?	523	(30)
Larry L. Watts
Conclusion: Ambiguous Democratization?	553	(66)
Henry F. Carey
Afterword: Ten Points, Ten Years After	619	(8)
Pavel Câmpeanu
Index	627	(8)
About the Contributors	635