Discontinuity and continuity of identity. Romanian Elites after 1989. Second Part Cover Image

Discontinuity and continuity of identity. Romanian Elites after 1989. Second Part
Discontinuity and continuity of identity. Romanian Elites after 1989. Second Part

Author(s): Radu Baltasiu, Lucian Dumitrescu, Ovidiana Bulumac, Gabriel Săpunaru
Subject(s): Political history, Social history, Transformation Period (1990 - 2010), EU-Accession / EU-DEvelopment, Identity of Collectives
Published by: Editura Academiei Române
Keywords: Romania; elites; post 1989; identity;

Summary/Abstract: As opposed to the tension found in Transylvania (due to the Romanian-Magyar relations), in the land of Dobruja, throughout its entire known history, there was no recorded conflict with inter-ethnic or inter-confessional tensions as causes. Romanian intellectual (cultural) elites often take pride in this example of absolute tolerance, even in the absence of a “social contract” that would intercede between ethnical minorities the socioeconomic or cultural-religious reports. In other words, Romania holds the key to the puzzle that the EU is trying to solve for decades: a cultural model, perfectly functional, based on the slogan “Unity in diversity”.

  • Issue Year: 9/2011
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 1-20
  • Page Count: 20
  • Language: English