On the Eve of the Collapse: Ceaușescu’s Regime between Internal Dissent and International Isolation, 1987
On the Eve of the Collapse: Ceaușescu’s Regime between Internal Dissent and International Isolation, 1987

Summary/Abstract: In the ’80’s , Romania experienced a deterioration of the internal situation, which led to a growing opposition of Romanian society toward Nicolae Ceaușescu’s regime. There were many sources of discontent, which could be identified in the progressive economical deterioration, visible in the people’s lowering living standard to the limit of subsistence, but also in the authorities disrespect for human and civil rights (the right to free speech, free conscience, the right to emigrate). Using the secret police, the Securitate, the Communist regime kept people under strict surveillance, and the ones who dared to have a different opinion or to disapprove openly with the official point of view, were harshly punished. These things had a major contribution in maintaining a state of terror over the entire society.

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