ASOCIEREA POLITICĂ CA INDICATOR AL DEMOCRAȚIEI.
POLITICAL ASSOCIATION AS AN INDICATOR OF DEMOCRACY. SOCIOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE

Summary/Abstract: After 1989 the number of political parties in Romania increased considerably. The article questions the motivations for political association in Romania and the effects of this phenomenon. Using the framework of social construction, the study analyses the legal conditions, the social premises of party formation, the ideological foundations and the subsequent affirmation of the party as a political party. The common and specific characteristics of parties and their conventional power, expressed in terms of size, resources, legitimacy and electoral involvement, are captured. The social structure, diversity and programmatic offer of existing parties, radical populism, electoral system and short-term electoral mobilization are the main variables explaining the dynamics of political parties in Romania. Apart from parties resulting from splits as subtypes of new political parties, the commitment to democratic norms and processes and the exploration of the electoral potential of new parties is limited.

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