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CHARLES IER ET LA CONSTRUCTION DU RÉGIME POLITIQUE ROUMAIN (1866-1881)
CHARLES I AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE ROMANIAN POLITICAL REGIME (1866-1881)

Author(s): Cosmin Ştefan Dogaru
Subject(s): History
Published by: Editura Universităţii din Bucureşti
Keywords: Charles I; constitutional monarchy; political regime; governmental alternation

Summary/Abstract: The present paper analyzes the political context in which, by mid 19th century, Romania became a parliamentar monarchy and Charles Ist became king of Romania. The first part of the paper focuses on the numerous aspects concerning the often contradictory, domestic and international, political vested interests. The second part focuses, from the perspective of political science, on the political arena, the main political parties and the way the electoral system worked in a context of emerging democracy

  • Issue Year: XIV/2012
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 3-15
  • Page Count: 13
  • Language: French