Politics without Institutions. A Brief Outline of Modern and Contemporary Romanian
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Politics without Institutions. A Brief Outline of Modern and Contemporary Romanian Administrative History
Politics without Institutions. A Brief Outline of Modern and Contemporary Romanian Administrative History

Author(s): Mihai Ghiţulescu
Subject(s): Public Administration, Political history, Government/Political systems
Published by: Editura Universitaria Craiova
Keywords: government; public administration; institutions; decentralization; informal arrangements;

Summary/Abstract: This article is a general overview of the Romanian administrative system during the last two centuries, arguing that formal institutions never fully played the role they ought to play and that the historical experience is one of the main explanations for the way in which we perceive them today.

  • Issue Year: 2011
  • Issue No: 29
  • Page Range: 27-35
  • Page Count: 9
  • Language: English