International context and Romanian causes in the initiation and affirmation of the Revolution of 1989
International context and Romanian causes in the initiation and affirmation of the Revolution of 1989
Author(s): Ionuț ȘERBANSubject(s): Political history, Government/Political systems, Post-War period (1950 - 1989), History of Communism, Post-Communist Transformation
Published by: Editura Universitaria Craiova
Keywords: revolution; Romania; Ceausescu; communism; securitate;
Summary/Abstract: The year 1989 started in Romania by announcing the completion of foreign debt payment, an event that was to be “exploited” politically at the XIVth Congress of the P.C.R. (R.C.P. - Romanian Communist Party) in November the same year. In Eastern Europe, the events were in an accelerated progress of abandonment the totalitarian communist system. Hungary and Austria already abolished the border restrictions, so that people of German DR could pass tens of thousands in the Federal Republic of Germany. In Poland, the union “Solidarity” gain ground against the communist government, accepting since summer the appointment of the first noncommunist prime minister in a State of the Warsaw Pact.
Journal: Revista de Științe Politice. Revue des Sciences Politiques
- Issue Year: 2012
- Issue No: 35
- Page Range: 393-400
- Page Count: 8
- Language: English