La construction du système partisan roumain entre sorties et entrées imprévues
The Romanian Party System between Fickle Entries and Unexpected Exits

Summary/Abstract: On the eve of the fifth postcommunist elections, the author proposes to inquire whether there has been a relevant change in the Romanian party system after the 2000 elections. The study abides by three measures - the quantitative and qualitative criteria of system classification, as well as precise socio-historical guidelines - to find that all the clamorous exits (that of the liberals in 1992, as well as that of the PNȚcd in 2000) and entries (the PRM in 2000) are merely peripheral to the established party system, and that Romania continues under the sign of dyadic artificial conflicts, in other words, a sign of a weak consolidation of the party system.

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