The Textbooks Scandal and Rewriting History in Romania. Letter from Bucharest
The Textbooks Scandal and Rewriting History in Romania. Letter from Bucharest
Author(s): Dan PavelSubject(s): Political history, Government/Political systems, History of Education, State/Government and Education, Transformation Period (1990 - 2010), Historical revisionism, Politics of History/Memory
Published by: SAGE Publications Ltd
Keywords: Romania; history textbooks; rewriting history; government; democracy; 1999; Ministry of Education; Ceausescu era;
Summary/Abstract: Nineteen ninety-nine was a crucial year for democracy in Romania. Two violent assaults by the coal miners against the legitimate power in Bucharest were stopped at the last moment, and the conflict in Kosovo profoundly divided the country into two camps. The pro-western camp gathered together those political leaders and intellectuals who favored integration into the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and the European Union (EU) and the intervention in Kosovo in opposition to the Milosevic government. They also advocated pro-market economic reform and economic shock therapy, even if it entailed high social costs. On the other side were those political leaders who always thought that Romania should look for political friends in Moscow and Beijing. [...]
Journal: East European Politics and Societies
- Issue Year: 15/2001
- Issue No: 01
- Page Range: 179-189
- Page Count: 11
- Language: English
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