The Quasi-Revolution and Its Discontents: Emerging Political Pluralism in Post-Ceaușescu Romania
The Quasi-Revolution and Its Discontents: Emerging Political Pluralism in Post-Ceaușescu Romania
Author(s): Vladimir TismăneanuSubject(s): Political history, Government/Political systems, Transformation Period (1990 - 2010), Post-Communist Transformation
Published by: SAGE Publications Ltd
Keywords: Romania; change of political system; post-1989 period; post-Ceausescu period; political pluralism;
Summary/Abstract: The often convulsive and paradoxical regime transformation in post-1989 Romania cannot be grasped and analyzed thoroughly unless we dwell upon the characteristics of the Communist political culture there. Although subsiding significantly, the lingering climate of distrust, deception, and fear can be seen as a prolongation of the authoritarian patterns of leadership and domination exerted by the ruling elite in earlier decades. Post-Ceausescuism includes many elements that had been part of the political style of the Communist bureaucracy, including components of the symbolic structure of the old regime's legitimation. [...]
Journal: East European Politics and Societies
- Issue Year: 07/1993
- Issue No: 02
- Page Range: 309-348
- Page Count: 40
- Language: English
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