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Record Nr.

UNINA9910787890603321

Autore

Roper Stephen D

Titolo

Romania [[electronic resource] ] : The Unfinished Revolution

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hoboken, : Taylor and Francis, 2013

ISBN

0-203-69599-2

1-135-28757-0

1-280-06454-4

0-7397-9458-2

0-203-69507-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (159 p.)

Collana

Postcommunist States and Nations

Disciplina

320.9498

949.8032

Soggetti

Romania - History - Revolution, 1989

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Romania: THE UNFINISHED REVOLUTION; Copyright; TABLE OF CONTENTS; CHRONOLOGY; PREFACE; GLOSSARY OF ABBREVIATIONS; Map of Romania; Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION; Chapter 2 HISTORY OF ROMANIA: 1944-1964; Chapter 3 HISTORY OF ROMANIA: 1965-1989; Chapter 4 ROMANIAN POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT: 1990-1999; Chapter 5 ROMANIAN ECONOMIC POLICY: 1990-1999; Chapter 6 ROMANIAN FOREIGN POLICY: 1990-1999; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

The Romanian revolution was motivated by a desire for greater political and intellectual freedom and economic prosperity. It was the bloodiest of the eastern European transitions due to Ceausescu's cult of personality. However, many of the goals of the revolution are still unfulfilled. The lack of civil society, charges of political corruption, the failure to transform the economy, and concerns over the protection of ethnic minority rights are all factors in Romania's failure to become a fully integrated European country. Tracing the country's political history and examining Romania's post