04207nam 2200781 450 991079672010332120200120171446.01-5261-3529-910.7765/9781526135292(CKB)4100000004909817(MiAaPQ)EBC5446771(OCoLC)1085599382(MdBmJHUP)muse72892(UkMaJRU)992980136123201631(DE-B1597)660170(DE-B1597)9781526135292(EXLCZ)99410000000490981720200120h20182008 fy| 0engur||#---|||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierRevolution, democratic transition and disillusionment the case of Romania /Anca Mihaela PuscaManchester, UK :Manchester University Press,2018.©20081 online resource (x, 230 pages) illustrations; digital file(s)Perspectives on democratic practice0-7190-9001-6 0-7190-7698-6 Includes bibliographical references (pages 214-225) and index.List of illustrations -- Acknowledgements -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Between the past and the future: Romania, seventeen years into its transition -- 3. An anatomy of disillusionment -- 4. Shock and transitions -- 5. The illusions and disillusions of the Romanian revolution: the case of the Timisoara revolutionaries -- 6. The illusions and disillusions of civil society: the case of the Group for Social Dialogue -- 7. Representing illusions and disillusions: a visual narrative of the Romanian transition to capitalism -- 8. Conclusion -- Bibliography -- IndexThis book develops a fresh and challenging perspective on the transition from communism to capitalism. Drawing on a wide and diverse range of material and texts, it argues that transition and democratisation studies should turn their attention towards processes of illusion formation and disillusionment as key to understanding the shift from one ideological framework to another. The author provides alternative approaches to otherwise classical sites of examination of social change - such as revolutions and the emergence of civil society - and proposes a number of new possible sites by analysing the politics of self-reflection, the element of shock inherent in any transition and the role of visual narratives in negotiating change. The chapters are inspired by unique interviews and discussions with the leaders of the Timisoara Revolution, the Group of Social Dialogue - the first civil society organisation in post-communist Romania, the leading author of the 'Presidential Report Analysing the Communist Dictatorship in Romania' and an innovative group of photographers tracing the Romanian transition through images.Perspectives on democratic practice (Manchester, England)Post-communismRomaniaDemocratizationRomaniaPoliticsmupPolitical Science & TheorybicsscPOLITICAL SCIENCE / Comparative PoliticsbisachComparative politicsthemaRomaniaPolitics and government1989-Electronic books. Romanian 1989 Revolution.capitalism.communism.cultural studies.democratic transition.disillusionment.economic failures.political corruption.political science.post-communist transition.regional studies.sociology.transitology studies.Post-communismDemocratizationPoliticsPolitical Science & TheoryPOLITICAL SCIENCE / Comparative PoliticsComparative politics320.9498Pusca Anca1488763UkMaJRUBOOK9910796720103321Revolution, democratic transition and disillusionment3792538UNINA