LEADER 04207nam 2200781 450 001 9910826930103321 005 20200120171446.0 010 $a1-5261-3529-9 024 7 $a10.7765/9781526135292 035 $a(CKB)4100000004909817 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5446771 035 $a(OCoLC)1085599382 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse72892 035 $a(UkMaJRU)992980136123201631 035 $a(DE-B1597)660170 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781526135292 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000004909817 100 $a20200120h20182008 fy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||#---||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aRevolution, democratic transition and disillusionment $ethe case of Romania /$fAnca Mihaela Pusca 210 1$aManchester, UK :$cManchester University Press,$d2018. 210 4$dİ2008 215 $a1 online resource (x, 230 pages) $cillustrations; digital file(s) 225 1 $aPerspectives on democratic practice 311 $a0-7190-9001-6 311 $a0-7190-7698-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 214-225) and index. 327 $aList 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 -- Index 330 $aThis book develops a fresh and challenging perspective on the transition from communism to capitalism. Drawing on a wide and diverse range of material and texts, it argues that transition and democratisation studies should turn their attention towards processes of illusion formation and disillusionment as key to understanding the shift from one ideological framework to another. The author provides alternative approaches to otherwise classical sites of examination of social change - such as revolutions and the emergence of civil society - and proposes a number of new possible sites by analysing the politics of self-reflection, the element of shock inherent in any transition and the role of visual narratives in negotiating change. The chapters are inspired by unique interviews and discussions with the leaders of the Timisoara Revolution, the Group of Social Dialogue - the first civil society organisation in post-communist Romania, the leading author of the 'Presidential Report Analysing the Communist Dictatorship in Romania' and an innovative group of photographers tracing the Romanian transition through images. 410 0$aPerspectives on democratic practice (Manchester, England) 606 $aPost-communism$zRomania 606 $aDemocratization$zRomania 606 $aPolitics$2mup 606 $aPolitical Science & Theory$2bicssc 606 $aPOLITICAL SCIENCE / Comparative Politics$2bisach 606 $aComparative politics$2thema 607 $aRomania$xPolitics and government$y1989- 608 $aElectronic books. 610 $aRomanian 1989 Revolution. 610 $acapitalism. 610 $acommunism. 610 $acultural studies. 610 $ademocratic transition. 610 $adisillusionment. 610 $aeconomic failures. 610 $apolitical corruption. 610 $apolitical science. 610 $apost-communist transition. 610 $aregional studies. 610 $asociology. 610 $atransitology studies. 615 0$aPost-communism 615 0$aDemocratization 615 7$aPolitics 615 7$aPolitical Science & Theory 615 7$aPOLITICAL SCIENCE / Comparative Politics 615 7$aComparative politics 676 $a320.9498 700 $aPusca$b Anca$01622262 801 2$bUkMaJRU 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910826930103321 996 $aRevolution, democratic transition and disillusionment$93956024 997 $aUNINA