LEADER 04604nam 22004455 450 001 9910855372903321 005 20250807153147.0 010 $a9783031557507 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-031-55750-7 035 $a(CKB)31801678400041 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC31310587 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL31310587 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-031-55750-7 035 $a(EXLCZ)9931801678400041 100 $a20240428d2024 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aPost-Communist Progress and Stagnation at 35 $eThe Case of Romania /$fedited by Lavinia Stan, Diane Vancea 205 $a1st ed. 2024. 210 1$aCham :$cSpringer Nature Switzerland :$cImprint: Palgrave Macmillan,$d2024. 215 $a1 online resource (0 pages) 311 08$a9783031557491 327 $aForeword: Vladimir Tismaneanu -- Chapter 1: Introduction ? Dennis Deletant -- Part I: Institutions and Elites -- Chapter 2: Institutional Choices and Weaknesses after 1989 ? Florin Anghel -- Chapter 3: An Overview of Cabinet Demographics -- Alexandra Horobet, Claudia Ogrean, Dana Alexandru and Robert Oprescu -- Chapter 4: The Eroding Force of Informal Rules: Romania between Democracy and Europeanisation -- Clara Volintiru and Edit Zgut-Przybylska -- Chapter 5: Are We There Yet? Romania?s Semi-Peripheral Rule of Law -- Mihaela ?erban -- Chapter 6: Protracted Transition: The Civilian Control over the Military and Intelligence -- Marius Ghincea and Marian Zulean -- Part II: Civil Society and Its Values Chapter 7: Romanian Parties and Post-Communist Democracy -- Sorina Soare and Mattia Collini -- Chapter 8: The Challenges of Political Protest and Democratic Representation -- Radu Cinpoes -- Chapter 9: Political Anachronism and Elite Political Culture: The Lacunae Theory - Delia Popescu -- Part III: Change and Continuity in Areas of Life -- Chapter 10: Riding the Waves of Democratization: The Interminable Sea Sickness of Romania's Media -- Peter Gross -- Chapter 11: Change and Continuity in the Higher Education System -- Razvan Zaharia, Rodica Milena Zaharia and Tudor Edu -- Chapter 12: Health and Citizenship in Post-Socialist Romania -- Gerard Weber and Sabina Stan -- Chapter 13: Wild Capitalism with Political Clout -- Lavinia Stan and Diane Vancea -- Part IV: Conclusion -- Chapter 14: Conclusion ? Tom Gallagher. 330 $a?For anyone interested in contemporary Romania, the publication of Post-Communist Progress and Stagnation at 35, is an exciting event. Ably edited by distinguished Professors Lavinia Stan and Diane Vancea, this volume brings together sophisticated analyses by some of the most clear-sighted specialists to argue that Romania?s post-communist transformation has failed to achieve even an approximation of a liberal democracy or to create conditions in which the mainstream media, the educational system, or the economy itself can operate free of corruption and abuse.? --Sabrina P. Ramet, author of East Central Europe and Communism: Politics, Culture, and Society, 1943-1991 (Routledge, 2023) This book examines Romania?s efforts to consolidate liberal democracy and market economy, as desired by the generation who effected change in 1989 and required by the European Union. The ousting of Nicolae Ceausescu, leader of an autarchic and nationalistic dictatorship, underscored the limitations of politically engineering change when rule of law is weak, institutions are misused, and intolerance and cheating are prevalent. Despite initial hopes, Romania?s transition combined progress and stagnation, missed opportunities, detours, unintended consequences, and success. The contributions illustrate the tenuous relationship between continuity and change in a country that is yet to catch up with its neighbors. Lavinia Stan is Professor of Political Science and Director of the Center for Post-Communist Studies at St. Francis Xavier University, Canada. Diane Vancea is Professor of Economics and International Affairs and President of the Senate of the University ?Ovidius? in Constanta, Romania. . 606 $aInternational relations 606 $aInternational Relations Theory 615 0$aInternational relations. 615 14$aInternational Relations Theory. 676 $a949.8032 702 $aStan$b Lavinia 702 $aVancea$b Diane 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 912 $a9910855372903321 996 $aPost-Communist Progress and Stagnation At 35$94159739 997 $aUNINA