Revolution, Democratic Transition and Disillusionment - The Case of Romania

Using Romania as a case study, this book develops a fresh perspective on the transition from communism to capitalism by arguing 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.

List of contents

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
Index

About the author

Anca M. Pusca is a Marie Curie Research Fellow in the Political Science and International Studies Department at the University of Birmingham

Summary

Using Romania as a case study, this book develops a fresh perspective on the transition from communism to capitalism by arguing 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. -- .

Product details

• Authors: Anca Pusca, Anca Mihaela Pusca, Pusca Anca
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.08.2013
• EAN: 9780719090011
• ISBN: 978-0-7190-9001-1
• No. of pages: 240
• Series: Perspectives on Democratic Pra; Perspectives on Democratic Practice; Perspectives on Democratic Pra
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000, European History, HISTORY / Europe / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / European, 21st Century, Romania, 21st century history: from c 2000 -, Politics & government, 21st century, c 2000 to c 2100, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, Politics and government, c 1990 to c 2000, c 1990 to c 1999