Post-Communist Romania - by D Light & D Phinnemore (Hardcover)

Book Synopsis

Drawing on contributions from various disciplines, this up to date collection analyses Romania's experiences of the transition from the harsh realities of the Ceausescu dictatorship to the uncertainties of the efforts to consolidate democracy and introduce a market economy. With its focus on Romania's progress in coming to terms with the legacy of its communist past, the realities of pluralism, the introduction of a market economy and the challenge of European integration, the volume will be key reading for academics, students and practitioners interested in transition and Romania.

About the Author

DENNIS DELETANT Professor of Romanian Studies, School of Slavonic East European Studies, University of London DANIELA DUMBRAVEANU Assistant Lecturer, Department of Human and Economic Geography, University of Bucharest TOM GALLAGHER Professor of Ethnic Peace and Conflict, Department of Peace Studies, Bradford University INES HARTWIG Lecturer, European Institute of Public Administration, Maastricht IOAN IANOS Professor, Department of Human and Economic Geography, University of Bucharest BOGDAN RUSU Lecturer In Quality Management, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Technical University, Iasi MICHAEL SHAFIR Senior Regional Specialist on Central and Southeast Europe, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty PETER SIANI-DAVIES Lecturer, School for Slavonic and Eastern European Studies, University of London ALAN SMITH Reader in Eastern European Economies, School for Slavonic and Eastern European Studies, University of London NIGEL SWAIN Lecturer in the School of History and Director of the Centre for Central and Eastern European Studies, University of Liverpool DAVID TURNOCK Reader in Geography, University of Leicester MARIA VINCZE Professor of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development, Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj