Post-Communist Romania Coming to Terms with

This up-to-date collection analyzes Romania's experiences of the transition form the harsh realities of the Ceausescu dictatorship to the uncertainties of the efforts to consolidate democracy and introduce a market economy. This volume focuses 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.

Duncan Light is Lecturer in Geography, Liverpool Hope University College.

David Phinnemore is Lecturer in European Integration at the Institute of European Studies, The Queen's University of Belfast.

Figures

vii

Tables

viii

Contributors

x

Acknowledgements

xiv

Abbreviations

xv

Introduction

1

(14)

David Phinnemore

Duncan Light

Part I The Legacy of the Past

The Revolution after the Revolution

15

(20)

Peter Siani-Davies

Ghosts from the Past: Successors to the Securitate in Post-Communist Romania

35

(24)

Dennis Deletant

Tourism and Romania's Communist Past: Coming to Terms with an Unwanted Heritage

59

(20)

Duncan Light

Part II Accommodating Pluralism

The Ciorbea Government and Democratization: a Preliminary Assessment

79

(25)

Michael Shafir

Nationalism and Romanian Political Culture in the 1990s

104

(23)

Tom Gallagher

Part III Coming to Terms with the Market

The Transition to a Market Economy in Romania and the Competitiveness of Exports

127

(23)

Alan Smith

Regional Inequalities and Regional Development in Post-Communist Romania

150

(25)

David Turnock

Agricultural Restructuring in Transylvania in the Post-Communist Period

175

(16)

Nigel Swain

Maria Vincze

Economic Transition and Urban Industrial Employment in Post-Communist Romania

191

(16)

Ioan Ianos

The Challenge of Privatization: the Tourist Accommodation Industry in Transition

207

(17)

Daniela Dumbraveanu

Small-and Medium-sized Enterprises and Total Quality Management: Experiences in Post-Communist Romania

224

(21)

Bogdan Rusu

Part IV Europe and the Challenge of Integration

Romania and Euro-Atlantic Integration since 1989: a Decade of Frustration?

245

(25)

David Phinnemore

Romania and the Black Sea Economic Cooperation: Leaning towards the East or the West?

270

(18)

Ines Hartwig

Conclusion: the Challenges to Come?

288

(8)

Duncan Light

David Phinnemore

Index

296

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Post-Communist Romania Coming to Terms with Transition

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