Romania since 1989

Henry F. (Chip) Carey is assistant professor of political science at Georgia State University. He is the author of many essays on East European politics, international human rights, and democratization.

Henry Carey's collection Romania since 1989: Politics, Economics, and Society captures with great precision the complex, contradictory reality of contemporary Romania. Bringing together Romanian, west European, and American authors from fields as diverse as anthropology, political science, economics, law, print and broadcast journalism, social work, and literature, the volume covers vast ground, but with striking detail and scholarship and a common core approach concerned with the nature of Romanian exceptionalism. The essays range widely across the spectrum of post-socialist Romanian events and conditions, from labor and government to environment and social issues. Together they provide perhaps the most comprehensive view of the continuing, murky, contested reality that is Romania today. The book is a must-read for any scholar of modern Romania, of East-Central Europe, and of the uncertain, troubled times that is post-socialism.

• Chapter 1 ForewardChapter 2 PrefaceChapter 3 IntroductionChapter 3 Memory, Memorials, and Membership: Romania's Utilitarian Anti-Semitism and Marshal AntonescuPart 5 Part I: Romanian Exceptionalism?Chapter 6 Understanding National Stalinism: Legacies of Ceausescu SocialismChapter 7 Sonderweg Romania?Chapter 8 Re-membering RomaniaChapter 9 Democratization in the Shadows: Post-Communist PatrimonialismPart 10 Part II: The State and PoliticsChapter 11 Institutionalizing the Party SystemChapter 12 Parlimentary DevelopmentChapter 13 An Evaluation of Six Forms of Political ParticipationChapter 14 Media in the First Post-Communist DecadeChapter 15 Political Culture in Post-Ceausescu RomaniaPart 16 Part III: Civil Society and Social IssuesChapter 17 NGOs and the Development of Civil SocietyChapter 18 Multi-Culturalism and Ethnic Relations in TransylvaniaChapter 19 Romani Marginality and PoliticsChapter 20 Church and State in Romania before and after 1989Chapter 21 Post-Totalitarian Pre-FeminismChapter 22 Gay and Lesbian RightsChapter 23 Higher Education and the Post-Communist Generation of StudentsPart 24 Part IV: Economics and EnvironmentChapter 25 The New Business Elite: From Nomenklatura to OligarchyChapter 26 Economic ReformChapter 27 Fiscal and Monetary PoliciesChapter 28 Trade Unions and Labor RelationsChapter 29 The Environment in TransitionPart 30 Part V: SecurityChapter 31 Romanian SecurityChapter 32 Romanian Bilateral Relations with Russia and with HungaryChapter 33 The Security Services since 1989: Turning Over a New LeafChapter 34 Civil-Military Relations: Continuity or Exceptionialism?Chapter 35 Conclusion: Ambiguous Democratization?Chapter 36 Afterword: Ten Points, Ten Years After