Description
Book SynopsisUsing 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.
Table of ContentsList 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
