Revolution, Democratic Transition and Disillusionment: The Case of Romania - Couverture rigide

Pusca, Anca

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0719076986 ISBN 13 : 9780719076985

Editeur : Manchester University Press, 2008

Synopsis

This book develops a fresh and challenging perspective on the transition from communism to capitalism. Drawing on a wide and diverse range of material and texts, it argues 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. The author provides alternative approaches to otherwise classical sites of examination of social change – such as revolutions and the emergence of civil society – and proposes a number of new possible sites by analysing the politics of self-reflection, the element of shock inherent in any transition and the role of visual narratives in negotiating change.

The chapters are inspired by unique interviews and discussions with the leaders of the Timisoara Revolution, the Group of Social Dialogue – the first civil society organisation in post-communist Romania, the leading author of the 'Presidential Report Analysing the Communist Dictatorship in Romania' and an innovative group of photographers tracing the Romanian transition through images.

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A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

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

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Manchester University Press
• Date d'édition: 2008
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0719076986
• ISBN 13: 9780719076985
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 240
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible