Lavinia Stan

Diane Vancea

2014 marked the 25th anniversary of the collapse of communist regimes in Eastern Europe. The events of 1989 are widely seen as having ushered in new all-encompassing reforms in almost all areas of life. In few other places were reforms more contested and divisive than in Romania, a country that suffered greatly under the sultanistic-cum-totalitarian dictatorship of Nicolae Ceausescu, faced the region’s only bloody anti-communist revolt, and as such had the longest to travel on the road from communism to democracy. We now have a generation’s worth of experience with these wrenching reforms that have deeply affected Romania’s political institutions and political culture, and ultimately allowed it to become a member of the coveted European Union club. This volume gathers key lessons for democratic theory and practice from Romania’s first twenty-five years of post-communist transformation. Written by leading experts in the field of Romanian Studies, the chapters focus on the most important factors that have shaped the country’s political transformation during the first 25 years of post-communism.

Linking Past, Present, and Future

Post-Communist Romania at Twenty-Five

Peter Gross

Monica Ciobanu

Iulia Ratiu

Claudia Lonkin

Mihaela Şerban

The biannual, peer-reviewed Journal of Romanian Studies, jointly developed by The Society for Romanian Studies and ibidem Press, examines critical issues in Romanian studies, linking work in that field to wider theoretical debates and issues of current relevance, and serving as a forum for junior and senior scholars. The journal also presents articles that connect Romania and Moldova comparatively with other states and their ethnic majorities and minorities, and with other groups by investigating the challenges of migration and globalization and the impact of the European Union. Issue No. 4 contains: Cosmin Sebastian Cercel: Reversing Liberal Legality: Romania's Path to Dictatorship 1930-1938 Ştefan Cristian Ionescu: Perceptions of Legality during the Antonescu Regime, 1940-1944 Mihaela Şerban: Litigating Identity in Fascist and Post-Fascist Romania (1940-1945) Monica Ciobanu: Writing History Through Trials: The Case of the National Peasant Party Emanuela Grama: Regimes of Evidence, Property Restitution, and Power (Un)making in Postcommunist Transylvania Dragoş Petrescu: Law in Action in Romania, 2008-2018: Context, Agency, and Innovation in the Process of Transitional Justice Simona Livescu: Institutional Memories and Transgenerational Conflicts: The House of Terror and the Memorial of the Victims of Communism and of the Resistance

Volume 2, No. 2 (2020)

Journal of Romanian Studies

Diane Vancea

Books

Your next favorite book is out there