... to the phenomenon of priming—or activation of latent mental representations by an external stimulating factor, for triggering certain attitudes or behaviors. Focus is set on the 1989 anti-communist revolution in Timişoara, Romania. The qualitative methods are based on analyzing data from 30 semi-structured...

... of the pandemic for absenteeism through the eyes of (non)voters. It focuses on Romania, a country with a particularly low turnout in the 2020 national elections compared to the previous elections. The analysis uses 21 semi-structured interviews conducted with persons with a different sociodemographic profile who...

... in 2009. The research revealed that Twitter enabled users living in Moldova and Romania to connect online, share information, and chat about the meanings of revolution, civil society activism, and resistance to state oppression, all while providing updates to Western media and warning the public about...

...Laurenţiu Ştefan This article takes a close look at the selection and survival of prime ministers in Romania. While many factors are deemed important in understanding why prime ministers are “weak” or “strong,” have short or long tenures in office (including the relationship with the president...

...-permissions . 2020 The Regents of the University of California personalization electoral systems constituency campaigns Romania Parties remain fundamentally at the heart of contemporary electoral competition. Yet, significant decreases in party membership, the shrinking reach of intermediate...

...). During the last two decades, it has become the second-largest party in Romania. This is unusual because the liberals in post-communist countries are politically weak. The main base of liberal support is typically urban middle classes. By contrast, PNL's electoral base is in the economically...

...Silvana Tarlea; Annette Freyberg-Inan We discuss the political economic development of Romania since 1989, with a focus on the evolution of higher education (HE). First, we place this evolution in the context of demand for HE by prospective students and employers, focusing on the low demand...

...Lavinia Stan Though vilified as instances of “parliamentary putsch,” no-confidence censure motions remain significant constitutional tools through which the opposition can challenge the government in Romania, and publicly underscore its policy ineffectiveness in certain areas of activity...

.... 2015 The Regents of the University of California Generalized trust Diversity Homophily Adolescents Romania Homophily Adolescents Romania place n pro New ces s d citizenship, im- zed trust (Colquitt ere low relative to ; V olker and Flap, this poor starting this trend (Delhey The present...

...William Crowther Romania is an archetypical case of protracted post-communism. Its regime transition was problematic and its founding election flawed, allowing successor communists to secure their hold on power. A period of quasi-authoritarianism and failed reform followed until critical elections...

...Paul E. Sum Increasingly, European radical right parties have capitalized on citizen dissatisfaction with the European Union institutions. As a new EU member, to what extent have supporters of the radical right in Romania turned away from Europe? I evaluate this question by tracking the evolution...

... by a combination of proportional representation and reserved seats provisions. The findings highlight the benefits that Romania’s choice of electoral rules generated for smaller minority communities and limitations that these rules impose on the nature and extent of legislative representation of large minority...

... Subjective well-being Political support Post-communism Romania mons sonal rth, 1 ith se ountr 8). nd th n th ommu est th Foun research aims to address these contradictions through a structural equation model that is able to test more precisely the complex links between socio-economic status...

.... doi:10.1016/j.postcomstud.2009.10.001Interwar fascism and the post-1989 radical right: Ideology, opportunism and historical legacy in Bulgaria and Romania James Frusetta a Anca Glont b a Department of History, Morton Hall, 022, Hampden-Sydney College, Hampden-Sydney, VA 23943, USA b Department...

...Svetlozar A. Andreev This paper focuses on the current political and socio-economic situation in the two most recent EU member states, Bulgaria and Romania. Overall, the post-accession period in both countries has been comparable to that in the East-Central European members that had joined...

...Grigore Pop-Eleches This article analyzes the reasons for the remarkable adaptability and electoral success of Communist successor parties in post-1990 Romania. The first part develops a three-dimensional classification scheme to identify Communist successor parties on the basis...

... in Romania may affect the European integration by hindering the feelings of European belonging and solidarity. © 2008 The Regents of the University of California. Published by Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved. 2008 The Regents of the University of California Citizenship National identity...

...Cheng Chen; Ji-Yong Lee This paper examines the striking institutional parallels between the seemingly inexplicable DPRK (Democratic People’s Republic of Korea) and Ceausescu’s Romania. It argues that in both cases, the role of strong anti-liberal ideology that combined both far left and far right...

... the domestic politics of a nation state shape minority issues from the same ethnicity in another country. In this paper we discuss the dynamics of Hungarian politics relative to the Hungarian minority in Romania, and identify factors that resulted in exporting domestic political contention to another country...

... reserved. 2003 The Regents of the University of California Institutional learning Operational codes Post-Communist transition Social change Economic reform Romania Communist and Post-Communist Studies 36 (2003) 87 99 Operational codes, institutional learning and the optimistic model of post...