Post-Communist Progress and Stagnation at 35

Lavinia Stan is Professor of Political Science and Director of the Center for Post-Communist Studies at St. Francis Xavier University, Canada. Diane Vancea is Professor of Economics and International Affairs and President of the Senate of the University “Ovidius” in Constanta, Romania.

• Foreword: Vladimir Tismaneanu.- Chapter 1: Introduction – Dennis Deletant.- Part I: Institutions and Elites.- Chapter 2: Institutional Choices and Weaknesses after 1989 – Florin Anghel.- Chapter 3: An Overview of Cabinet Demographics -- Alexandra Horobet, Claudia Ogrean, Dana Alexandru and Robert Oprescu.- Chapter 4: The Eroding Force of Informal Rules: Romania between Democracy and Europeanisation -- Clara Volintiru and Edit Zgut-Przybylska.- Chapter 5: Are We There Yet? Romania’s Semi-Peripheral Rule of Law -- Mihaela Şerban.- Chapter 6: Protracted Transition: The Civilian Control over the Military and Intelligence -- Marius Ghincea and Marian Zulean.- Part II: Civil Society and Its Values Chapter 7: Romanian Parties and Post-Communist Democracy -- Sorina Soare and Mattia Collini.- Chapter 8: The Challenges of Political Protest and Democratic Representation -- Radu Cinpoes.- Chapter 9: Political Anachronism and Elite Political Culture: The Lacunae Theory - Delia Popescu.- Part III: Change and Continuity in Areas of Life.- Chapter 10: Riding the Waves of Democratization: The Interminable Sea Sickness of Romania's Media -- Peter Gross.- Chapter 11: Change and Continuity in the Higher Education System -- Razvan Zaharia, Rodica Milena Zaharia and Tudor Edu.- Chapter 12: Health and Citizenship in Post-Socialist Romania -- Gerard Weber and Sabina Stan.- Chapter 13: Wild Capitalism with Political Clout -- Lavinia Stan and Diane Vancea.- Part IV: Conclusion.- Chapter 14: Conclusion – Tom Gallagher