DUNCAN LIGHT is a Lecturer in Geography at Liverpool Hope University College. He is currently researching relationships between tourism, heritage and national identity in post-communist Central and Eastern Europe (with particular reference to Romania), as well as the restructuring of the Romanian tourist industry. - DAVID PHINNEMORE is Lecturer in European Integration at the Institute of European Studies, the Queen's University of Belfast. He has contributed chapters on the EU's external relations to a variety of publications. His most recent publications include Association: Stepping-Stone or Alternative to EU Membership (1999).

• List of Tables List of Figures Acknowledgements List of Abbreviations Notes on the Contributors Introduction: D.Phinnemore & D.Light PART I: THE LEGACY OF THE PAST The Revolution after the Revolution; P.Siani-Davies Ghosts from the Past: Successors to the Securitate in Post-Communist Romania; D.Deletant Tourism and Romania's Communist Past: Coming to Terms with an Unwanted Heritage; D.Light PART II: ACCOMMODATING PLURALISM The Ciorbea Government and Democratization: A Preliminary Assessment; M.Shafir Nationalism and Romanian Political Culture in the 1990s; T.Gallagher PART III: COMING TO TERMS WITH THE MARKET The Transition to a Market Economy in Romania and the Competitiveness of Exports; A.Smith Regional Inequalities and Regional Development in Post-Communist Romania; D.Turnock Agricultural Restructuring in Transylvania in the Post-Communist Period; N.Swain & M.Vincze Economic Transition and Urban Industrial Employment in Post-Communist Romania; I.Ianos The Challenge of Privatization: The Tourist Accommodation Industry in Transition; D.Dumbraveanu Small- and Medium- Size Enterprises and Total Quality Management: Experiences in Post-Communist Romania; B.Rusu PART IV: EUROPE AND THE CHALLENGE OF INTEGRATION Romania and Euro-Atlantic Integration since 1989: A Decade of Frustration?; D.Phinnemore Romania and the Black Sea Economic Cooperation: Leaning Towards the East or the West?; I.Hartwig Conclusion: The Challenges to Come?; D.Light & D.Phinnemore Index