states knows an obvious setback. This article focuses on Romania and traces the sources of political disengagement to the … key source of political alienation in post-communist Romania. Pervasive symptoms of political alienation in this country …

democracy in Romania. Drawing on questionnaire data as well as internal documents the study specifically looks at the impact of … the effectiveness of their participation in influencing policymaking. But on the other hand, democracy assistance programs …, international assistance has a mixed impact on the contribution of civil society to the consolidation of democracy: it fosters …

between political actors represent Romanian minimal condition of democracy. In this context, for speaking about democratic …

for change. This chapter outlines Romania’s democratic journey since 1989 and how the EU impacted Romania’s democracy …The democratization process started in Romania during 1989 with some governmental improvisation under mounting pressure …-building by using EU accession criteria. Before focusing on the post-1989 systemic change that Romania underwent, like its Central …