Romania's Foreign Policy
Author | : Nicolae Titulescu |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 438 |
Release | : 1994 |
Genre | : Foreign relations |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Nicolae Titulescu |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 438 |
Release | : 1994 |
Genre | : Foreign relations |
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Author | : Lavinia Stan |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 287 |
Release | : 2007-10-25 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 0198042175 |
In the post-communist era it has become evident that the emerging democracies in Eastern Europe will be determined by many factors, only some of them political. Throughout the region, the Orthodox, Roman Catholic, and Greek Catholic churches have tried to impose their views on democracy through direct political engagement. Moreover, surveys show that the churches (and the army) enjoy more popular confidence than elected political bodies such as parliaments. These results reflect widespread disenchantment with a democratization process that has allowed politicians to advance their own agendas rather than work to solve the urgent socio-economic problems these countries face. In this penetrating study, Lavinia Stan and Lucian Turcescu investigate the interaction of religion and politics in one such country, Romania. Facing internal challenges and external competitions from other religions old and new, the Orthodox Church in Romania has sought to consolidate its position and ensure Romania's version of democracy recognizes its privileged position of "national Church", enforcing the Church's stances on issues such as homosexuality and abortion. The post-communist state and political elite in turn rely on the Church for compliance with educational and cultural policies and to quell the insistent demands of the Hungarian minority for autonomy. Stan and Turcescu examine the complex relationship between church and state in this new Romania, providing analysis in key areas: church collaboration with communist authorities, post-communist electoral politics, nationalism and ethno-politics, restitution of Greek Catholic property, religious education, and sexual behavior and reproduction. As the first scholars to be given access to confidential materials from the archives of the communist political police, the notorious Securitate, Stan and Turcescu also examine church archives, legislation, news reports, and interviews with politicians and church leaders. This study will move the debate from common analyses of nationalism in isolation to more comprehensive investigations which consider the impact of religious actors on a multitude of other issues relevant to the political and social life of the country.
Author | : Australia |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 6 |
Release | : 1974 |
Genre | : Romania |
ISBN | : 9780642937544 |
Author | : Corneliu Vasilescu |
Publisher | : Bucharest : Meridiane Publishing House |
Total Pages | : 84 |
Release | : 1967 |
Genre | : Romania |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Ion Rațiu |
Publisher | : Richmond, Eng. : Foreign Affairs Publishing Company |
Total Pages | : 156 |
Release | : 1975 |
Genre | : Communism |
ISBN | : |
Author | : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Foreign Affairs. Subcommittee on Europe and the Middle East |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 68 |
Release | : 1987 |
Genre | : Favored nation clause |
ISBN | : |
Author | : |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 16 |
Release | : 1979 |
Genre | : International relations |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Alfred H. Moses |
Publisher | : Brookings Institution Press |
Total Pages | : 438 |
Release | : 2018-07-17 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 0815732732 |
An insider's account of Romania's emergence from communism control In the 1970s American attorney Alfred H. Moses was approached on the streets of Bucharest by young Jews seeking help to emigrate to Israel. This became the author's mission until the communist regime fell in 1989. Before that Moses had met periodically with Romania's communist dictator, Nicolae Ceausescu, to persuade him to allow increased Jewish emigration. This experience deepened Moses's interest in Romania—an interest that culminated in his serving as U.S. ambassador to the country from 1994 to 1997 during the Clinton administration. The ambassador's time of service in Romania came just a few years after the fall of the Berlin Wall and the subsequent collapse of communism in Eastern Europe. During this period Romania faced economic paralysis and was still buried in the rubble of communism. Over the next three years Moses helped nurture Romania's nascent democratic institutions, promoted privatization of Romania's economy, and shepherded Romania on the path toward full integration with Western institutions. Through frequent press conferences, speeches, and writings in the Romanian and Western press and in his meetings with Romanian officials at the highest level, he stated in plain language the steps Romania needed to take before it could be accepted in the West as a free and democratic country. Bucharest Diary: An American Ambassador's Journey is filled with firsthand stories, including colorful anecdotes, of the diplomacy, both public and private, that helped Romania recover from four decades of communist rule and, eventually, become a member of both NATO and the European Union. Romania still struggles today with the consequences of its history, but it has reached many of its post-communist goals, which Ambassador Moses championed at a crucial time. This book will be of special interest to readers of history and public affairs—in particular those interested in Jewish life under communist rule in Eastern Europe and how the United States and its Western partners helped rebuild an important country devastated by communism.
Author | : Dennis Deletant |
Publisher | : Hurst Publishers |
Total Pages | : 325 |
Release | : 2022-04-28 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1787388565 |
The imposition of Communist ideology was a misfortune for millions in Eastern Europe, but never for Dennis Deletant. Instead, it drew him to Romania. The renowned historian’s association with the country and its people dates back to 1965, when he first visited. Since then, Romania has made Dennis appreciate the value of shrewd dissimulation, in the face of the state’s gross intrusion in the life of the individual. This vivid memoir charts his first-hand experience of the Communist era, coloured by the early 1970s surveillance of his future wife Andrea; his contacts with dissidents; and his articles and BBC World Service broadcasts, which led to his being declared persona non grata in 1988. In Search of Romania also considers how life went on under dictatorship, even if it was largely mapped out by the regime. How did individual citizens negotiate the challenges placed in their path? How important was the political police, the Securitate, in maintaining compliance? How did dissent towards the regime manifest? How did all this affect the moral compass of the individual? Why did utopia descend into dystopia under Ceaușescu? And how has his legacy influenced the difficult transition to democracy since the collapse of Communism?
Author | : Vladimir Tismaneanu |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 215 |
Release | : 2018-05-17 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1107025923 |
Discusses the birth pangs of democracy in post-communist Romania, and its difficult transition from a state of non-law to a rule-of-law state.