In the Know
Politics and Society in Romania

Osteuropa 6-8/2019
Manfred Sapper, Volker Weichsel (Ed.)
Berlin 2019 [= Osteuropa, 6–8/2019]
352 pages, 50 figures, 16 maps
Price: 28,00 €
ISBN: 978-3-8305-3894-3

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Contents

• Editorial
  In the shadow of attention
• Oliver Jens Schmitt
  One hundred years of solitude
  Fundamental features of the history of Romania
• Hans-Christian Maner
  Marginality and centrality
  Concepts of Europe in Romania’s historiography
• Constantin Iordachi
  Democracy in Romania
  Historic roots and the latest development
• Harald Roth
  The German minority
  A historical and present-day perspective
• Mariana Hausleitner
  Romania and the Holocaust
  Ion Antonescu as the destroyer and saviour of Jews
• Dragoş Petrescu
  Violent revolution, paradox consequences
  The overthrow in Romania in 1989 and its legacy
• Chronicle of current events
  Romania 1989-2019

• Politics, Economy, and Society

• Reinhard Veser
  Layers of conflict
  The case of Dragnea, politics and the law
• Gábor Hunya
  A marathon with stumbling blocks
  Growth and economic policy in Romania
• Dietmar Müller
  Farewell to the “eternal farmer”
  Agriculture and rural regions in Romania
• Tamás Kiss
  Hungarians in Romania
  Demographics, Romanian minorities policy and national policy in Budapest
• Robert Santa
  A population on the move
  Migration, demographics and the consequences
• Sorina Soare
  Swan song or new beginning
  On populism in Romania
• Codru Vrabie
  Don’t fight it – prevent it!
  The wrong way to handle corruption in Romania
• Bogdan Iancu
  Rashomon in Bucharest
  The fight against corruption as a battle zone
• Dan Lazea
  Urgently needed
  Romania and the European Union
• Cristian Vasile
  A national church in disguise
  The Romanian Orthodox Church and the political arena
• Sabina Fati
  Bosom buddies
  The secret services and politics
• Cornel Micu
  A contested public sphere
  Politics and the media in Romania
• Joachim Pranzl
  Political corrective
  The rise and transformation of civil society in Romania

• Music, Literature, Film

• Armin Heinen
  The art of sarcastic realism
  Notes on political jokes in Romania
• Valentina Sandu-Dediu
  National school and new music
  Romanian composers on their path to the modern era
• Markus Bauer
  A reflection of change
  Literature and social upheaval in Romania
• Claudia Spiridon Serbu
  A banished curse
  The Securitate in Romanian film
• Thomas M. Bohn, Albert Weber
  On the fringes
  Why Romania is being ignored

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