Battle for the future
By: Adrain  Năstase.
Series: East European monographs ;; 585
Publisher: East European Monographs; Distributed by Colombia University Press
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Boulder; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 262
Subjects: World politics; Romania -- Foreign relations; Romania -- Politics and government
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [257]-262).
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: PART I; title: Chapter 1; title: CHANGE, BEI'WEENUIJOPIA; title: AND THE NEED FORA POLITICALPROJECI21; title: 1.1 A heavily delayed start, or looking fir the time wasted away; title: 1.2 "Shock therapy" and the jump into the unknown; title: 1.3 Epistemic components of a political project; title: 1.4 Europe's rhythm and Kutuzov's dilemma; title: Chapter 2; title: 1989- SIGNIFICANCEAND INTERPRETATIONS29; title: 2.1 Moving away from post-factum theorizing; title: 2.2 Finding de facto economic arguments; title: 2.3 Cold War pressure, perestroika and alternatives; title: to a rigid type of communism; title: Chapter 3; title: FROM THE REVOL)TIONTO CHECKING ON DEMOCRACY39; title: 3.1 Revolution and evolutions; title: 3.2 Too young, to rash, too naive; title: 3.3 When legitimacy is disputed and regrettable risks take place; title: 3.4 Difficult beginnings and 'inheritances at war'; title: Chapter 4; title: GLOBAIUZATION; title: ANDTHEFUTUREOFTRANSITION51; title: 4.1 The society of the future - and intelligent network; title: 4.2 Going from socialism to capitalism:; title: what scapegoat shall we look for?; title: 4.3 The inheritance of the past and the burden of the present; title: 4.4 Education and economy; title: 4.5 The Catcher on the frontier to the future; title: 4.6 Waiting for one's turn in the transition tunnel; title: Part II; title: Chapter 5; title: POLITICAL WILL; title: AND POLIICAL ELTE- SRUCTURESAND PATTERNS71; title: 5.1 From the masses to the public.; title: From the politician to the professional specializing; title: in a political career; title: 5.2 Brief presentation of the elite or; title: why should intellectuals be so easygoing?; title: 5.3 The story of the schism - the rifts of Romanian society; title: 5.4 Political pragmatism - a necessary, but insufficient condition; title: 5.5 The changes of the political class; title: Chapter 6; title: EITIISM POPULISM, SOCIALDEMOCRACY83; title: 6.1 Toward a clientele system; title: 6.2 Political show versus political action; title: 6.3 Technocracy does not save Romania; title: Chapter 7; title: POLITICAL WILL VERSUS CIVIL SOCIETY?93; title: 7.1 The laws of Chronos and the infant Romanian democracy; title: 7.2 The Romanian civil society - reductionism, elitism and partisanship; title: 7.3 Public/private partnership - a failed necessity; title: Chapter 8; title: ECONOMIC REFORMANDTHETRANSITON MYTHS101; title: 8.1 The role of the state during a transition period; title: 8.2 The state and modern society; title: 8.3 Social democracy and the Welfare State; title: 8.4 Ideology and reform: an unacceptable solution; title: 8.5 Is the reform a matter of state interest?; title: Part III; title: Chapter 9; title: POLITICALPARTIES; title: BETWEEN IDEOLOGYAND POLITICALCRIS127; title: 9.1 Sterile disputes and calamitous outcomes; title: 9.2 The year 2000 - Evolutions of the Romanian political system; title: 9.3 The attraction of extremism and the ideal of cohesion; title: 9.4 The temptation of the closed system; title: and the ideological conservation; title: 9.5 Politics - the art of the possible and the utopia of pure ethics; title: 9.6 The political pact: a solution, an opportunity; title: Chapter 10; title: POLTICALROMANIA-; title: THEGAMEOFSUBSTANCELESS FORMS145; title: 10.1 Ideological discourses and the carousel of political parties; title: 10.2 The doctrinal paradox:; title: a beneficial imperative or a necessary compromise?; title: 10.3 Ideological discourse, a secondary discourse?; title: Chapter 11; title: SOCIALDEMOCRACY; title: BEIWEENHI STORYANDFUTUROLOGY161; title: 11.1 Democratizing of society - a work of political architecture; title: 11.2 Romania and the social-democratic option; title: Chapter 12; title: APLEA FORASOCIAL-DEMOCRATROMANIA173; title: 12.1 The premises of transformation - in search of a middle class; title: 12.2 The stakes of the social-democratic governance project; title: 12.3 Remember the future!.