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Nimic nou pe frontul de est: eterna şi fascinanta stângă românească, 1990-2014
All quiet on the Eastern front: the eternal and fascinating Romanian left, 1990-2014
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Abstract I present an analysis of the electorate of the left in Romania in the last 25 years (1990-2014), both longitudinal and comparative. The analysis reveals an electorate that has hardly changed since the early 1990's - it continues to be predominantly poor, old, and rural, with little education, much l... view more
I present an analysis of the electorate of the left in Romania in the last 25 years (1990-2014), both longitudinal and comparative. The analysis reveals an electorate that has hardly changed since the early 1990's - it continues to be predominantly poor, old, and rural, with little education, much like the electorate of parties such as the Russian Communist Party or the Hungarian Fidesz. I argue that this profile, and its lack of evolution, is largely a product of the left's (FSN, FSDN, PDSR and PSD) lack of genuine commitment to the institutions and principles of liberal democracy.... view less
Keywords
authoritarianism; democracy; election; Romania; Hungary; social change; political development; voter
Classification
Political Process, Elections, Political Sociology, Political Culture
Document language
Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
Publication Year
2015
Page/Pages
p. 695-706
Journal
Studia Politica: Romanian Political Science Review, XV (2015) 4
ISSN
1582-4551
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed
Licence
Creative Commons - Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works