Nationalism And Communism In Romania: The Rise And Fall Of Ceausescu's Personal Dictatorship

by Trond Gilberg

Overview

This book analyzes Ceausescu's tools and goals, that is, party structure and how it was transformed in order to implement Ceausescu's concept of modernization which became interchangeable with the concept of building communism.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780429721991
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	04/10/2019
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	300
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

Gilberg, Trond

Table of Contents

1. Religion, Ethnicity, and Nationalism in Southeastern Europe 2. Romania and History: The Enduring Legacy 3. Radicalism and Marxism in Romania 4. Romania as a Modernizing Society 5. Implementing Ceausescuism: The Vehicle of the Party 6. Modernization, Ceausescu-style 7. The Transformation of the Social Structure 8. The Mass Culture of Ethnicity and Nationalism 9. Societal Change and Instability 10. Romania and the World 11. Romania, Perestroika, and Glasnost: The Maverick Beleaguered 12. Romania—Aberrant or Typical?

Editorial Reviews

An assessment of the interplay and conflict between nationalism and communism in the formulation and execution of Romanian domestic and foreign policy. Gilberg is head of the political science department at Pennsylvania State U. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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