Post-Totalitarian Pathology: Notes on Romania Six Years After December 1989

Romania has yet to recover from the wounds of dictatorship, trapped in a new political landscape never before imagined. The change from being anxiously depressed to feeling hysterical after a brief euphoria bears several risks, such as a return to resignation, adapting to chaotic hysteria, or a comb...

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Published in:Social research 1996-07, Vol.63 (2), p.559-571
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Arrests
Commitment
Communism
Convictions
Culture
Democracy
Dictators
Dictatorship
Disorders
Economic Change
Garlic
Government corruption
Happiness
Individualism
Journalists
Loneliness
Market economies
Market Economy
Neurasthenia
Pathology
Political aspects
Political Change
Political parties
Politics
Populism
Postcommunist Societies
Public participation
Romania
Social change
Social research
Totalitarianism
Transition
Writers
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subjects Arrests
Commitment
Communism
Convictions
Culture
Democracy
Dictators
Dictatorship
Disorders
Economic Change
Garlic
Government corruption
Happiness
Individualism
Journalists
Loneliness
Market economies
Market Economy
Neurasthenia
Pathology
Political aspects
Political Change
Political parties
Politics
Populism
Postcommunist Societies
Public participation
Romania
Social change
Social research
Totalitarianism
Transition
Writers
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