Democracy and Memory: Romania Confronts Its Communist Past
@article{Tismneanu2008DemocracyAM, title={Democracy and Memory: Romania Confronts Its Communist Past}, author={Vladimir Tismăneanu}, journal={The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science}, year={2008}, volume={617}, pages={166 - 180} }
All postcommunist societies face major dilemmas in confronting their traumatic past. A functional democracy cannot be based on lies, denial, and amnesia. Romania's exit from communism has resulted in a hybrid quasi-democratic regime, with former communists like Ion Iliescu maintaining influential positions and opposing a genuine break with the past. In 2006, President Traian Basescu established a Presidential Commission for the Analysis of the Communist Dictatorship in Romania; the author of…
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