Democracy and memory: Romania confronts its communist past

Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science

Volumn 617, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 166-180

  Tismaneanu, Vladimir ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b Editorial Committee of East European Politics and Societies ^*

Author keywords

Communist nostalgia; Postcommunist stocktaking; Resistance to facts

Indexed keywords

EID: 42449137984     PISSN: 00027162     EISSN: 15523349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0002716207312763     Document Type: Article

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