Coming to terms with the communist past in Romania: An analysis of the political and media discourse concerning the Tismǎneanu report

Studies of Transition States and Societies

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 16-30

  Hogea, Alina ^a  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Collective memory; Communism; Media discourse; Politics; Romania

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867715704     PISSN: 1736874X     EISSN: 17368758     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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