DOCTORAL CONFERENCE 2013
Challenges of Transition: the Post-Communist Experience(s)
Bucharest, 24-25 May 2013
In 1990 Ralf Dahrendorf argued that it takes six months to create new political institutions; to write a constitution and electoral laws. It may take six years to create a half-viable economy. It will probably take 60 years to create a civil society. To what extent can we still talk about post-communism? Has the process of transition come to an end? The organizers of this event believed that the topic of transition continues to be a current domain of interest for researchers in the field of social sciences. We were confident that many young political scientists, economists and sociologists are very interested in the study of a phenomenon which marked their existence, offering a first-hand, fresh approach to post-communism, and one which was in no way influenced by the communist experience. We were interested in the analyses and perspectives of those young researchers who have, oftentimes, been educated throughout Europe and have had the opportunity to compare the democratic experiences of the countries in Central and Eastern Europe. For this reason, we organized the first edition of an international interdisciplinary conference that gathered over 80 participants from Romania and abroad, interested in discussing the extent to which we can still talk about post-communism, debating numerous presentations on the challenges of transition as experienced in the aftermath of the collapse of communism and the dissolution of USSR. They were grouped into thematic sections and spent two days discussing various aspects of the process of transition. Most of them submitted an article that emphasized the most important points of their research, articles which were later on submitted to a peer-review process, taken on by the faculty staff at the Faculty of Political Science, University of Bucharest and published in a bilingual collective volume. |
SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE
Chairman: Prof.univ.dr. Ioan STANOMIR, Head, Doctoral School of Political Science, Faculty of Political Science, University of BucharestProf. em. Anton CARPINSCHI, University of Iaşi “Al. I. Cuza”
Prof.em. Gheorghe STOICA, Faculty of Political Science, University of Bucharest
Prof.univ.dr. Radu CARP, Faculty of Political Science, University of Bucharest
Prof.univ.dr. Adrian CIOROIANU, Faculty of History, University of Bucharest
Prof.univ.dr. Adrian CIOROIANU, Faculty of History, University of Bucharest
Prof.univ.dr. Georgeta GHEBREA, Faculty of Political Science, University of Bucharest
Prof.univ.dr. Cristian IONESCU, "Dimitrie Cantemir" Christian University
Prof.univ.dr. Cristian IONESCU, "Dimitrie Cantemir" Christian University
Prof.univ.dr.George POEDE, University of Iaşi “Al. I. Cuza”
Prof.univ.dr. Gheorghe TEODORESCU, University of Iaşi “Al. I. Cuza”
Conf.univ.dr. Adrian Cosmin BASARABĂ, West University of Timişoara
Conf.univ.dr. Ionela BĂLUŢĂ, Faculty of Political Science, University of Bucharest
Conf.univ.dr. Mihai CHIOVEANU, Faculty of Political Science, University of Bucharest
Conf.univ.dr. Armand GOŞU, Faculty of Political Science, University of Bucharest
Conf.univ.dr. Alexandra IONESCU, Faculty of Political Science, University of Bucharest
Conf.univ.dr. Dragoş PETRESCU, Faculty of Political Science, University of Bucharest
Conf.univ.dr. Virgil STOICA, University of Iaşi “Al. I. Cuza”
Conf.univ.dr. Mihai CHIOVEANU, Faculty of Political Science, University of Bucharest
Conf.univ.dr. Armand GOŞU, Faculty of Political Science, University of Bucharest
Conf.univ.dr. Alexandra IONESCU, Faculty of Political Science, University of Bucharest
Conf.univ.dr. Dragoş PETRESCU, Faculty of Political Science, University of Bucharest
Conf.univ.dr. Virgil STOICA, University of Iaşi “Al. I. Cuza”
CS2 Dr. Şerban CIOCULESCU, Faculty of Political Science, University of Bucharest
Lect.univ.dr. Bogdan IANCU, Faculty of Political Science, University of Bucharest
Lect.univ.dr. Alexandra IONAŞCU, Faculty of Political Science, University of Bucharest
Lect.univ.dr. Ruxandra IVAN, Faculty of Political Science, University of Bucharest
Lect.univ.dr. Silvia MARTON, Faculty of Political Science, University of Bucharest
Lect.univ.dr. Camil PÂRVU, Faculty of Political Science, University of Bucharest
Lect.univ.dr. Cristina PETRESCU, Faculty of Political Science, University of Bucharest
Lect.univ.dr. Ovidiu Gherasim PROCA, University of Iaşi “Al. I. Cuza”
Lect.univ.dr. Bogdan IANCU, Faculty of Political Science, University of Bucharest
Lect.univ.dr. Alexandra IONAŞCU, Faculty of Political Science, University of Bucharest
Lect.univ.dr. Ruxandra IVAN, Faculty of Political Science, University of Bucharest
Lect.univ.dr. Silvia MARTON, Faculty of Political Science, University of Bucharest
Lect.univ.dr. Camil PÂRVU, Faculty of Political Science, University of Bucharest
Lect.univ.dr. Cristina PETRESCU, Faculty of Political Science, University of Bucharest
Lect.univ.dr. Ovidiu Gherasim PROCA, University of Iaşi “Al. I. Cuza”
Lect.univ.dr. Victor RIZESCU, Faculty of Political Science, University of Bucharest
Lect.univ.dr. Gabriel SEBE, Faculty of Political Science, University of Bucharest
Lect.univ.dr. Bogdan ŞTEFANACHI, University of Iaşi “Al. I. Cuza”
Lect.univ.dr. Gabriel SEBE, Faculty of Political Science, University of Bucharest
Lect.univ.dr. Bogdan ŞTEFANACHI, University of Iaşi “Al. I. Cuza”
Lect.univ.dr. Claudiu TUFIŞ, Faculty of Political Science, University of Bucharest
Lect.univ.dr. Claudia Maria UDRESCU, Faculty of Political Science, University of Bucharest
HONORARY ADVISORY BOARD
Prof. emeritus Giovanni SARTORI
Prof. Andras BOZOKI, Central European University, Hungary
Prof. Daniel BOURMAUD, Montesquieu Bordeaux IV University, France
Prof. Pieter LAGROU, Free University of Brussels, Belgium
Prof. Robert REISZ, Institut für Hochschulforschung, Germany
Lect.univ.dr. Claudia Maria UDRESCU, Faculty of Political Science, University of Bucharest
HONORARY ADVISORY BOARD
Prof. emeritus Giovanni SARTORI
Prof. Andras BOZOKI, Central European University, Hungary
Prof. Daniel BOURMAUD, Montesquieu Bordeaux IV University, France
Prof. Pieter LAGROU, Free University of Brussels, Belgium
Prof. Robert REISZ, Institut für Hochschulforschung, Germany
Assoc. Prof. Philippe CLARET, Montesquieu Bordeaux IV University, France
Assoc. Prof. Andrzej DYBCZYNSKI, University of Wroclaw, Poland
Assis. Prof. Petia GUEORGUIEVA, New University of Sofia, Bulgaria
Assis. Prof. Piotr SULA, University of Wroclaw, Poland
Dr. Horak SLAVOMIR, Institute for International Studies, the Czech Republic
Assoc. Prof. Andrzej DYBCZYNSKI, University of Wroclaw, Poland
Assis. Prof. Petia GUEORGUIEVA, New University of Sofia, Bulgaria
Assis. Prof. Piotr SULA, University of Wroclaw, Poland
Dr. Horak SLAVOMIR, Institute for International Studies, the Czech Republic
ORGANIZING TEAM
Coordination
Conf.univ.dr. Mihai CHIOVEANU, Vice Dean, Faculty of Political Science of the University of Bucharest
Doctoral students:
Doctoral students:
Cristina MANOLACHE
Anamaria Elena GHEORGHE
Anamaria Elena GHEORGHE
Gabriela IONAŞCU
Cristina DOBREANU
Cristina DOBREANU