Issues Concerning Government’s Formation and Functioning in Romania after 1989 [Probleme privind formarea si functionarea guvernului in Romania dupa 1989]

Ciprian Iftimoaei ()
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Ciprian Iftimoaei: Post-PhD Fellow in Political Sciences within „Al.I. Cuza” University of Iasi and associate lecturer at the Department of Political Sciences, International Relations and European Studies, Faculty of Philosophy and Social-Political Sciences, „Al.I. Cuza” University of Iasi

Anuarul Universitatii „Petre Andrei” din Iasi / Year-Book „Petre Andrei” University from Iasi, Fascicula: Drept, Stiinte Economice, Stiinte Politice / Fascicle: Law, Economic Sciences, Political Sciences, 2014, issue 14, 263-307

Abstract: Government is one of the most important and distinct state institutions, the one who carries out the country's domestic and foreign policy, exercising general management of the government. This important political institution is located closest to the citizens, both by central structures and by the local, administrative activity. The analysis of the government in the constitutional architecture of Postcommunist Romania will focus on legislative issues concerning the government’s formation and functioning, the "infra-executive" relationship (between the government and the presidency), conflictual aspects of postcommunist governments, and the impact of government’s size on the political related to the hystorical perioad after 1989. Also, the analysis will include the quantitative aspects of governance (government formulas, dimensions of post-revolutionary governments, the number of governmental portfolios, intergovernmental mobility). A major source of conflict within the executive is generated by the configuration mode and running a coalition government. As we shall see, political consensus is the exception rather than the rule in the functioning of the coalition government in Romania, and when done often rely on "compromises compromising". The size and stability of the government are two issues that are dealt with political science and closely related to the types of cabinets and coalitions. The size of the cabinet depends on many factors including the complexity of governance issues that need to be answered in terms of administration and public policy, and the number and share of parties making up the coalition. In Postcommunist Romania, partidocracy defeated democracy and poor governance has become commonplace rather than the exception.

Keywords: Government; governance; governmental elites; conflict; consensus; governmental dimension and stability; democratic consolidation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: A23 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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