The Fight Against Government Corruption in Romania: Irreversible Results or Sisyphean Challenge?

Michael Hein

Europe-Asia Studies, 2015, vol. 67, issue 5, 747-776

Abstract: The fight against political, especially government, corruption has dominated Romanian political discourse for many years. However, the vast majority of the political elite have continuously opposed the prosecution and conviction of defendants of corruption crimes. After a long constitutional conflict that seriously inhibited the fight against government corruption between 2006 and 2009, law enforcement agencies finally began to experience some success. Nevertheless, the extent of government corruption has remained consistently high. This article analyses the struggles that have occurred between 2004 and 2013 in the fight against government corruption in Romania and particularly examines the interplay between formal and informal factors in this field.

Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1080/09668136.2015.1045834

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