Civil Society in the 2004 Romanian Elections: Watchdog, Involved Arbiter or Political Actor?

Muntean Aurelian () and Gheorghiţă Andrei ()
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Muntean Aurelian: National School of Political and Administrative Studies, Political Science Department, 6 Povernei, 71124 Bucharest, Romania
Gheorghiţă Andrei: Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu, Department of Sociology and Social Work, 2-4 Lucian Blaga, 550169 Sibiu, Romania

Social Change Review, 2010, vol. 8, issue 1, 33-68

Abstract: Civil society has proven outstanding capacities of involvement in the 2004 general elections in Romania and put a remarkable pressure on the political society. This paper aims to discuss the consequences of such involvement for both the political and civil society. We also investigate the conditions that have favoured a successful challenge of the main political actors by the most visible civic advocacy organizations. Further, we inquire how deep can an actor from the civil society go into the lands of the political society. In the end, we weight the achievements and the failures of civil society’s active involvement in the game of elections.

Keywords: Civil society; Elections Trade unions; Election monitoring; Political parties; Romania (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010
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