The Parliamentary Activity Of Romanian Opposition Parties: The Cooperative Opposition: A Post-Communist Phenomenon?
The Parliamentary Activity Of Romanian Opposition Parties: The Cooperative Opposition: A Post-Communist Phenomenon?

Summary/Abstract: This paper is based on research on the parliamentary activity of Romanian opposition parties between 1990 and 2004. It analyzes the vote for organic laws, the vote for the investiture and reshuffle of cabinets, votes of confidence, the vote for simple and censure motions, and the participation at their initiation – using the minutes of the parliamentary debates in plenary sessions as a main source. Its objective is to identify a series of possible similarities and dissimilarities between the parliamentary activity of post-communist and western opposition parties, looking especially at the “cooperative opposition” phenomenon.

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