Hijacked Modernization: Romanian Political Culture in the 20th Century
Hijacked Modernization: Romanian Political Culture in the 20th Century

Summary/Abstract: Abstract: In the context of this article, political culture consists of the prevalent elite social representations of the political order and the norms derived from them. The article discusses the legacy of economic underdevelopment and the unfinished process of modernization of the Romanian society as the major determinants of contemporary Romanian political culture. A look at the evolution of the most important social representations held by intellectuals throughout the 20th century may provide some clues about the internal reasons for the failure of modernization.

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