ASSESSING REGIME CHANGE THROUGH POLICY CHANGE: THE ROMANIAN CASE
ASSESSING REGIME CHANGE THROUGH POLICY CHANGE: THE ROMANIAN CASE

Summary/Abstract: The article addresses the issue of the policy-making process during the postcommunist transition and democratic consolidation in Romania, the legislative output of the Parliament being used as an account of the public policies adopted until this country has started accession negotiations with the European Union (2000)1. It aims at assessing both regime change through outlining the main policy areas that were designed by the Romanian state while building (itself) a democratic and free market system, as well as the role of the Parliament in this process. The selected time span offers the advantage of assessing regime change and analyzing the above mentioned issues form two perspectives: the postcommunist transformations combined with the influence exercised by the EU accession process.

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