2004 Romanian Elections: Test Case For a True Romanian Democracy
2004 Romanian Elections: Test Case For a True Romanian Democracy
Author(s): Sorana PârvulescuSubject(s): Politics / Political Sciences
Published by: Societatea Academică Română (SAR)
Keywords: unfair elections; state capture; media dependency; alternation in power; Romanian Elections 2004;
Summary/Abstract: The article analysis the development and results of the November 2004 presidential and parliamentary elections in Romania. In the first part, it is argued that elections were free, but unfair, because of the control exercised by the party in government over state and media agencies, because of allegations of electoral frauds and because of an unfair electoral campaign. The second part of the article analyzes the outcome of the elections as a democratic exercise in alternation in power, and explains the mechanisms through which these outcomes were reached. The paper concludes with a few remarks on the quality of democracy in Romania and on the poor state of the rule of law demonstrated by recent political developments.
Journal: Romanian Journal of Political Sciences
- Issue Year: 2004
- Issue No: 02
- Page Range: 7-28
- Page Count: 22
- Language: English
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