CAROL I OF ROMANIA, 1866-1914: A DEVELOPMENTAL ASSESSMENT
CAROL I OF ROMANIA, 1866-1914: A DEVELOPMENTAL ASSESSMENT
Author(s): Paul MichelsonSubject(s): History
Published by: Societatea de Ştiinţe Istorice din România
Keywords: Carol I, modernization, Romanian national identity, political legitimacy; Constitution of 1866; economic development; political participation; centralism; bureaucratization
Summary/Abstract: The paper attempts to assess the domestic achievements of the long rule of Carol I (1866-1914) by analyzing three issues that are historically associated with the developmental process in modern Europe. These issues are the problem of Romanian national identity, the problem of establishing regime legitimacy in modern Romania, and the problem of political participation in the new Romanian state. Overall, the author concludes that Romania made a good deal of progress between 1866 and 1914, but also failed in many significant respects, so that the overall assessment of Carol’s regime has to be negative.
Journal: Studii şi articole de istorie
- Issue Year: 2014
- Issue No: 81
- Page Range: 59-78
- Page Count: 20
- Language: English
