This volume that was the first to review several aspects of both the political and the economic post-communist transitional processes undergone by Romania, which had been discussed by other authors in isolation from each other. It evaluates the facets of political development and looks at other issues such as nationalism and the country's legacies of the past. This volume, which is edited by Lavinia Stan, includes chapters signed by some of the best known experts in Romanian studies - Tom Gallagher, Francisco Veiga, Daniel Daianu, and Robert Weiner.