This volume gathers key lessons for post-communist democratic theory and practice from the remarkable 1989-2014 period, which spans the tumult of the revolution to the consolidation of new regimes. Written in an accessible style but based on rigorous research, this volume will be of interest for both academic and larger audiences.

Table of Content
Preface - Paul E. Sum
Introduction - Lavinia Stan
Part I. Expectations for a Democratic Future and Worries about the Communist Past
Chapter 1. The Start of a New Era? Romanians React to Ceaüescu's Fall - Katherine Verdery
Chapter 2. Coming to Terms with the Communist Past: Democracy and Memory in Romania -Marius Stan and Vladimir Tismaneanu
Chapter 3. Public Space and the Material Legacies of Communism in Bucharest - Duncan Light and Craig Young
Part II. Politics from Below: Identity, Civil Society, and the Media
Chapter 4. Ethnicity, Nationalism and the 'Minority Regime' - Levente Salat and Csaba Zoltán Novak
Chapter 5. On Women, Feminism and Democracy - Mihaela Miroiu
Chapter 6. Political Culture and Participation: Between Enthusiasm and Indifference - Radu Cinpoes
Chapter 7. Spectacular Alterations, Few Changes in Romania's Media - Peter Gross
Part III. Politics from Above: Representation, Parties, and Presidents
Chapter 8. Representation, Incumbency and the Quality of Romanian Democracy - Ronald F. King and Cosmin Gabriel Marian
Chapter 9. Unsocial Democrats: The PSD's Negative Role in Romania's Democracy - Tom Gallagher
Chapter 10. House of Cards: The Presidency from Iliescu to Basescu - Lavinia Stan and Diane Vancea
Part IV. The EU Factor: Accession, Rule of Law, and Human Rights
Chapter 11. Romania's Commitment to the Rule of Law? - Dennis Deletant
Chapter 12. Environmental Network Governance in Romania - Cristina E. Parau
Conclusion - Monica Ciobanu

Lavinia Stan is associate professor of political science at St. Francis Xavier University.
Diane Vancea is professor of economic studies and vice-rector of Ovidius University.