POLITICAL CLEAVAGES AND PARTY SYSTEM DYNAMICS IN ROMANIA IN THE LAST DECADES

Ovidiu VAIDA

doi:10.24193/subbeuropaea.2024.2.20

Authors

Ovidiu VAIDA Faculty of European Studies, Babeș-Bolyai University, Romania. Contact: ovidiu.vaida@ubbcluj.ro.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.24193/subbeuropaea.2024.2.20

Keywords:

Romania, political cleavages, European Union, postcommunism, political parties

Abstract

Political cleavages have shaped the development of the political parties in Romania since 1989. Due to the speed of transition, several types of political cleavages occurred, affecting to a large extent the dynamics of the political parties. The article aims to analyse all these political cleavages, as well as their influence on parties and on the party system.

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