Those who study Romania must confront the theoretical challenges posed by a country which is undergoing a profound transformation from a repressive totalitarianism regime to a hazy and as yet unrealized democratic government. The most comprehensive study of Romanian politics ever published abroad, this volume represents an effort to collect and analyze data on the complex problems of Romania’s past and its transition into an uncertain future. Editor Henry Carey has brought together the world’s leading scholars on Romania to analyze key aspects of the country’s politics, economics, and society, in a groundbreaking work which includes six resident Romanian authors, a subset of Romanian scholars which rarely publishes in the global academic press. A must for scholars who seek to understand Romanian politics, this book offers analyses and theories which will also be invaluable to those who study economies and governments in transition.