EIGHT. A Transition from Socialism to Feudalism? Thoughts on the Postsocialist State

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents ix
3. Introduction 1
4. Part I. Socialism
5. ONE. What Was Socialism, and Why Did It Fall? 19
6. TWO. The “Etatization” of Time in CeauÎescu's Romania 39
7. Part II. Identities: Gender, Nation, Civil Society
8. THREE. From Parent-State to Family Patriarchs: Gender and Nation in Contemporary Eastern Europe 61
9. FOUR. Nationalism and National Sentiment in Postsocialist Romania 83
10. FIVE. Civil Society or Nation? “Europe” in the Symbolism of Postsocialist Politics 104
11. Part III. Processes: Transforming Property, Markets, and States
12. SIX. The Elasticity of Land: Problems of Property Restitution in Transylvania 133
13. SEVEN. Faith, Hope, and Caritas in the Land of the Pyramids, Romania, 1990–1994 168
14. EIGHT. A Transition from Socialism to Feudalism? Thoughts on the Postsocialist State 204
15. Afterword 229
16. Notes 235
17. Index 289