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A step forward and three steps backward in Bassarabian market economy
Bassarabia – a historical Romanian province, situated between two rivers, Prut and Dnister, during two hundred years was not developing according to a free and developed market economy. Although, geographically situated in the Center of Europe, as a constituent part of the European civilization
Publications date: September 09, 2005
After The Folkloric Movement: Traditional Life In Post-Socialist Moldova
Publications date: September 09, 2005
Interethnic relations in Moldova: the impact of the European integration
As an orphan of the coldwar, impoverished, left in a security vacuum and transformed into an ideological battlefield, Moldova is the first country in Europe after 1989 to elect to power an oldfashioned Communist party, that promises nothing else but restoring the Russian suzerainty in the area.
Publications date: August 08, 2005
Source: European Center in Moldova
The Social Role of Art and Artists in Post-Soviet Moldova: Cultural Policy, Institutional Reform, and Europeanization
This paper examines change and continuity in the social role of art and artists in the former Soviet Republic of Moldova. I argue that visible changes in the art and culture of postsocialist societies are not merely the inevitable effects of capitalism, consumer culture, and globalization.
Publications date: August 08, 2005
Source: University of Pittsburgh
Whose House is Moldova?
For more than a decade, the Republic of Moldova has struggled with the challenges of state building. In addition to the formidable tasks of creating democratic institutions and building a market economy, Moldova is faced with the need to define its national identity.
Publications date: January 01, 2005