List of FiguresList of TablesPrefaceIntroductionI: Expectations for a Democratic Futureand Worries about the Communist Past1 The Start of a New Era?2 Coming to Terms withthe Communist Past3 Public Space and the MaterialLegacies of Communism in BucharestII: Politics from Below Identity:Civil Society and the Media4 Ethnicity, Nationalism, andthe Minority Regime5 On Women, Feminism, and Democracy6 Political Culture and Participation7 Spectacular Alterations,Few Changes in Romania’s MediaIII: Politics from Above:Representation, Parties, and Presidents8 Representation, Incumbency, and the Quality of Romanian Democracy9 Unsocial Democrats10 House of CardsIV: The EU Factor:Accession, Rule of Law,and Human Rights11 Romania’s Commitmentto the Rule of Law?12 Environmental NetworkGovernance in RomaniaConclusion: Post-Communist Romania atTwenty-Five and Hopes for the FutureBibliographyIndexList of Contributors