Pavel Campeanu was a cellmate of the man who was to become Romania's leader--Nicolae Ceausescu. Based largely on hitherto unavailable documents, the book focuses on the ascendance of Nicolae Ceausescu from a mere member of the Romanian Communist Party to that of leader of the monstrous Party and State apparatus that collapsed in 1989.

Provides a detailed historical account of the evolution of Hungarian politics and governmental structures and activities from the Revolution of 1848-1849 to the end of the twentieth century. It comprises 15 studies on various aspsects of the subject by distinguished Hungarian scholars.

This work examines Mikhail M. Speranskii's attempt to codify Russian law in the 1820s and 1830s - a major bureaucratic project. Based on material from the Manuscript Division of the Russian National Library and the Russian State Historical Archives, a picture of the codification efforts emerges.

The collapse of European communist regimes provided social scientists with an opportunity to observe the birth of new political institutions and to examine the effect of political behavior on institutional change. This book explores the extent to which social capital affected the performance of one such institution, the Romanian county council.

Presents a comprehensive study of the contemporary Romanian economy and its problems. The author critically evaluates Romanian transition and the main issues facing the stability of the Romanian economy, and then proposes solutions to be undertaken by the Romanian government.