Avatars de la nouvelle démocratie en Roumanie

Cretu, Gabriela F.

doi:10.3917/oute1.041.0225

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“…Because of Romania’s socialist past, leftist parties have lacked the legitimacy needed to talk about social justice, leaving few possibilities for criticism of economic liberalism. Domestic politics has focused entirely on the transition towards the market economy and the EU ( Cretu, 2014 ). Since 2012, however, the situation has changed.…”

Section: Different Contexts Similar Grievancesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Political motivations for intra-European migration

Bygnes

Flipo²

2016

Acta Sociologica

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Motivations for migrating within the European Union have mainly been attributed to economic, career and lifestyle choices. This article suggests that political dissatisfaction is also an important motivator of recent intra-European migration. In our analysis of in-depth interviews with Romanian migrants in Spain and with Spanish migrants in Norway, we found a common emphasis on the political dimensions of their decision to migrate. In the interviews, the economic component of migration was often related to bad governance and negative perceptions of the state. The similarities of Spanish and Romanian migration narratives are especially striking because Spain and Romania represent substantially different migratory, political and economic contexts. However, migration is more obviously intertwined with conventional acts of political protest in the Spanish case. We suggest that differences in democratic contexts are pivotal in people’s reactions to and framing of their deep dissatisfaction with domestic politics, as found in many European countries today.

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Section: Different Contexts Similar Grievancesmentioning

confidence: 99%