Rediscovering Protest: Reflections on the Development and Consequences of the Early 2012 Romanian Protests
Since early 2012, Romania has recorded an increased mobilization in the protest arena. Contentious episodes have erupted recurrently since then and most of them had notable political impact in curbing certain public policies, influencing election results and dismissing national governments. A new ta...
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| description | Since early 2012, Romania has recorded an increased mobilization in the protest arena. Contentious episodes have erupted recurrently since then and most of them had notable political impact in curbing certain public policies, influencing election results and dismissing national governments. A new taste for protest actions seems to emerge in Romania since people are increasingly eager to challenge political elites on various grounds. However, the upsurge of protest mobilization in recent years came about after a relatively long period of widespread estrangement from politics and public sphere during the post-communist transition of this country. This article aims to reconstruct the media frames and people’s perceptions of the socio-economical and political conditions in which protest mobilizations emerged in 2012 in order to shed some light on how and why Romanians have moved from apathy to political action in the aftermath of economic crisis. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-af16e0e9f056480aa1dfebc3562d17042022-12-22T00:22:25ZengUniversity of Oradea, Research Centre on Identity and Migration Studies-RCIMIJournal of Identity and Migration Studies1843-56101843-56102015-11-01926285Rediscovering Protest: Reflections on the Development and Consequences of the Early 2012 Romanian ProtestsMarius Ioan Tatar0University of OradeaSince early 2012, Romania has recorded an increased mobilization in the protest arena. Contentious episodes have erupted recurrently since then and most of them had notable political impact in curbing certain public policies, influencing election results and dismissing national governments. A new taste for protest actions seems to emerge in Romania since people are increasingly eager to challenge political elites on various grounds. However, the upsurge of protest mobilization in recent years came about after a relatively long period of widespread estrangement from politics and public sphere during the post-communist transition of this country. This article aims to reconstruct the media frames and people’s perceptions of the socio-economical and political conditions in which protest mobilizations emerged in 2012 in order to shed some light on how and why Romanians have moved from apathy to political action in the aftermath of economic crisis.http://www.e-migration.ro/jims/Vol9_no2_2015/JIMS_Vol9_No2_2015_pp62_85_TATAR.pdfprotestelectoral participationeconomic crisispost-communist Romania |
| spellingShingle | Marius Ioan Tatar Rediscovering Protest: Reflections on the Development and Consequences of the Early 2012 Romanian Protests Journal of Identity and Migration Studies protest electoral participation economic crisis post-communist Romania |
| title | Rediscovering Protest: Reflections on the Development and Consequences of the Early 2012 Romanian Protests |
| title_full | Rediscovering Protest: Reflections on the Development and Consequences of the Early 2012 Romanian Protests |
| title_fullStr | Rediscovering Protest: Reflections on the Development and Consequences of the Early 2012 Romanian Protests |
| title_full_unstemmed | Rediscovering Protest: Reflections on the Development and Consequences of the Early 2012 Romanian Protests |
| title_short | Rediscovering Protest: Reflections on the Development and Consequences of the Early 2012 Romanian Protests |
| title_sort | rediscovering protest reflections on the development and consequences of the early 2012 romanian protests |
| topic | protest electoral participation economic crisis post-communist Romania |
| url | http://www.e-migration.ro/jims/Vol9_no2_2015/JIMS_Vol9_No2_2015_pp62_85_TATAR.pdf |
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