GLOBALIZATION PERSPECTIVES IN POST-COMMUNIST ROMANIA

Abstract

The Romanian Revolution from 1089 radically changed the Romanian society profile. After thisbenchmark point, Romania enters a new historical stage called transition, a period marked by the phenomenonof globalization. This paper circumvents the problem of globalization in post-communist Romania. The purposeof this paper is to describe the context the globalization evolved in Romania but also to synthesize a record ofeconomical, social and cultural effects of globalization. The effects of globalization reflect on communicationnetworks and channels, production processes, labor market, monetary market and social patterns. Globalizationcan generate economical growth but also can lead to poverty. A collective cultural shock followed thebeginnings of globalization and this phenomenon is characterized by four elements: (a) integration, (b)assimilation, (c) separation and (d) marginalization. Collective cultural shock was more powerful in Romaniaafter the integration in European Union. Other important aspects are the connection between globalization andcultural identity but also the cultural changes occurred in Romania after 2007.

Keywords

• globalization
• post-communism
• transition
• collective cultural shock
• cultural identity