When the Socialist ‘Good Life’ Met Its Demise: Austerity and Private Humanitarianism in 1980s Romania - Incite at Columbia University
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When the Socialist ‘Good Life’ Met Its Demise: Austerity and Private Humanitarianism in 1980s Romania
- Published November 18, 2025
- Authors Cristian Capotescu
- Category Book Chapter
- Forum Humanitarian Mobilization in Central and Eastern Europe: Local, National, and International Perspectives, edited by Anca Crețu and Michal Frankl. Manchester: Manchester University Press, 2025.
- Link www.manchesterhive.com
Brought together by a diverse group of scholars who offer a cutting-edge perspective on how wars and conflict, state-building processes, nationalist activism and policies, socialist politics or regime changes influenced the emergence and trajectories of humanitarian aid.
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