In Between Europe

#7 Corruption in Romania

In this episode we talk about corruption trends and the trajectory of the anticorruption fight in Romania with Laura Stefan, an anticorruption expert with the Romanian think tank Expert Forum. Laura tells us about the incentives in Romania’s political system that sustain corruption and the potential problems stemming from the use of criminal law to tackle an ultimately political issue. History minute: Historical determinism meets norm entrepreneurship  Resources: <a class="markup--anchor markup--p-anchor" data-href="http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/69986/1/blogs.lse.ac.uk-Romanias%20protests%20A%20response%20to%20a%20three-pronged%20assault%20on%20anti-corruption%20measures.pdf" href="http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/69986/1/blogs.lse.ac.uk-Romanias%20protests%20A%20response%20to%20a%20three-pronged%20assault%20on%20anti-corruption%20measures.pdf" rel="noopener" target="_blank"> Romania’s Protests: A Response to a Three-Pronged Assault on Anti-Corruption Measures</a>, Daniel Brett, LSE EUROPP Blog, 2 February 2017 <a class="markup--anchor markup--p-anchor" data-href="http://expertforum.ro/en/2017-annual-report/" href="http://expertforum.ro/en/2017-annual-report/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Populism 2.0 and the Rebirth of Alternatives to Liberal Democracy</a>, annual report, Expert Forum, 2017 <a class="markup--anchor markup--p-anchor" data-href="http://sar.org.ro/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Romanian-Report-Updated.pdf" href="http://sar.org.ro/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Romanian-Report-Updated.pdf" rel="noopener" target="_blank"> Questions and Answers on Romania’s Anticorruption Implosion</a>, Alina Mungiu-Pippidi, European Center for Anticorruption and State Building, 2017 <a class="markup--anchor markup--p-anchor" data-href="https://freedomhouse.org/report/nations-transit/2017/romania" href="https://freedomhouse.org/report/nations-transit/2017/romania" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Romania</a>, Nations in Transit 2017 country report, Freedom House, 2017 <a class="markup--anchor markup--p-anchor" data-href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4936450/" href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4936450/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Bacalaureat</a> [Graduation], Cristian Mungiu, 2016 <a class="markup--anchor markup--p-anchor" data-href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4016994/" href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4016994/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">De Ce Eu</a> [Why Me?], Tudor Giurgiu, 2015 Subscribe via <a class="markup--anchor markup--p-anchor" data-href="http://inbetweeneurope.libsyn.com/rss" href="http://inbetweeneurope.libsyn.com/rss" rel="nofollow noopener nofollow noopener nofollow noopener nofollow noopener noopener" target="_blank">RSS feed</a>. Subscribe via <a class="markup--anchor markup--p-anchor" data-href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/in-between-europe/id1236576672" href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/in-between-europe/id1236576672" rel="nofollow noopener nofollow noopener nofollow noopener nofollow noopener noopener" target="_blank"> iTunes</a>.

The In Between Europe podcast discusses politics and current events in Central Europe, bringing you experts and a history minute for each episode. Hosted by Zselyke Csaky and Gergely Romsics.