Includes bibliographical references and index.

Preliminary Material / Adina Marina Stefan -- Introduction / Adina Marina Stefan -- Chapter One. The New Security Concept And The Democratization Of Post-Communist Societies / Adina Marina Stefan -- Chapter Two. The Political Sector / Adina Marina Stefan -- Chapter Three. The Societal Sector / Adina Marina Stefan -- Chapter Four. The Environmental Sector / Adina Marina Stefan -- Concluding Remarks / Adina Marina Stefan -- Appendices / Adina Marina Stefan -- References / Adina Marina Stefan -- Index / Adina Marina Stefan.

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Securitization and Democratization reveals the mutual dependency between democratization and securitization, two processes that while evolving reinforce each other. The study of the democratic consolidation is complemented by the more complex and dynamic securitization elements that offer an in-depth view of the internal threats to be faced. Ms. Stefan’s analysis creates an articulated and coherent concept underlying the close dependence between democracy and security. As a study case, Romania provides a wide scale of situations in several security sectors and contributes to building a model that is operational in any post-communist society.