The Factors Leading to the Electoral Success, Consolidation and Decline of the Moldovan Communists' Party During the Transition Period

The Effect of Labor Migration on the Diffusion of Democracy: Evidence from a Former Soviet Republic

“…13 E.g., Freedom House states that "Moldova's civil liberties rating improved from 4 to 3 due to a more balanced and diverse media environment, a reduction in government hostility toward civil society groups, and a lack of interference Business ' Report 2012(World Bank, 2012. In line with political scientists (Marandici, 2010;Crowther, 2011), we interpret voting against the Communist Party (i.e., for an opposition party) as voting for political and democratic change.…”

An Ad Hoc Nation

“…going back to the average communist voter, the emphasis on a soviet-based folklorized version of the national body seems in line with the fact that in 2009, ethnic Moldovans were less and less voting for the PCRM (from 68 per cent in 2003 to 31.5 per cent in 2009) while minorities were voting for the party in approximately the same proportion (from 72.2 per cent to 73 per cent for the gagauz or from 89.1 to 81.3 for the Russians). 36 Looking at opposition parties, secondly, it is interesting to note that they use the same strategies of unification around a threatened Moldova. Indeed, the aMN and the PLDM put forward the same defining elements of the Moldovan nation but in a more modern way.…”