DIVORCE IN POST-COMMUNIST ROMANIA: CAUSES AND EFFECTS.

THE TOPIC OF THIS PAPER ADDRESSES AN INTERESTING AND AT THE SAME TIME DELICATE TOPIC: POST-COMMUNIST DIVORCE, AFTER 1989. DURING THIS ARTICLE WE WILL UNDERSTAND THE NOTION OF FAMILY, ITS DISSOLUTION AND HOW THE COMMUNIST REGIME EVOLVED AFTER THE YEAR. WE WILL ALSO DISCUSS HOW CEAUSESCU AND THE TOTALITARIAN REGIME APPROACHED THE ISSUE OF DIVORCE. THIS TOPIC BECAUSE IT IS INTERESTING IN TERMS OF HOW, IN A FEW DECADES, OPINIONS ABOUT THE GENERAL PATTERNS OF MARRIAGE HAVE CHANGED. IF IN THE PAST PARTNERS WERE MUCH MORE RESPONSIBLE AND MORE INVOLVED IN MARRIAGE, TODAY FREEDOMS HAVE EFFECTS ON FAMILY UNITY. ANOTHER INTERESTING ASPECT THAT CHANGED AFTER 1989 IN ROMANIA WAS THE RADICAL CHANGE OF POSITION OF WOMEN WITHIN THE COUPLE. IF THE TYPICAL IMAGE REPRESENTS HER AS A HOUSEWIFE, WITH RESPONSIBILITIES SUCH AS HOUSEKEEPING AND CHILDCARE, NOW SHE CAN EMBODY THE IMAGE OF A PROFESSIONALLY SUCCESSFUL WOMAN, CONTRIBUTING CONSIDERABLY TO THE MATERIAL WELL-BEING OF THE FAMILY, BUT AT THE SAME TIME MISSING MORE FROM THE BREAST. THEY. WE THEREFORE AIM TO IDENTIFY HOW ALL THESE CHANGES, AT THE LEVEL OF THE COUPLE, CONTRIBUTE TO ITS DISINTEGRATION OR CONSOLIDATION. THUS, WE WILL FIND OUT IF THESE RESTRUCTURINGS MADE WITHIN THE FAMILY ARE BENEFICIAL OR NOT, AND IF IT TURNS OUT THAT THEY CONTRIBUTE TO THE INSTABILITY OF THE COUPLE OR, MOREOVER, TO THEIR BREAKUP, HOW AFFECTED ARE THE PARTNERS WHO FACE THESE PROBLEMS. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]