When politics were entrusted by Constitution exclusively to the Communist Party, civilian groups have appeared truly out of the matrix of existent power. Here you should look for the disintegration germs of communist regimes in Eastern Europe. This is also the reason for the nonviolent changes of regime.

Vladimir Tismaneanu extends his explicative project started in 1991 to the last 20 years’ history. How important are the independent civilian structures in solving political problems?