The Transylvanian Elite in the Greater Romania and its Difficulties of Integration. The Case of O. Goga

This study focuses on the new political and social realities in Greater Romania and on the Transylvanian Romanian elite in its effort to integrate itself in the new country. The process Of uniformising the institutions, the legislation and the political practices is confronted with the major changes which occurred after 1918, when the agrarian reform and the universal suffrage mutate the country's political and social structure, compelling the old politicians to adapt themselves to the new realities. The case of the poet Octavian Goga, who got involved in politics by taking advantage of the immense moral capital he amassed during his activities in favor of the Union of Transylvania with Romania, reflects the difficulties encountered by the poet and the failure of his career, both artistic and political, in which he played exclusively the nationalism card.