Public Education in Romania and Moldova, 19-20th Centuries: Modernization, Political Mobilization, and Nation-Building. An Introduction Cover Image

Public Education in Romania and Moldova, 19-20th Centuries: Modernization, Political Mobilization, and Nation-Building. An Introduction
Public Education in Romania and Moldova, 19-20th Centuries: Modernization, Political Mobilization, and Nation-Building. An Introduction

Author(s): Petru Negură, Andrei Cușco
Subject(s): History, Comparative history, Modern Age
Published by: Facultatea de Istorie și Geografie, Universitatea Pedagogică de Stat „Ion Creangă”
Keywords: Public Education;Romania;Republic of Moldova;

Summary/Abstract: Since the second half of the 19th century, Romania has asserted itself, along with other European states, as a “modern mobilizational state” that aimed to profoundly transform its population and the mass of its citizens through extensive mobilizing and social engineering projects. Public education has played a central role in this ambitious process of social transformation, is an essential tool of state formation and nation-building.