THE UNIVERSITY AS A REGIONAL INTEGRATOR. THE CASE OF UBB WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF NORTHWESTERN DEVELOPMENT REGION OF ROMANIA

THE UNIVERSITY AS A REGIONAL INTEGRATOR. THE CASE OF UBB WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF NORTHWESTERN DEVELOPMENT REGION OF ROMANIA

Author(s): Monica Ioana Burcă-Voicu,Mircea Teodor Maniu / Language(s): English / Issue: 2/2014

Keywords: regional development; university; social outreach; competitiveness.

Regional competitiveness grounded on peculiarities that cannot be retrieved but in certain places, becomes a more and more important market feature, while the economy implacably evolves towards globalization. Our research main purpose would be to investigate and analyze the role to be played by a large university, like UBB, as a de facto vehicle for regional integration. On this path, we are going to study the present state of governance of the Northwestern Development Region, the University' exposure to the process of regionalization and also the way in which we could embed better our assets within the overall regional development framework.

THE ROLE OF INTERCULTURALISM IN EUROPEAN INTEGRATION

THE ROLE OF INTERCULTURALISM IN EUROPEAN INTEGRATION

Author(s): Horațiu Sorin Dan / Language(s): English / Issue: 2/2014

Keywords: interculturalism; European integration; European identity; economic environment; cultural values and beliefs.

The paper deals with the subject of European integration and namely the aspects deriving from the need to reconcile different cultural identities across the EU. As the issues generated by such cultural differences can be dealt with in several ways, we explore both the multicultural and the intercultural approach, eventually reaching to the conclusion that interculturalism provides with superior tools for building a common European identity and a cultural environment that would support European integration. Also, we take the analysis further by studying how an intercultural approach could impact the European economical and social context: first by examining the cultural aspect of the economic environment and how more homogenous economic mechanisms could be achieved and second by exploring the impact that interculturalism can have on the relationship between nationalism and Europeanism.

LIMITATIONS OF REALISM IN EXPLAINING EAST AFRICAN REGIONAL INTEGRATION AND THE SOCIAL-CONSTRUCTIVIST RESPONSE

LIMITATIONS OF REALISM IN EXPLAINING EAST AFRICAN REGIONAL INTEGRATION AND THE SOCIAL-CONSTRUCTIVIST RESPONSE

Author(s): Mihaela Mecea / Language(s): English / Issue: 2/2014

Keywords: Realism; Social-Constructivism; regional integration.

Recently, a certain decline in the processes of regional integration has lead to a resurgence of interest in Realism as an explanatory theory of regional integration. However, opposite perspectives claim that regional co-operation structures may not be disintegrating just yet, even though they are, for the matter, advancing at a slower pace. Although they may well provide sound explanations for precise events, most Realist assumptions fail to look at the wider framework within which regional integration takes place. In order to demonstrate this point, I have chosen to examine in this paper the character of the regional integration process in the case of the East African Community organisation, by inspecting key Realist arguments regarding this regional integration process in comparison with the Social-Constructivist response.

THE EUROPEAN DIMENSION OF SUB-NATIONAL REGIONALISM IN THE EUROPEAN UNION

THE EUROPEAN DIMENSION OF SUB-NATIONAL REGIONALISM IN THE EUROPEAN UNION

Author(s): Romana Sălăgeanu / Language(s): English / Issue: 2/2014

Keywords: regionalism; regionalisation; regional representation; European multi-level governance.

The emerging regionalism within member states of the European Union has been triggered by challenges of the nation-state and has evolved differently from state to state. However, the activity and visibility of regions has been increasingly noticeable at European level through their offices and representations in Brussels, their presence and activity further raising the interest of many scholars. The paper offers an overview of the emergence of European regions and the activity of regions at European level, as a consequence of regionalism taking up a European dimension, especially from the perspective of the regional “paradiplomatic” characteristic of their contribution within the European multi-level governance system.

THE DIFFICULTIES OF ROMANIAN REGIONALISMS

THE DIFFICULTIES OF ROMANIAN REGIONALISMS

Author(s): Diana Reianu ,Radu Cristian Barna / Language(s): English / Issue: 2/2014

Keywords: regionalisms; regions; Romania; democracy.

In the global context of personal identity development, regionalism is one of the solutions at hand capable of stimulating sustainable human development of the regions, by engagement in the regional and community problems through the sense of solidarity and identity it confers. Based on the assumption that regionalism is one of the basic factors of development and vice-versa, that regionalisms need proper development conditions, this paper intends to outline why regionalisms are extremely poor in Romania. In order to do this, it is necessary to identify the bases for the formation of various types of regionalism, and then understand how these work and what their functions are. The subsequent analysis of the conditions and conditionings of the Romanian context will enable us to identify what causes the difficulty of regionalisms consolidation in Romania.

BOOK REVIEW

BOOK REVIEW

Author(s): Anca Stângaciu / Language(s): English / Issue: 2/2014

Loredana Maria Baba, Ernesto di Martino. O personalitate controversata, Cluj-Napoca, Argonaut, 2014, 263 p.

REGIONALISATION IN ROMANIA: IDEAS, PROJECTS AND PERSPECTIVES

REGIONALISIERUNG IN RUMÄNIEN: IDEEN, ENTWÜRFEN UND PERSPECTIVEN

Author(s): Tamás Szabó / Language(s): German / Issue: 2/2014

Keywords: Regionalization; Administrative-territorial reform; Planning regions; Decentralization; the EU.

The main objective of the study is to analyze the administrative-territorial reform which took place in 2013, on the basis of the major proposals and measures, furthermore to evaluate the results so far. The political parties, the institutions, and finally, the Government's position suggest that there is no minimal consensus regarding the regionalization of the Romanian society, but because of other causes such as: constitutional concerns, the opposition of the local elites of the ruling parties it was also removed from the agenda.

EUROPEANIZATION OF REGIONAL IDENTITIES IN ROMANIA. CASE STUDY: THE LAND OF MOŢI

EUROPEANIZATION OF REGIONAL IDENTITIES IN ROMANIA. CASE STUDY: THE LAND OF MOŢI

Author(s): Diana Reianu ,Radu Cristian Barna / Language(s): English / Issue: 2/2014

Keywords: regional identity; Ţara Moţilor; Europeanization; values; traditions.

Romania is known as a highly centralized country, where regional identities were strongly subject to uniformization. Cultural differences and identities have although survived even to the communist regime, often in an altered form. After 1989, in many parts of the country people began to rediscover their roots and the meaning of their local and regional identities. In the same time, the temptation and the benefits to takeover European values and behaviors were extremely high and therefore Romanians oriented their identification needs towards Europe. One of Romania’s region imbedded with a strong local identity, due to its mountainous specificity and its historical poverty, is the Ţara Moţilor (The Land of Moţi). Through this study we propose an analysis of the extent to which European values have influenced Romanian local values, in particular in the Land of Moţi, on the premise that the specific situation of this region predisposes to an orientation towards traditional values on the one hand, and to more openness and Europeanization, on the other hand. Both aspects are visible in the area, our analysis intending to clarify the reasons for one and the other orientations, in order to understand the identity issues of the area.

NEW FINANCIAL SETTINGS AS FAST TRACK FOR REGIONALISM IN ITALY?

LA RIFORMA DEL “FEDERALISMO FISCALE” COME MOTORE PER IL REGIONALISMO ITALIANO?

Author(s): Alice Valdesalici,Sara Parolari / Language(s): Italian / Issue: 2/2014

Keywords: fiscal federalism; financial relations; regionalization; autonomous regions; ordinary regions.

This paper focuses on the reform of the intergovernmental financial relations introduced in Italy in 2009 (law n. 42) as a spearhead of the regionalization process. So far, the new financial settings are far from being in force, due to the lack of implementing measures. The aim of the paper is to analyze the reform of the Italian financial system, approaching the subject matter both from the perspective of the sources of law, and from the substantial content of the legal provisions. The analysis will demonstrate that, notwithstanding the intentions, the austerity measures adopted by the State against the background of the economic crisis have translated in an awkward attempt to dismantle the progresses made in so far in the process of regionalization.

CALL FOR PAPERS

CALL FOR PAPERS

Author(s): Author Not Specified / Language(s): English / Issue: 2/2014

Since 1996, the academic journal Studia Europaea, issued by the Faculty of European Studies, has been representing an open arena for promoting research endeavours. The journal is refereed by international specialists and officially acknowledged by the Romanian National University Research Council (CNCSIS). Studia Europaea is covered by several prestigious databeses, such as ProQuest CSA Worldwide Political Science Abstracts, ProQuest CSA Sociological Abstracts or Central and Eastern European Online Library (CEEOL). Each article is reviewed by two independent academics in a “double-blind” system. Senior as well as junior academics from Europe and from the United States have found in Studia Europaea a way of expressing their preoccupations by publishing academic articles that have focused on the European experience and perspectives in various fields of social science.

Education as a factor of adaptation to the sustainable development: methodological approach to a problem

Образование как фактор адаптации общества к устойчивому развитию: методологические основания проблемы

Author(s): Natalia Vlasjuk / Language(s): Russian / Issue: 4/2011

Keywords: education as the factor of adaptation; the sustainable development; adaptation.

In modern conditions of social development a problem of socio-philosophical approach to research of education as a factor of adaptation to the sustainable development is extremely topical. The author considers the sustainable development as one of alternative ways of social development and a problem of adaptation of a society to a new reality . The concept of the sustainable development is unique and perspective opportunity of mankind to survive in conditions of modern calls and crises.

The value levels of consumer choices and the gender differences

Ценностные иерархии потребительских выборов и гендерные различия

Author(s): Boris Olegovich Mayer,Anatolij Viktorovich Tkachev / Language(s): Russian / Issue: 4/2011

Keywords: consumer choice; value hierarchy; cognitive strategies of decision-making; gender differences

This paper is devoted to the value levels in process of consumer choices. It was found the phenomenon of duplication (reproduction) of the same values at different levels of a hierarchical tree of values of the consumer. This phenomenon is associated with two cognitive styles of decision making: context-sensitive and context-independent styles. The hypothesis that the duplication of the same values at different levels of a hierarchical tree of values can be considered the consumer as a unique strategy for decision-making, which is one of its properties is context-dependent, but on the other - completely context-independent. It was found that duplication of the same values at different levels of a hierarchical tree of values inherent in the consumer, primarily women (with a probability of at least 50%), which in terms of consumer choice looks like an unpredictable, inconsistent, illogical, or as - " Women's logic ".

Formation of the effective economic base of the university in case of development of innovations: theoretical concepts

Формирование эффективного экономического фундамента вуза на основе развития инноваций: теоретические концепты

Author(s): Olga Latuha / Language(s): Russian / Issue: 4/2011

Keywords: innovative development; an economic basis of development of the high school; the integrated research complex.

The paper is concerned with theoretical concepts of formations of economic base of high school in case of development of innovations. In the center of attention is a problem of innovations. It is marked that specificity of the present stage of scientific and technical progress demands transformation of higher school sector of the Russian science into a large subsystem of the integrated research complex of the country capable to combine scale carrying out of basic researches with competitive development of commercial character.

The axiological vector of modern internal educational system

Аксиологический вектор современного отечественного образования

Author(s): Yulia Olejnikova / Language(s): Russian / Issue: 4/2011

Keywords: innovative potential; unity of teaching and educational process; becoming of humane formation; spiritually-moral development; valuable specification of process of education.

In this paper author considers the features of the development of modern internal educational system. It is nessesary to preserve multilateral fundamentality and a humane orientation of modern internal educational system, value of education that should provide development of aesthetic and the ethical attitude to the reality.

Effect of age, the profile of training and personal features on sexuality at female students of high school

Влияние возраста, профиля обучения и личностных особенностей на сексуальность студенток вуза

Author(s): Nina Ivanovna Aizman / Language(s): Russian / Issue: 4/2011

Keywords: sexuality; gender identity; a psychological gender; a training profile; personal features.

In article the features of sexuality at students of high school of 17-18 and 21-22 years depending on a profile of training and personal characteristics have been analyzed. It is shown, that girls of advanced age differ more generated sexuality, acceptance of physical contacts, emotionally positive self-descriptions as representative of the gender. The students receiving arts education, differ more expressed ability to an establishment of relations of attachment, intimacy at observance of personal borders of partners in dialogue. The following personal qualities have the high importance in development of female sexuality: emotional stability, expression, sincerity, social boldness, activity and readiness for risk. The revealed structural model of sexuality at students of high school in higher degrees has male orientation.

Problems of development of the innovative potential of higher education

Проблемы развития инновационного потенциала высшей школы

Author(s): Aleksandr Grigorevich Vorotyntsev / Language(s): Russian / Issue: 4/2011

Keywords: innovations; higher education; business-angel.

The paper is devoted to problems of development of innovative potential of the higher school. Particular attention is given to the systematization of questions of innovations. The author considers problems which are necessary for solving in the nearest future.

Influence of natural zeolites on macro- and microelement structure of the organism

Влияние природных цеолитов на макро- и микроэлементный состав организма

Author(s): Lev Evgenevich Panin,Galina Anatolevna Koroshchenko,Roman Idelevich Aizman,Alexey Dmitrievich Gerasyov,Svetlana Nikolaevna Lukanina,Sergey Viktorovich Efimov / Language(s): Russian / Issue: 4/2011

Keywords: natural zeolites; a mineral exchange; macrocells; microcells.

In paper results of research of biological action of natural zeolites in which a greater role of ions exchange properties play on mineral status of organism are generalized. It is marked, that natural zeolites have the polyelement structure depending on geochemical conditions of their formation. In conditions of use of natural zeolites as the food additive the excretion of macrocells and microcells with feces and urine increase while ion concentration in plasma and tissues does not change.

Poetry in Action: Verse and Narration in Everyday Communication

Poetry in Action: Verse and Narration in Everyday Communication

Author(s): Robin Gwyndaf / Language(s): English / Issue: 33/2006

Keywords: communication; community; everyday life; folk poetry; narration and narrators; orality and aurality; poetry in action; poets and rhymesters; power poetry; Wales

This paper considers the rich vein of less formal, mostly unofficial poetry, referred to as folk poetry and poetry in action, composed by bards and rhymesters in Wales, c. 1870–2005, and inspired particularly by everyday events and incidents within their own communities. In discussing the nature of this folk poetry, seven factors are mentioned. i. It is a social activity. ii. It is an activity which belongs to all people. iii. It may relate to all aspects of life. iv. Its forms are very numerous and non-static. v. It is, in essence, an oral activity. vi. It communicates messages in a direct and colourful manner, with the emphasis on narration and communication. vii. Folk poetry is functional, applied poetry. The paper concludes by offering brief answers to two questions: i. What is the value of folk poetry activity to members of the community? ii. What is the value to the ethnologist of studying folk poetry?

Pecularities of Political Culture in Post-Communist South-East European Countries: Macedonia, Serbia, Montenegro, Bulgaria

Pecularities of Political Culture in Post-Communist South-East European Countries: Macedonia, Serbia, Montenegro, Bulgaria

Author(s): Svetlana Stamenova / Language(s): English / Issue: 09/2001

Keywords: Does Zero-Sum Social Reasoning Affect Political Culture in Macedonia; Serbia and Montenegro; and Bulgaria? Peculiarities of Southeast European Cultural History; Southeast European History; Post-Communism;

One of the most widespread definitions of political culture describes it as “a people’s predominant beliefs, attitudes, values, ideas, sentiments, and evaluations about the political system of its country and the role of the self in that system” (L. Diamond, 1994: 7). The concept is usually used as an explanatory variable in politics. However, I believe that “political culture” is not an explanatory concept by itself but a construct that needs to be explained.

NEW EUROPE COLLEGE - Institute for Advanced Study

NEW EUROPE COLLEGE - Institute for Advanced Study

Author(s): Author Not Specified / Language(s): English / Issue: 09/2001

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