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SOCIALIST MARKET ECONOMY - CHINA IN THE FACE OF HISTORY: IDEOLOGICAL STEREOTYPES, PRAXEOLOGICAL CLICHES, HISTORICAL INERTIA

Author(s): Liliana Gabriela Ilie,Ştefan Buzărnescu / Language(s): English Issue: 1/2018

The present article presents the elements that give originality to the Chinese model of sustainable development by solving the "enigma" of the complementarity between Chinese socialism and the Western market economy. Thus, while Western neo-liberalism devised its managerial profile according to "as slight as possible State" principles, the communist authorities in China has legitimately held the authority of the Communist Party, but have liberalized the property. If the 20th century was American, will the 21st century be Chinese? However, this point of view belonging to the sociological approach should not be ignored; a democratic world must ensure the legitimate free flow of all views. This text is a part of a large study “The Chinese Model of durable and sustainable development - a successful social experiment”, finalized in the zonal laboratories belong the Sociologists Association, Timis county, The University of the West of Timisoara. As a sociological level, is the first sociological modelling of the Chinese social space focus on socialist market economy? The socialist market economy is an original model of development starting in China since Deng Xiaoping (1978) becoming leader of Communist Party (PCC). Today, China is the second economic power of the World. As the scientist, we have obligation to study all social evolutions, behind ideological reasons.

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FROM IRREDENTISM TO STATE DISINTEGRATION: GREATER SOMALIA DURING SIAD BARRE REGIME (1969-1991)

Author(s): Pablo Arconada Ledesma / Language(s): English Issue: 1/2018

‘Greater Somalia’ refers to the union of the five regions inhabited by Somali people under the same state. For decades, and especially since colonization, this idea has tried to unify the different Somali peoples in the Horn of Africa: Italian Somalia, British Somalia, the small enclave of Djibouti, the Ogaden and Haud (under Ethiopian rule) and the Northeast border of Kenya. The pansomalist objective has never been fulfilled despite Mogadishu's repeated attempts to integrate all these territories. The last attempt was the so-called war of the Ogaden (1977-1978) driven by the dictator Mohammed Siad Barre, who was defeated. Despite the disaster, the dream of Greater Somalia has remained active for several years. However, the fall of Siad Barre in 1991 and the disintegration of the state of Somalia erased at one stroke the pansomalist aspirations. Finally, the purpose of this article is to analyze the unifying aspirations of Somalia from the Ogaden War to its total disintegration and the strategies promoted by this government until its fall in 1991. The Research methods includes the analysis of historic resources, such as the Constitutions of Somalia and different previous articles and books related to this topic.

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THE SOCIAL ASSISTANCE SYSTEM IN ROMANIA. LEGISLATIVE REFERENCES

Author(s): Florin Ionut Stancu / Language(s): English Issue: 1/2018

This article attempts to briefly review the Romanian legislation adopted after 1990 in the field of social assistance. Thus, we can say that regarding the preoccupations for drawing up the normative framework in social assistance there were two directions of action: the configuration of the legal acts of the various social benefits (allowances, social benefits, compensations, etc.) for the categories of people in difficulty and the setting up of the normative framework in order to establish the general principles and regulations for functioning of the social assistance services. Tracking the practical impact of the effects generated by the rule of law can lead to conclusions regarding to the improvement and development of the legislative framework, institutions and mechanisms that support the coherent functioning of the social assistance system as a whole.

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INTERCULTURAL EDUCATIONAL REPORTS IN SCHOOLS WITH GYPSY STUDENTS

Author(s): Maria Pescaru / Language(s): English Issue: 2/2017

The intercultural education aims at developing an education for all in the spirit of recognizing the differences that exist within the same society. We can say that a large part of the gypsy population, so their children too, suffers from the process of marginalization and therefore requires a sustained intervention strategy, addressing both the marginalized and the majority, to form an intercultural society, by different but equal individuals, connected to the general values of humanity and respecting a common set of norms, but at the same time being in a permanent cultural and spiritual exchange. The education of gypsy children requires a special approach in which the initial data of this ethnic group can be a starting point for finding a solution to the issue of integration. In order to better understand the essence and the role of the intercultural education, we must accept that each of us is born in a particular culture, and in order to survive and grow in that culture, we must basically learn how to learn the basics, the norms, the values and the rules that make it possible to integrate into that culture.

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PRIMARY SOCIAL SERVICES VERSUS SPECIALIZED SOCIAL SERVICES IN CHILD PROTECTION

Author(s): Violeta Manea / Language(s): English Issue: 2/2017

In child protection, the primary focus in the development of social services must be on primary social services that must respond to the needs of children in difficulty, so as to avoid family separation. If preventive services are not developed within the community, the specialized services, which have faced a growing number of beneficiaries in recent years, are used. Social services must primarily be provided by local professionals who can receive technical and methodological support from professionals providing specialized social services.

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THE PROTECTION OF THE AUTOCHTONES’ URBAN AREAS “COLLECTIVE OWNERSHIP”: THE CASE OF THE ALLADJAN OF ABROGUAMAN IN THE TOWN OF ABIDJAN

Author(s): Kémonthé Marius-Jonas Gallon / Language(s): English Issue: 1/2017

This study sets oneself goal of focusing the attention of the authorities on the respect and the protection of the rights of autochthones of the urban areas. Indeed, the urbanization of the many countries, such as Ivory Coast, was made by infringing on the rights, especially on the right to collective ownership, on the rights of the natives of the chosen geographical areas. With regard to this historical injustice put the United Nations in 2007 an instrument of the protection of the human rights of the indigenous communities. In spite of this progress of the international law, some people are victim of abuse of power. The example of the Alladjan, natives of Abrogouaman in Abidjan is evocative. The investigations held at the headmen of this locality and at the population, as well as the documentary retrievals revealed that the right to the collective ownership of this people is denied by the authorities of the Ivory Coast. This state of affairs is a break on the improvement of theirs social conditions and a threat to their survival, things which it is important to repair.

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FORMS OF SCHOOL DEVIANCE AND THEIR INFLUENCE ON THE SOCIAL AND MORAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE CHILD

Author(s): Maria Pescaru / Language(s): English Issue: 1/2017

Man is an active human being evolving through his relationships with the world. School is one of the main factors influencing, through its specific attributions, the achievement of the human education. The purpose of the school is to contribute to its physical development, to teach it, to develop skills and appropriate behaviour in society. It has well-trained teachers, creates a suitable environment for optimal physical and intellectual development of students and has the specific endowments for learning to be as effective as possible. The difficult problem currently facing the general education is that of ensuring school success for all students. Thus, school must ensure and prepare students’ school success, ensure optimal learning conditions, form future adult society, prevent and combat forms of school deviance. Of course, school success or failure depends on the requirements of school rules. Students with difficulties in adapting to school requirements and curricula - difficulties arising from school outcomes and inability to adapt to school rules - require increased attention from the school.Key

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THE IMPACT OF HIGH SKILLED MIGRATION (BRAIN DRAIN) ON REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA, AN ANALYSIS OF POSSIBLE CONSEQUENCES AND APPROACHES TO MANAGE THIS PHENOMENON

Author(s): Mihail Cebotari / Language(s): English Issue: 10/2018

High skilled migration is an actual and important research topic, especially for Republic of Moldova. Moldova is a small, developing country which needs high skilled workforce for its future economic development. High skilled migration brings up an important question – is it necessary to regulate, control and limit this type of migration? To answer this question the author analyzes the existing activities and initiatives in this field, and the initiatives of Moldovan authorities to regulate and monitor this type of migration. Also the research looks to identify good practices and effective measures to legally regulate high skilled migration. For this purpose are examined the conclusions and data from different economic, sociological and legal sources. The identified information permits to conclude the lack of interest from Moldovan authorities to research this form of migration. Also it identifies the absence of initiatives for its regulation and control. In this context the article offers recommendations on what could be done to improve the existing situation.

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THE ROLE OF THE STATE AND UNIVERSITIES IN GENERATING INNOVATION

Author(s): Victoria Sîrbu / Language(s): English Issue: 10/2018

It cannot be denied that innovation is a process that is happening continuously and in every sector of the economy. This is why the question who is the main force behind innovation appeared. Some scholars think that the private sector does the job, while others believe that the university and the public sector play a big role in creating innovation. Even so, as this qualitative research shows, neither actor is more important than the other, as they all contribute to generating innovation. Moreover, the Entrepreneurial State theory by M. Mazzucato and the Triple-Helix Model by Etzkowitz H./Leydesdorff L. come to explain that the state and university has a significant role in innovation, similar to the private sector. On top of it, the Triple-Helix Model suggests that the innovation of nowadays is a result of interconnections between the university-industry-government and it cannot develop without the other. Thus, this leads to the idea that innovation is happening because of more factors that need to be properly commercialized and made visible to the public in order to change the misunderstanding created.

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Inovația și alți Determinți Specifici ca Elemente Cheie de Bunăstare în Uniunea Europeană

Author(s): Marina Popa / Language(s): Romanian Issue: 12/2019

Bunăstarea a devenit un subiect ultradiscutat, făcînd referire la evaluarea calității vieții și a situației acesteia. Promovarea bunăstării cetățenilor săi este un obiectiv-cheie pentru Uniunea Europeană și a câștigat importanță în agenda politicii sociale în ultimul deceniu. Pentru a surprinde complexitatea acestui fenomen, instituțiile europene au început să pună accent și pe alți indicatori în afară de PIB, ce ar demonstra calitatea vieții în comunitatea europeană. În lucrarea respectivă, autorul cercetează măsurarea progresului, a bogăției și a bunăstării în țările Uniunii Europene prin dezvoltarea unor indicatori care să completeze cifrele PIB, incluzînd aspecte de inovație, fluxuri financiare-comerciale și sociale. Analiza este efectuată prin prisma indicatorilor macroeconomici oferiți de Eurostat, OCDE, UNCTAD privind calitatea vieții economice și sociale din UE, astfel propunîndu-se diverse modele de urmat, bazate pe conceptul de inovație privind atingerea gradului înalt de bunăstare a factorului uman.

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External Assistance and its Effects on Eradicating Poverty

Author(s): Meri CAZACU,Rodica Crudu / Language(s): English Issue: 12/2019

Poverty is a multidimensional socio- economic phenomenon. It entails more than the lack of income and productive resources to ensure sustainable livelihoods, its manifestations include hunger and malnutrition, limited access to education, health care and other basic services, social discrimination, high rates of disruptive or disorderly behavior and exclusion as well as the lack of participation in decision-making. Various social groups bear a disproportionate burden of poverty. After the World War II efforts in combating poverty have increased, bringing mixed results and opinions. As of today, there is a large number of specialized international organizations that focus on poverty reduction.

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Social security coordination in Europe with focus on self-employed persons: the quantitative approach

Author(s): Sandra Brožová / Language(s): English Issue: 1/2019

The article deals with international coordination of social security in the EU, aiming special focus on self-employed persons. The article outlines an overview of international social security coordination system with its legal sources and presents original research using cluster analysis method based on statistical data compiled by European Commission experts. The presented research is based on a conducted cluster analysis bringing together principal macroeconomic characteristics describing relative size and relative strength of economies, in particular total number of inhabitants, GDP per capita, in internationally comparable purchasing power parity version, and average wage, with quantitative expression of labour migration, represented by short term mobility covered by the European law posting provisions. The research question was formulated towards exploration whether there are some common features in short-term mobility inflows created by independent self-employed persons in the European internal market. The results showed prevailing lack of consistency leading to the fact that the clusters reported by the model were not comparable in size, when two of them embraced nearly all the examined European countries and the other two only few of them.

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Rebuilding Fortress Europe, Building Fortress USA: From Discursive to Physical Boundaries against Refugees on a Global Level

Author(s): Srđan Mladenov Jovanović / Language(s): English Issue: 1/2019

It is difficult to properly emphasize the increase in xenophobia on a global level, from discourse to appropriate policies. Though Donald Trump’s “wall” has become a world-known feature, fences have been built in numerous places within Europe as well. Xenophobic discourses are increasingly used as a means for gaining electoral support, after which “adequate” policies are being introduced. From the “immigrant” or “guest worker” to the “refugee” or “asylum seeker”, these people have been shunned on an institutional and media level, invisible in their plight for decades, oftentimes painted as criminals. With the resurgence of xenophobia, their visibility increased only to be put in a negative spotlight, as scapegoats instead of victims. This article deals with the discursive construction of the Enemy from the refugee in the Middle East from the methodological standpoint of Critical Discourse Analysis, as well as how this exclusionary, discriminative discourse in turn creates xenophobic policies on a global scale.

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Smart Policies for Innovation Growth

Author(s): Todor Galev,Nadezda Gancheva,Roumyana Georgieva,Teodora Georgieva,Fani Koleva,Denitsa Marinova,Miglena Molhova-Vladova,Daniela Tchonkova,Maya Tsaneva,Todor Yalamov / Language(s): English Issue: 1/2018

Smart specialisation is a key policy instrument of the European Commission, which European regions can use to identify and develop their competitive advantages. It is based on five guiding principles: place-based priorities; targeted investments in sectors with existing critical mass of resources; bottom-up approach; broad view of innovation that also includes social innovation; clear monitoring and evaluation mechanisms. If these are applied effectively, smart specialisation can help resolve some of the main long-term obstacles faced by the Bulgarian innovation system, such as the lack of sufficient funding for R&D and the weak link between business and science. In turn, this would help achieve the strategic objective of the Innovation Strategy for Smart Specialisation of moving from the modest to the moderate innovators’ group in the European Innovation Scoreboard by 2020.

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Музиката на „медийния фронт“

Author(s): Snezhana Popova / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 6/2019

A review of Ventsislav Dimov’s book ‘Music for the people on the media front (The soft power of peoples and popular music in Socialist Bulgaria)’. Sofia: University Press ‘St. Kliment Ohridski’, 2019 (368 p.). ISBN 978-954-07-4796-5. This monograph is part of the research on the collective scientific project ‘The soft power of popular music in media (by examples from Bulgaria and the Balkans)’, financed by the Bulgarian National Science Fund (05/16).

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The Human - Universal Paradigm in Knowledge and Human Activity (Security Aspects)

Author(s): Ion SÎRBU / Language(s): English Issue: 2/2019

The era of globalization involves interactions and inter-state and inter-human relations of all types, including economic ones. An important place among them also belongs to the cross-border ones. The paradigm is the model, the dominant aspect in science and the knowledge of a certain period of time or epoch. There are particular paradigms, specific to one or another science, to one or another domain. There are also general or universal paradigms, such as ecological and communication ones. The human paradigm is, however, the most universal one, as it manifests itself in all spheres and fields of human activity and practice, including economics. The whole practice and knowledge, according to the universal paradigm of humanity, must be directed towards ensuring the security and survival of humans, society and nature. The true human is the person with a high and permanent morality and moral behavior. Namely, Man is the supreme value for man and for this reason today, while being in danger, he has become the most important global problem, which practically includes in itself all other problems. The universal paradigm of humanity is compulsory even for the fields of medicine, military and force spheres. It occupies a special place in the real economy and economic science.

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Possibilities of Continuous Improvement of Budgets by the Kaizen Method in the Current Context

Author(s): Svetlana MIHĂILĂ,Galina Bădicu,Nicolai JIERI / Language(s): English Issue: 2/2019

Stimulating the tendencies of integration of the Republic of Moldova in the world economy requires the indigenous entities to continue to be efficient, competitive, very operative, but also sustainable, given that obtaining long-term positive financial results depends on sustainability. In order to guide their actions, the entities request information on the activity carried out, in which the most important place is the budget. In this article, the authors are describing the Kaizen method - a Japanese concept which assume continuous improvement of the processes and budgets. The importance of budgeting method consists in efficiency of application, not just in performance of it. Once the company has selected a method of budgeting it should to make sure that this instrument is applicable and in concordance with its necessities. The investigation methodology includes fundamental approaches regarding the possibility of applying the Kaizen method in the local entities. Thus, the dialectical method was used with its fundamental elements. The methodology and recommendations formulated can serve as a support for managers in order to sustainably improve the results from the long-term improvement of the work process. This means full and active involvement in the Kaizen process of employees at all levels, naturally developing a sense of ownership and self-discipline.

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„Пирин пее 2018“ – между изворния фолклор, художествената самодейност и професионалното изкуство

Author(s): Petyo Krastev / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 2/2019

Pirin Pee Festival is an event which demonstrates in a specific way the concepts for safeguarding and popularization of tradition. In its core is the scenic representation of examples of traditional local culture. All this provokes mutual interaction between different points of view to ancient singing and music making – authentic folklore, the motors of the event who are the performers and the organizers (they are mainly connected to amateur art practiced in the different chitalishta) and, on the other hand, those who stay behind the artistic interpretation of the local culture within the frame of professional art. In this context the festival is a place for active keeping to the tradition and its influence in the present as well as in the future. All that contributes to the specific, colorful contemporary picture displayed on the festival that is further observed or enriched by specialists, performers and connoisseurs.

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Transitions Online_Around the Bloc-30 January

Author(s): Ioana Caloianu / Language(s): English Issue: 02/04/2020

Our regional news roundup: U.S. concerned about Georgia; Israel and Russia exchange goodwill gestures; a fugitive Bulgarian oligarch; St. Petersburg honors literary giant; and images from Soviet Moldova.

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HOW TO DEAL WITH LOST MEMORY: HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE LAW IN POLAND (2018) BETWEEN POLITICS AND HISTORY

Author(s): Florin Anghel / Language(s): English Issue: 1/2019

At the initiative of the Warsaw Conservative government, the Parliament modified the Law on the organization of the National Memory Institute, by insisting on amending article 55. This issue is about redefining the Holocaust memory, in the sense of penalizing formulas such as the “Polish concentration camps” of the World War Two since Poland did not exist as a state after its occupation by Nazi Germany and the USSR. The amendments were adopted in February 2018 and triggered a series of extremely virulent reactions, especially from Poland’s strategic allies – the US and Israel. In June 2018, by a joint Declaration of the Governments of Israel and Poland, the “Holocaust Law” was again amended and all criminal punitive provisions were eliminated.

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