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'Transcendental Meditation' Affair in Romania 1976-1982

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Burakowski A.

Studia Polityczne (Political Studies)

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2005

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issue 17

119-152

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The article describes the history of the Romanian branch of the 'Transcendental Meditation' (TM) movement, created by the India-born Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. The TM movement in Romania spread rapidly through the intellectual elite in early 1980's, but it was dissolved by the communist power in 1982 and the followers were strongly repressed. The Romanian branch of the TM movement was created by Nicolae Stoian, an engineer from Bucharest who in 1969 emigrated to Great Britain. In 1977 he obtained official permission to organize in Romania experiments on meditation. He used his connections in Romanian political circles and secret services to promote the TM. In a few years he managed to create a small but influential movement composed mainly of engineers and scientists. In January 1981 he organized a huge meditation experiment with the members of Romanian intellectual elite, also the key figures, as for example the famous musician Gheorghe Zamfir. The TM movement from the very beginning was infiltrated by the communist secret police - Securitate. In August 1981 Stoian was expelled from the country and in the first half of 1982 the repression started. Almost all of participants in TM experiments were expelled from the Party and they have lost their jobs. The Minister of Education was also dismissed. The repression against the TM was seen as a part of strengthening of the communist system, which was visible in Romania in 1981-1982. The article is based mainly on Securitate documents and memoirs made by intellectuals involved in the movement.

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ROMANIAN-POLISH COOPERATION IN THE INTERWAR PERIOD. THE CONCLUSION OF THE POLISH-ROMANIAN 'A SMALL PRESS AGREEMENT' (Wspolpraca polsko-rumunska w okresie miedzywojennym. Zawarcie polsko-rumunskiego tzw. Malego porozumienia prasowego)

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Keller M.

Studia z Dziejów Rosji i Europy Środkowo-Wschodniej

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2008

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vol. 43

53-59

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CRISIS AS CATALYST? ROMANIAN MIGRANT CARE WORKERS IN ITALIAN HOME-BASED CARE ARRANGEMENTS

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Seiffarth M.

Sociológia (Sociology)

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2021

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vol. 53

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issue 5

502 – 520

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The COVID-19 crisis in Italy has brought to public attention the labour of almost one million migrant care workers (MCWs) who care for older Italian persons in their homes. Over the past three decades, the migrant-in-the-family model has become one of the main pillars of eldercare provision in Italy. The increase of this kind of care is analysed with a mixed-method approach, using official statistics, secondary literature, and expert interviews. The analysis integrates dynamics in the countries of origin and destination and focuses on Romanian MCWs as a case in point. The analysis highlights crises as catalysts for complex consequences and dynamics of transnational care migration, which play out at the levels of state, family, and individuals.

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SLOVENSKÁ MINORITA V RUMUNSKU – ETNOKULTÚRNE KONTEXTY

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Bošelová M.

Človek a spoločnosť. Internetový časopis pre pôvodné teoretické a výskumné štúdie z oblasti spoločenských vied

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2015

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vol. 18

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issue 2

-

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Way of life of Slovaks in the Low Land was and remains a continually evolving socio-cultural system which is very vividly and naturally responsive to the surrounding environment and circumstances that have been brought about in different historical periods. The important question is not just which elements of their way of life are typically "Slovak" , but rather to what extent and how can the Slovak community maintain ethnic consciousness, mother tongue and communication links with Slovaks during the entire period of the separation. The paper presents characteristics of current Slovak minority in Romania in the context of historical development, and also presents selected aspects of empirical research of the Slovaks living in Romania.

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QUANTITATIVE TRANSLATIONSCAPES AND CHRONOLOGICAL CONSTELLATIONS: FRENCH, SOVIET, AND AMERICAN NOVELS IN COMMUNIST ROMANIA

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Baghiu S.

World Literature Studies

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2021

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vol. 13

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issue 3

117 - 129

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This article makes use of quantitative methods to chart the particular morphologies of translated novels in Romania after World War II. The three charts presented show the chronological shift in the preferences for translating novels in a comprehensive account of all the Russian (and Soviet), French, and American novels translated in Romania, demonstrating that the translations can be analysed through what Jordan A.Y. Smith convincingly argues to be a useful model in translation studies and world literature, namely translationscapes. Through use of an extensive database, the article illustrates which periods the novels translated in communist Romania originate from and describes three patterns of translation during communism according to David Damrosch’s approach to canon. It points towards a certain need for clarifying the circulation of the novel from a big data perspective, through what this study refers to as quantitative translationscapes.

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The Issues of Polish Prisoners of War and Interments during World War II on the Eastern Front in Historiography

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Roman W. K.

Studia Podlaskie

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2007

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vol. 17

213-236

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Comprehensive research on the issues of Polish prisoners of war on the Eastern front during World War II as well as internments in Lithuania, Latvia, Romania and Hungary that would result in explanation of all their aspects and elaboration of the study on Polish prisoners of war from the Eastern front have not been carried out yet. There are no syntheses on German prisoners of war as well. In the past several years the issues of German prisoners of war have been kept in the background due to system changes and the fact that the issues of the Soviet captivity were removed from the list of taboo subjects in the People's Republic of Poland as well as the archives in the states of former USSR were opened. Despite voices claiming that the issues of Polish prisoners of war in German camps have been thoroughly elaborated, the stories of the prisoners after their release, for example, have not been researched. A lot of monographs bears the stamp of the times they were created in. The interpretation of the events, facts and even the choice of archive sources, frequently besmirches work's quality. What is more, despite rich historiography, the issue of Polish prisoners in USSR has not been comprehensively elaborated yet. It requires further detailed research on the basis of archive sources, particularly those stored in Russian archives. The need to elaborate a comprehensive study on the issues of the Home Army's soldiers in NKVD camps is worth emphasizing, and their formal and legal status should be explained in particular. There are no monographs on internments in Lithuania and Latvia too. Internments in Hungary are also waiting for a new monographic study.

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THE DEVELOPMENT OF CORPORATE GOVERNANCE REGULATIONS IN EMERGING ECONOMIES AS A REASON FOR FOREIGN CAPITAL INFLOW TO CAPITAL MARKETS. THE CASE OF ROMANIA (Polish title below)

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Broszkiewicz M.

Ekonomia - Uniwersytet Ekonomiczny we Wroclawiu

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2011

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issue 1(13)

50-60

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(Polish title: Rozwoj ladu korporacyjnego w krajach emerging markets jako przyczyna naplywu kapitalu zagranicznego na rynki kapitalowe. Przypadek Rumunii). Well constructed system of the principles of corporate governance can reduce the risk and stimulate the development of economy and the capital markets of developing countries. Following the path of developed countries emerging markets have to develop the principles of corporate governance, all the more they lack proper legal adjustments in the range of functioning of firms as a result of historical events. Corporate governance has a great significance for the enlargement of economy and the inflow of foreign capitals, the development of democracy and the attraction of multinational corporations, present on many capital markets of the world. The system of corporate governance in Romania is the example of the use of solutions, predominant in the countries of continental Europe. To raise the competitiveness of this country it is necessary to introduce reforms, regulating functioning of capital market and enterprises after the process of privatization.

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FILLING THE IDEOLOGICAL VOID: „RESTORATIVE‟ NOSTALGIA AND THE RADICAL RIGHT PARTIES IN ROMANIA

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Iancu A. A.

Sociológia (Sociology)

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2023

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vol. 55

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issue 2

220 – 243

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The article examines the role occupied by nostalgia as a group-based emotion in shaping the ‘micro-politics’ of the radical right parties. The paper argues that the high ideological eclecticism of RRP is primarily due to the strategies deployed in the weaponization of the past. As a discursive strategy, nostalgia substantially conditions party appeals well beyond the symbolic and mythological references, contaminating broader policy-oriented assertions. The study is focused on two paired examples of ultranationalist parliamentary parties: the Greater Romanian Party and the Alliance for the Union of Romanians. Content analysis of primary and secondary sources emphasizes that despite a 30-year time gap, the two Romanian RRP showcase remarkably high levels of programmatic and discourse overlap due to nostalgia-based strategies of boosting nationalist crucial identities.

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M. H. MAXY: CUBO-CONSTRUCTIVIST INTEGRALISM

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Kessler E.

ARS

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2014

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vol. 47

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issue 2

134 – 145

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The avant-garde magazine Integral was founded in Bucharest in March 1925. The main figure behind Integral was M. H. Maxy, avant-garde artist, professor, theorist, art manager and early art entrepreneur. The paper analyses how Integral appeared from the acutely perceived and aptly speculated misgivings behind the ecumenical show of Contimporanul. Placed on the background of such local developments, but also seen in a larger, European context offered by converging avant-garde manifestations of the time, like the First International Exhibition (1. Internationale Kunstaustellung) in Kaufhaus Tietz in Düsseldorf (1922). The assumption of the present paper is that Integralism is not the product of Integral, but vice-versa: Integral was the outcome of Maxy’s prior Integralism (identified into his analysed theoretical statements and artistic production of that time), which needed a missionary forum. However, contradicting the current art-historical perception, the present paper argues that Maxy was not the only Integralist artist at Integral. Integralism was (at least momentarily) profoundly embraced at least by few of his acolytes, as that was visible especially in the Cubo-constructivist early production of Victor Brauner and Corneliu Michailescu, and in the theoretical texts of Ion Calugaru and Mihail Cosma.

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DIE WIENER SCHULE DER KUNSTGESCHICHTE UND DIE KUNSTHISTORIOGRAPHIE IN RUMÄNIEN DER ZWISCHENKRIEGSZEIT

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Born R.

ARS

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2008

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vol. 41

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issue 1

112-137

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The article examines an influence of the Viennese Art History School onto the art-historical thinking in Rumania during the 20th century. Three names proved to be the most influential. Philosopher Lucian Blaga (1895 -1961) made use of Alois Riegl's pluralistic notion of 'style'. Corolian Petranu (1893 -1945) and Virgil Vatasianu (1902 -1993), pupils of Josef Strzygowski, employed nationalistic standpoints of their teacher to strengthen the Rumanian position versus Hungarian demands after Trianon.

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ROMANIAN LITERATURE FOR THE WORLD: A MATTER OF PROPERTY

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Terian A.

World Literature Studies

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2015

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vol. 7 (24)

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issue 2

3 – 14

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Starting from the recent developments in the fields of transnational studies and world literature, this article analyses the presence of Romanian literature in the world and its specific manner of relating to the world. Thus, the author ś paper consists of three parts. The first part approaches, in short, the way in which Romanian culture envisaged national literature, world literature and the relationship between the two over the past two centuries. The second part is an attempt to systematize the manner in which Romanian literature asserted its presence in the world until now, by identifying four successive waves of its dissemination beyond national borders. Finally, the third part of the article poses a new approach toward the problem, meant to contribute to a better understanding and, at the same time, an improvement of the presence of Romanian literature in the world.

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RANKING AND RATING OF CLIMATE CHANGE IN ROMANIA: TRENDS AND INDIVIDUAL-LEVEL DETERMINANTS

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Nistor L.

Sociológia (Sociology)

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2022

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vol. 54

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issue 2

144 – 167

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The analysis investigates the ranking and rating questions of climate concern with a view to reveal Romanian respondents’ attitude towards the seriousness of climate change in the period of 2009–2019 based on the Special Eurobarometer research. The results show that climate change is seen in Romania as a severe but a less important problem. The multivariate analyses show that educational status represents the individual level variable that clearly determines climate concern whether it is a ranking or a rating type of measurement. It has also been demonstrated that climate-change-related concern is interlinked with other attitudes towards climate change. It points to the fact that although climate concern has a less stable socio-demographic root, it forms a coherent environment belief.

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THE PROLONGATION OF THE POLISH-ROMANIAN ALLIANCE AND NEGOTIATIONS ON THE NON-AGGRESSION PACT WITH THE USSR (1930-1931) (Przedluzenie przymierza Polski i Rumunii a kwestia rokowan o pakt o nieagresji z ZSRR (1930-1931))

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Walczak H.

Studia z Dziejów Rosji i Europy Środkowo-Wschodniej

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2008

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vol. 43

25-39

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A presentation of the course of the negotiations conducted by Poland and Romania about the revival of an alliance as well as their impact on the establishment by both those states of grounds for negotiations relating to a non-aggression pact with the Soviet Union during the early 1930s. In November 1930 Soviet diplomats suggested to the Polish side a non-aggression convention. Warsaw intended to embark upon the negotiations, but at the same time wished to ensure the possibility of an identical pact with Romania and the Baltic states. While making such a proposal in Bucharest, Polish diplomats stressed the special importance of an immediate prolongation of the Polish-Romanian alliance, which terminated in March 1931. The Polish negotiators demonstrated far-going concessions, probably in order to win over Romanian support for their project of a non-aggression pact with the Soviet Union. The two allies signed the guarantee treaty on 15 January, and the military convention - on 30 June 1931. After a discussion and partial acceptance of the Romanian reservations, the contents of a project of the non-aggression pact were formulated in July 1931; for each of the parties the pact was to act as a foundation for future negotiations with the USSR.

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FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENTS' EFFICIENCY - REGIONAL DISPARITIES IN ROMANIA (Efektywnosc bezposrednich inwestycji zagranicznych - roznice regionalne w Rumunii)

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Voicilas D. M.

Wieś i Rolnictwo

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2011

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issue 2(151)

30-41

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This paper analyzes the evolution of the Romanian regions during transition under the influence of foreign direct investments (FDI), using efficiency calculations of the macroeconomic indicators. The methodology developed by Romanu & Vasilescu [1993] was chosen because it directly reflects the contribution of the investments into the evolution of macroeconomic indicators and the way in which FDI influenced that evolution. The ratio between the variation of the indicators of effort and effects shows the efficiency and the progress of an effect indicator for every additional value of effort. The level of FDI was adopted to serve as the indicator of effort, whereas gross domestic product (GDP), gross value added (GVA) and formation of gross fixed capital (FGFC) were adopted as the indicators of effect. In the light of such assumptions the evolution of Romanian economic development regions is characterized by huge disparities. The most obvious is the disparity between Bucharest and the rest of the regions. FDI had a strong positive influence on the macroeconomic indicators but the activity became efficient only after 2000.

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THE “COMRADES”, PROPAGANDA AND THE COLLECTIVIZATION OF AGRICULTURE IN EASTERN EUROPE

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Radu S., Cosmin B., Flavius S.

Historický časopis (Historical Journal)

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2015

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vol. 63

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issue 1

113 – 135

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The Soviet experience between 1920 and 1930 helped the leaders of the Eastern European communist states in the late 1940s and early 1950s to adopt complex strategies in order to attract the widest possible segment of the population possible to the new regime’s side, or to at least ensure a neutral attitude from the part of the most important social categories, such as the peasants. The active presence in the rural world of political organizations which were formally autonomous but closely linked to the communist parties customized the collectivization of Eastern European states to the Soviet Union, where the massive collectivization was done under the supervision of the Communist Party exclusively. Another feature, illustrated on the basis of this case study is that, considering the Soviet experience, the Communist parties from Eastern Europe used propaganda in the process of collectivization of agriculture. The Ploughmen’s Front represented the strongest and oldest front organization comrade of the Romanian Communist Party. The main task of this organization was to implement the Communist ideology in the country-side, facilitating the process of communization of the Romanian villages, where the Communists were extremely unpopular. The article focuses on the manner in which the Ploughmen’s Front was involved in the collectivization of agriculture in Romania.

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VISIT OF THE SLOVAK MILITARY DELEGATION TO ROMANIA (FEBRUARY - MARCH 1942) ON THE BACKGROUND OF ATTEMPTS TO RENEW THE LITTLE ENTENTE

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Baka I.

Vojenská história

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2022

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vol. 26

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issue 1

56 - 78

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The author of the reviewed study deals with the reconstruction of the broader context and the course of the visit of the Slovak military delegation to Romania at the turn of February and March 1942. He points to the fact that a trilateral regional cooperation between Romania, Slovakia and Croatia began to form, from the summer of 1941, aimed at countering Hungarian revisionism and reclaiming the territories these states had lost to Hungary. However, its scope and forms were limited by their alliance with the Nazi Germany, which, among other things, led the three countries to outwardly refuse to associate their initiative with the idea of reviving the pre-war Little Entente. From this point of view, according to the author, the reciprocal visits of military delegations, taking place in February and March 1942, represented a culmination. However, the author’s main attention is paid to the visit of the Slovak military delegation led by General J. Turanec to Romania, taking place from the 28th February to the 6th March 1942, which was met with extraordinary attention both from the Romanian leadership and the Romanian press.

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PREDICTING WOMEN’S SOCIAL MEDIA INFIDELITY: FACEBOOK ADDICTION, RELATIONSHIP SATISFACTION, AND MORAL DISENGAGEMENT

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Maftei A., Solomon A. M., Holman A. C.

Studia Psychologica

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2022

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vol. 64

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issue 2

173 - 187

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The current research explored the predictive power of an adapted version of the Moral Disengagement Scale, focused exclusively on online behaviours, along with age, relationship length and type (i.e., close or long-distance), Facebook addiction, and relationship satisfaction. Our sample consisted of 111 young heterosexual Romanian women aged 18 to 36 (M = 20.64, SD = 3.27). Hierarchical regression analysis suggested that the most important predictor of social media infidelity was Facebook addiction. None of the other considered predictors were significant in our final prediction model. However, a significant negative association emerged between social media infidelity and relationship satisfaction, suggesting that low relationship satisfaction might be a fertile ground for infidelity and social media addiction. Our model accounted for 18.3% of the variance in women’s social media infidelity. Results are discussed considering self-justification mechanisms and self-serving attributions to infidelity.

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FISCAL DECENTRALIZATION AND INEQUALITY: AN ANALYSIS ON ROMANIAN REGIONS

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Gavriluțǎ (Vatamanu) A. F., Onofrei M., Cigu E.

Ekonomický časopis (Journal of Economics)

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2020

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vol. 68

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issue 1

3 – 32

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Efforts to decentralize financially democratically elected local governments is a common theme across Europe because the particularities of each country determine a certain type of fiscal decentralization based on multiple criteria, including fiscal capacity. Over the last 20 years, some Western European countries have succeeded in establishing a form of balanced central government decision and fiscal decentralization that can help to reduce disparities between their own regions. Furthermore, European policies are geared towards reducing disparities both between countries and within the country, especially in the countries of Central and Eastern Europe, which face major disparities, as is the case of Romania. In this paper, we analyse regional-level ﬁscal disparities in Romania with ﬁscal and economic data over the period 2004 – 2015, by using Gini index to measure the dispersion of local ﬁscal capacity and a panel data approach to determine the extent to which decentralization involves inequality and the impact of fiscal decentralization on income inequality. The results of the analyses show that fiscal policy does very little to reduce inequality and poverty overall, finding a certain inequality in the distribution of revenues and an alarm signal regarding the "healing" nature of transfers from the state budget.

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Minority and education

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Kovacs L.

Szociologiai Szemle (Sociological Review)

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2008

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vol. 18

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issue 3

124-132

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Using the 2002 Census data from Romania the author shows that there is a considerable difference among high-educated persons of different nationality. Moreover, the survey data of Public Opinion Barometer (Research funded by Soros Foundation Romania) demonstrates that - contrary to Adel Pasztor findings, published by Review of Sociology and Szociologiai Szemle - there is a significant difference in educational attainment in Romania among ethnic Romanian and ethnic Hungarian youths of 25-29 yrs of age, in favor of Romanians. 26,715 persons were questioned in 14 field researches during the period of 1998 and 2004. In the age group 25-29, 15.7 per cent of ethnic Romanians and 5.3 per cent of ethnic Hungarians had a diploma in higher education at the time of the survey.

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Cesta balkánských zemí k evropským integračním procesům(rumunský příklad)

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Tejchman M.

Slovanské historické studie (Slavonic Historical Studies)

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2006

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issue Sp. Ed.

133-144

EN

Since the 19th century the Balkans have been integrating themselves into Europe. However, it still completely remains a 'peripheral area'. The application of the patterns of a dynamic western civilization on agrarian, autarkic and relatively static cultures in the Balkan countries was not easy and often resulted in crises reflected in all aspects of life. Pre-war regimes in Bulgaria, Yugoslavia, Romania and Greece tried in vain to confront these crises. They did not manage to solve the critically important agrarian problem, nor did they succeed in their attempts to maintain political stability. Therefore, in the end, the institutions, founded after the establishment of the national states, followed the path laid by authoritative structures. The collapse of the Balkan regimes before and during the Second World War formed conditions for the entry of modernisation which, however, was taking place in the scope of 'the construction of socialism'. The whole process can be documented in the specific development of Romania, which changed into an agrarian-industrial country in the post-war forties. In its final phase, the communist regime bore many problems. Today, Romania is on the threshold of a new era of modernisation.

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'Transcendental Meditation' Affair in Romania 1976-1982

ROMANIAN-POLISH COOPERATION IN THE INTERWAR PERIOD. THE CONCLUSION OF THE POLISH-ROMANIAN 'A SMALL PRESS AGREEMENT' (Wspolpraca polsko-rumunska w okresie miedzywojennym. Zawarcie polsko-rumunskiego tzw. Malego porozumienia prasowego)

CRISIS AS CATALYST? ROMANIAN MIGRANT CARE WORKERS IN ITALIAN HOME-BASED CARE ARRANGEMENTS

SLOVENSKÁ MINORITA V RUMUNSKU – ETNOKULTÚRNE KONTEXTY

QUANTITATIVE TRANSLATIONSCAPES AND CHRONOLOGICAL CONSTELLATIONS: FRENCH, SOVIET, AND AMERICAN NOVELS IN COMMUNIST ROMANIA

The Issues of Polish Prisoners of War and Interments during World War II on the Eastern Front in Historiography

THE DEVELOPMENT OF CORPORATE GOVERNANCE REGULATIONS IN EMERGING ECONOMIES AS A REASON FOR FOREIGN CAPITAL INFLOW TO CAPITAL MARKETS. THE CASE OF ROMANIA (Polish title below)

FILLING THE IDEOLOGICAL VOID: „RESTORATIVE‟ NOSTALGIA AND THE RADICAL RIGHT PARTIES IN ROMANIA

M. H. MAXY: CUBO-CONSTRUCTIVIST INTEGRALISM

DIE WIENER SCHULE DER KUNSTGESCHICHTE UND DIE KUNSTHISTORIOGRAPHIE IN RUMÄNIEN DER ZWISCHENKRIEGSZEIT

ROMANIAN LITERATURE FOR THE WORLD: A MATTER OF PROPERTY

RANKING AND RATING OF CLIMATE CHANGE IN ROMANIA: TRENDS AND INDIVIDUAL-LEVEL DETERMINANTS

THE PROLONGATION OF THE POLISH-ROMANIAN ALLIANCE AND NEGOTIATIONS ON THE NON-AGGRESSION PACT WITH THE USSR (1930-1931) (Przedluzenie przymierza Polski i Rumunii a kwestia rokowan o pakt o nieagresji z ZSRR (1930-1931))

FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENTS' EFFICIENCY - REGIONAL DISPARITIES IN ROMANIA (Efektywnosc bezposrednich inwestycji zagranicznych - roznice regionalne w Rumunii)

THE “COMRADES”, PROPAGANDA AND THE COLLECTIVIZATION OF AGRICULTURE IN EASTERN EUROPE

VISIT OF THE SLOVAK MILITARY DELEGATION TO ROMANIA (FEBRUARY - MARCH 1942) ON THE BACKGROUND OF ATTEMPTS TO RENEW THE LITTLE ENTENTE

PREDICTING WOMEN’S SOCIAL MEDIA INFIDELITY: FACEBOOK ADDICTION, RELATIONSHIP SATISFACTION, AND MORAL DISENGAGEMENT

FISCAL DECENTRALIZATION AND INEQUALITY: AN ANALYSIS ON ROMANIAN REGIONS

Minority and education

Cesta balkánských zemí k evropským integračním procesům(rumunský příklad)