European union. identity, diversity and integration

Brie, Mircea and Polgar, Istvan and Chirodea, Florentina (2012): European union. identity, diversity and integration. Published in: Annals University of Oradea. International Relations and European Studies No. Suppliment 2012 (2012): pp. 1-342.

Abstract

This publication also contains the papers of the PhD Candidates, National School of Political and Administrative Studies, Bucharest, Romania, beneficiaries of the “Doctoral Scholarships for a Sustainable Society”, project co-financed by the European Union through the European Social Fund, Sectoral Operational Programme Human Resources Development 2007-2013.

CONTENTS Mircea BRIE, István POLGÁR, Florentina CHIRODEA, Cultural Identity, Diversity and European Integration. Introductory Study ;

I. IDENTITY AND ELEMENTS OF ANTHROPOLOGY IN THE EUROPEAN SPACE ; Roxana Maria DASCĂLU, Insights Into the Concept of European Identity ; Horia MOAŞA, Voice and Silence in Relation to Identity ; Andreea MOLOCEA,To See Things in Another Perspective: Feminist Influence in Epistemology, a New Way of Regarding Social and Political Science ; Ileana SĂDEAN, Anthropological Representations of the Foreign Rural Development Model “Leader” in Romania ;

II. EDUCATION AND COMMUNICATION ; Ioana CIUCANU, Making Diversity Work in European Higher Education the Interplay Between Performance and Diversification ; Mirela VLASCEANU, Impact of Quality-Based Funding in Romanian Higher Education: 1999-2010 ; Andra-Maria ROESCU , Studying Causal Inference in Political Science. The Case of Experiments ; Paul APARASCHIVEI , Political Communication in Romania from a New Perspective: the Online Voter; Andreea Elena CÂRSTEA , Mass Media and the Reconfiguration of the Public Sphere ;

III. EUROPEAN UNION ZONE – THE INSTITUTIONAL DIMENSION ; Bogdan BERCEANU, The Dimension of Emerging Institutions in the European Union Member States ; Adina MARINCEA, Who are the Olympians? A Cross-Country Analysis of People’s Trust in the EU ; Monica OPROIU, Case-Study in Third-Party Intervention: the EU Mediation in the Russia-Georgia War of August 2008 ; Vasile ROTARU, The Neo-Finlandization – a Theoretical Review ;

IV. EUROPEAN POLICIES AND MANAGEMENT MODELS ; Vicenţia Georgiana DUŢESCU,Policy Cohesion of the European Union a Perspective on the Management Authority for the Sectoral Operational Programme on Transport 2007 – 2013 ; Maria-Magdalena RICHEA, Models of Human Resources Management in Nonprofit Sector Organizations ; Anca-Adriana CUCU, Performance Management of Health Care System in Romania: Realities and Perspectives ; Cristinela-Ionela VELICU, Cross-Border Mobility of Health Professionals: an Exploratory Study of Migration Flows and Retention Policies in the CEE Region ;

V. EUROPEAN ZONE: SOCIAL DEMOGRAPHIC PERSPECTIVE ; Dragos Lucian IVAN, As the Population Clock Winds Down or Speeds Up? Demographic Stories: Apocalyptic, Opportunistic and Realistic ; Andra Maria POPA, The Constitutionalization of the European Economic and Social Model ; Cristina SANDU,New Paths of Social Services Through Social Entrepreneurship ; Mihaela TUCĂ, Corporate Social Responsibility as a Supporting Framework for Country Competitiviness ;

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: cultural identity; diversity; european integration; education; communication; european policies; human resources
• Subjects: I - Health, Education, and Welfare > I2 - Education and Research Institutions; Z - Other Special Topics > Z1 - Cultural Economics ; Economic Sociology ; Economic Anthropology; N - Economic History > N3 - Labor and Consumers, Demography, Education, Health, Welfare, Income, Wealth, Religion, and Philanthropy; H - Public Economics > H7 - State and Local Government ; Intergovernmental Relations > H75 - State and Local Government: Health ; Education ; Welfare ; Public Pensions; M - Business Administration and Business Economics ; Marketing ; Accounting ; Personnel Economics > M1 - Business Administration > M12 - Personnel Management ; Executives; Executive Compensation; J - Labor and Demographic Economics > J5 - Labor-Management Relations, Trade Unions, and Collective Bargaining

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