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Investigaţii exploratorii în microregiunea Albac-Scărişoara-Horea, judeţul Alba
Exploratory Investigations in the Microregion Albac-Scarisoara-Horea, Alba County

Author(s): Mihai Pascaru
Subject(s): Social Sciences
Published by: Editura Eikon

Summary/Abstract: In the present-day debates regarding the local governance, the need for principles such as that of transparency and participation has become very common, at least at the level of political statements. The analysis of the topic requires however investigations which would go further than Gallup polls, for example. The sociological inquiry within strictly limited territories and beyond administrative boundaries can be an opportunity. Moreover, new techniques are required. Starting from all these considerations, the present study offers the results of several exploratory investigations made in the microregion Albac-Scãriºoara-Horea (Alba County). During these investigations, we tested both instruments of the classic inquiry with the aim of identifying the application modality of the principles of transparency and participation as well as the valences of the restoring of the results of the sociological inquiry through individualised restoring and group restoring. The main aim was that of deepening the results of the inquiry, and thus, accomplishing what we shall name in the study the sociologically induced participation through the transfer of representations, opinions and attitudes of the citizens towards the local governance authorities. În dezbaterile care au loc asupra guvernãrii locale, invocarea unor principii precum cele ale transparentei si participãrii a devenit ceva comun, cel putin la niveluri precum cel declarativ-politic sau cel prospectiv-utopic. Aprofundarea problematicii însã solicitã investigatii care sã meargã mai departe decât o pot face, de pildã, sondajele de opinie. Ancheta sociologicã în spatii bine delimitate si care depãsesc barierele administrative poate fi o oportunitate. Mai mult, tehnici noi se cer a fi utilizate. Plecând de la toate aceste considerente, studiul de fatã prezintã rezultatele unor investigatii exploratorii realizate în microregiunea Albac-Scãrisoara-Horea (judetul Alba). În aceste investigatii au fost testate atât instrumente ale anchetei clasice în vederea identificãrii modului de aplicare a principiilor transparentei si participãrii, cât si valentele restituirii rezultatelor anchetei sociologice, prin restituirea individualizatã si restituirea de grup. Scopul principal al restituirii a fost cel al aprofundãrii rezultatelor anchetei, realizându-se însã si ceea ce la un moment dat, pe parcursul studiului, vom numi participarea indusã sociologic prin transferul de reprezentãri, opinii si atitudini ale cetãtenilor cãtre reprezentanti ai guvernãrii locale.

  • Issue Year: 5/2007
  • Issue No: 01
  • Page Range: 90-102
  • Page Count: 13
  • Language: Romanian