The Impact of Transition upon the Territorial Administration in Romania: between Local Autonomy and Centralism, Toward the European Integration
The Impact of Transition upon the Territorial Administration in Romania: between Local Autonomy and Centralism, Toward the European Integration

Summary/Abstract: After the 1989 revolution, the new leadership of Romania is doing special efforts in order to find new structures for the society, structures that could handle the political. economical and social changes we are facing. They proclaim quickly their adhesion to the principles of decentralization and local autonomy. This choice comes out more as an external constraint then as a national debate and a change of mentality inside the society. Because of this, there are special problem that resulted from an early adoption of an external model without considering the real estate of facts in the society. There is no doubt that these changes are very necessary in order to find effective structures able to take to an end the steps for European integration. But this process is not easy at all, the old structures proving themselves not able to adapt smoothly to these transformations. New structures are needed, while others would have to be cut off. There will be a need for new social actors and new relations between them. That is why a redistribution of competence and power in territory can be foreseen, and new projects are necessary in order to reshape the territory affected by previous unsuitable strategies. At the same time, appear new actors and is increased their position. This fact will cause new social relations, often conflictual, and a new restructuring of the power. These all will lead to the creation of new territories as a consequence of the competition between different plans concerning the territory.

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