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Regional competitiveness grounded on peculiarities that cannot be retrieved but in certain places, becomes a more and more important market feature, while the economy implacably evolves towards globalization. Our research main purpose would be to investigate and analyze the role to be played by a large university, like UBB, as a de facto vehicle for regional integration. On this path, we are going to study the present state of governance of the Northwestern Development Region, the University' exposure to the process of regionalization and also the way in which we could embed better our assets within the overall regional development framework.
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The paper deals with the subject of European integration and namely the aspects deriving from the need to reconcile different cultural identities across the EU. As the issues generated by such cultural differences can be dealt with in several ways, we explore both the multicultural and the intercultural approach, eventually reaching to the conclusion that interculturalism provides with superior tools for building a common European identity and a cultural environment that would support European integration. Also, we take the analysis further by studying how an intercultural approach could impact the European economical and social context: first by examining the cultural aspect of the economic environment and how more homogenous economic mechanisms could be achieved and second by exploring the impact that interculturalism can have on the relationship between nationalism and Europeanism.
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Recently, a certain decline in the processes of regional integration has lead to a resurgence of interest in Realism as an explanatory theory of regional integration. However, opposite perspectives claim that regional co-operation structures may not be disintegrating just yet, even though they are, for the matter, advancing at a slower pace. Although they may well provide sound explanations for precise events, most Realist assumptions fail to look at the wider framework within which regional integration takes place. In order to demonstrate this point, I have chosen to examine in this paper the character of the regional integration process in the case of the East African Community organisation, by inspecting key Realist arguments regarding this regional integration process in comparison with the Social-Constructivist response.
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The emerging regionalism within member states of the European Union has been triggered by challenges of the nation-state and has evolved differently from state to state. However, the activity and visibility of regions has been increasingly noticeable at European level through their offices and representations in Brussels, their presence and activity further raising the interest of many scholars. The paper offers an overview of the emergence of European regions and the activity of regions at European level, as a consequence of regionalism taking up a European dimension, especially from the perspective of the regional “paradiplomatic” characteristic of their contribution within the European multi-level governance system.
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In the global context of personal identity development, regionalism is one of the solutions at hand capable of stimulating sustainable human development of the regions, by engagement in the regional and community problems through the sense of solidarity and identity it confers. Based on the assumption that regionalism is one of the basic factors of development and vice-versa, that regionalisms need proper development conditions, this paper intends to outline why regionalisms are extremely poor in Romania. In order to do this, it is necessary to identify the bases for the formation of various types of regionalism, and then understand how these work and what their functions are. The subsequent analysis of the conditions and conditionings of the Romanian context will enable us to identify what causes the difficulty of regionalisms consolidation in Romania.
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Loredana Maria Baba, Ernesto di Martino. O personalitate controversata, Cluj-Napoca, Argonaut, 2014, 263 p.
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The main objective of the study is to analyze the administrative-territorial reform which took place in 2013, on the basis of the major proposals and measures, furthermore to evaluate the results so far. The political parties, the institutions, and finally, the Government's position suggest that there is no minimal consensus regarding the regionalization of the Romanian society, but because of other causes such as: constitutional concerns, the opposition of the local elites of the ruling parties it was also removed from the agenda.
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Romania is known as a highly centralized country, where regional identities were strongly subject to uniformization. Cultural differences and identities have although survived even to the communist regime, often in an altered form. After 1989, in many parts of the country people began to rediscover their roots and the meaning of their local and regional identities. In the same time, the temptation and the benefits to takeover European values and behaviors were extremely high and therefore Romanians oriented their identification needs towards Europe. One of Romania’s region imbedded with a strong local identity, due to its mountainous specificity and its historical poverty, is the Ţara Moţilor (The Land of Moţi). Through this study we propose an analysis of the extent to which European values have influenced Romanian local values, in particular in the Land of Moţi, on the premise that the specific situation of this region predisposes to an orientation towards traditional values on the one hand, and to more openness and Europeanization, on the other hand. Both aspects are visible in the area, our analysis intending to clarify the reasons for one and the other orientations, in order to understand the identity issues of the area.
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This paper focuses on the reform of the intergovernmental financial relations introduced in Italy in 2009 (law n. 42) as a spearhead of the regionalization process. So far, the new financial settings are far from being in force, due to the lack of implementing measures. The aim of the paper is to analyze the reform of the Italian financial system, approaching the subject matter both from the perspective of the sources of law, and from the substantial content of the legal provisions. The analysis will demonstrate that, notwithstanding the intentions, the austerity measures adopted by the State against the background of the economic crisis have translated in an awkward attempt to dismantle the progresses made in so far in the process of regionalization.
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The Italian regionalism constantly reported to traditionalism all along the XIXth century, when it appealed to territorial, historical, linguistic or ethnical peculiarities having still a strong liberal-federalist basis. The regional formulas reflected best in the theories of the catholic federalists, moderates, republicans, but also in those of the left wing, the so called radicals. Socialist politics and generally speaking the ecclesiastic liberalism of the catholic church encouraged the federalist thinking towards local autonomy, administrative liberty, territorial decentralization, democracy, modernization. The new Italian regionalism, shaped in the context of intense post-war federalist approaches, had strong political-ideological implications, which developed mainly around the North-South discrepancies. The nowadays tendencies towards federalist structures such as fiscal or even secessionist federalism, extremely evident in the case of Spain, begin to materialize in Italy as well.
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Since 1996, the academic journal Studia Europaea, issued by the Faculty of European Studies, has been representing an open arena for promoting research endeavours. The journal is refereed by international specialists and officially acknowledged by the Romanian National University Research Council (CNCSIS). Studia Europaea is covered by several prestigious databeses, such as ProQuest CSA Worldwide Political Science Abstracts, ProQuest CSA Sociological Abstracts or Central and Eastern European Online Library (CEEOL). Each article is reviewed by two independent academics in a “double-blind” system. Senior as well as junior academics from Europe and from the United States have found in Studia Europaea a way of expressing their preoccupations by publishing academic articles that have focused on the European experience and perspectives in various fields of social science.
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In modern conditions of social development a problem of socio-philosophical approach to research of education as a factor of adaptation to the sustainable development is extremely topical. The author considers the sustainable development as one of alternative ways of social development and a problem of adaptation of a society to a new reality . The concept of the sustainable development is unique and perspective opportunity of mankind to survive in conditions of modern calls and crises.
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This paper is devoted to the value levels in process of consumer choices. It was found the phenomenon of duplication (reproduction) of the same values at different levels of a hierarchical tree of values of the consumer. This phenomenon is associated with two cognitive styles of decision making: context-sensitive and context-independent styles. The hypothesis that the duplication of the same values at different levels of a hierarchical tree of values can be considered the consumer as a unique strategy for decision-making, which is one of its properties is context-dependent, but on the other - completely context-independent. It was found that duplication of the same values at different levels of a hierarchical tree of values inherent in the consumer, primarily women (with a probability of at least 50%), which in terms of consumer choice looks like an unpredictable, inconsistent, illogical, or as - " Women's logic ".
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The paper is concerned with theoretical concepts of formations of economic base of high school in case of development of innovations. In the center of attention is a problem of innovations. It is marked that specificity of the present stage of scientific and technical progress demands transformation of higher school sector of the Russian science into a large subsystem of the integrated research complex of the country capable to combine scale carrying out of basic researches with competitive development of commercial character.
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In this paper author considers the features of the development of modern internal educational system. It is nessesary to preserve multilateral fundamentality and a humane orientation of modern internal educational system, value of education that should provide development of aesthetic and the ethical attitude to the reality.
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In article the features of sexuality at students of high school of 17-18 and 21-22 years depending on a profile of training and personal characteristics have been analyzed. It is shown, that girls of advanced age differ more generated sexuality, acceptance of physical contacts, emotionally positive self-descriptions as representative of the gender. The students receiving arts education, differ more expressed ability to an establishment of relations of attachment, intimacy at observance of personal borders of partners in dialogue. The following personal qualities have the high importance in development of female sexuality: emotional stability, expression, sincerity, social boldness, activity and readiness for risk. The revealed structural model of sexuality at students of high school in higher degrees has male orientation.
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The paper is devoted to problems of development of innovative potential of the higher school. Particular attention is given to the systematization of questions of innovations. The author considers problems which are necessary for solving in the nearest future.
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In paper results of research of biological action of natural zeolites in which a greater role of ions exchange properties play on mineral status of organism are generalized. It is marked, that natural zeolites have the polyelement structure depending on geochemical conditions of their formation. In conditions of use of natural zeolites as the food additive the excretion of macrocells and microcells with feces and urine increase while ion concentration in plasma and tissues does not change.
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This paper considers the rich vein of less formal, mostly unofficial poetry, referred to as folk poetry and poetry in action, composed by bards and rhymesters in Wales, c. 1870–2005, and inspired particularly by everyday events and incidents within their own communities. In discussing the nature of this folk poetry, seven factors are mentioned. i. It is a social activity. ii. It is an activity which belongs to all people. iii. It may relate to all aspects of life. iv. Its forms are very numerous and non-static. v. It is, in essence, an oral activity. vi. It communicates messages in a direct and colourful manner, with the emphasis on narration and communication. vii. Folk poetry is functional, applied poetry. The paper concludes by offering brief answers to two questions: i. What is the value of folk poetry activity to members of the community? ii. What is the value to the ethnologist of studying folk poetry?
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