Papers by Valentina Cornea
Realising Linguistic, Cultural and Educational Rights Through Non-Territorial Autonomy, Dec 2, 2022
Understanding institutional implications is one of the most difficult issues in both political sc... more Understanding institutional implications is one of the most difficult issues in both political science and sociology. The difficulty relates to the fact that institutions that operate well under certain social and economic conditions may be disastrous under others. With regard to ethnic harmony, it has been shown that some types of institutions may be more favourable than others. Heterogeneous populations seem to be more sensitive to rhetoric about decentralisation (Szabo, 2017, p. 127). It has been argued that ethnic fragmentation is less disruptive in democracies (Collier, 2000; Collier et al., 2001). Decentralised institutions offer ethnic and regional minorities a higher stake in the political system and encourage their representatives to pursue their objectives V. Cornea (B)
DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals - DOAJ, Dec 1, 2021
ACADEMIA ROMÂNĂ-FILIALA CLUJ-NAPOCA INSTITUTUL DE ISTORIE "GEORGE BARIŢIU" DEPARTAMENTUL DE CERCE... more ACADEMIA ROMÂNĂ-FILIALA CLUJ-NAPOCA INSTITUTUL DE ISTORIE "GEORGE BARIŢIU" DEPARTAMENTUL DE CERCETĂRI SOCIO-UMANE STUDII ŞI CERCETĂRI din domeniul ştiinţelor socio-umane Volumul 27 LIMES & ARGONAUT Cluj-Napoca 2014 under the pro-imperial pressure. The reform should be carried out in the spirit of the principles of the European Charter of Local Self-Government.
The paper is a methodical paper on the elaboration of master's theses
The name is one of the essential basic elements of the identity of a local collectivity. The loca... more The name is one of the essential basic elements of the identity of a local collectivity. The local collectivity is self-identified and individualized through its name, in relation to the other collectivities of the same type. The name of local collectivities have functioned and developed during the centuries. Their meaning, content and evolution provide the valuable information concerning the evolution of local collectivities over time. The return to the traditional names of local territorial collectivities was the first stage of the attempts to the territorial-administrative reform in Moldova. Although, many localities have reestablished their historical names, the process is not ended. Still today, one can find in toponymic landscape of Moldova, the names of localities which are improper to the national spirit and historical traditions. The procedure regarding the assignment or change of the designation and the return to the historical names of local collectivities is in the proce...
The public interest is a syntagm frequently used to account for the projects and the actions of t... more The public interest is a syntagm frequently used to account for the projects and the actions of the local government authorities. The study analyses the way local elected officials relate to the content and the meaning of this concept. The quality of the social dialogue, the duality of the public life, the referential models of public policies are some sources of the gap between the administrative agenda and the citizens ‘agenda. Accepting the public interest as a guiding rule in designing the activities for the community welfare involves adjusting both the ambitions of the politicians and the social and economic pressures. The representation of the public interest requires temporary compromise, transparent decisions, based on evidence, innovation and creativity
Rezumat: În accepțiune generală transparența este un instrument pentru monitorizarea activităţii ... more Rezumat: În accepțiune generală transparența este un instrument pentru monitorizarea activităţii administraţiei publice, dar și un instrument pentru asigurarea bunei guvernări. Articolul subliniază diferite elemente de transparență în administrația publică, concentrându-se pe caracterul și efectele sale adesea surprinzătoare și chiar paradoxale. În acest studiu propunem un model simplu și comprehensiv privind asigurarea transperenței în administrația publică locală. Pornim de la premisa că efectele transparenței, definită în termeni de impact tangibil, depinde în practică de modul în care reacționează alți actori. Reacțiile pot fi de două feluri: indirecte-atunci când mass-media, partidele politice de opoziție sau alegătorii dezvăluie / recunosc ca problemă abuzurile autorităților; și directe când autoritățile iau decizii obligatorii ca răspuns la o problemă.
Social Science Research Network, Oct 2, 2017
International Conference "Contemporary Challenges in Administrative Law from an Interdisciplinary Perspective", 2019
Social Science Research Network, 2017
By their status and their organisational structure, the Regional Bureaus for Cross-border Coopera... more By their status and their organisational structure, the Regional Bureaus for Cross-border Cooperation in Romania are non-governmental bodies of private law, their stated mission being that of advertising the regional development and the cross-border cooperation. The study highlights the institutional isomorphism and the implications of this phenomenon in the advertising and support of the cross-border cooperation. The documentary analysis proves that the Regional Bureaus of Cross-border Cooperation in Romania are sensitive to the mimetic and normative pressures, but less to those of coercion. The setup model, the financing and current activity practices, bring them closer to the status and activity of a governmental agency and makes them distinctly separated from what a non-governmental structure should be. The capacity of these structures to accomplish their fundamental mission through "soft transfer mechanisms" (styles, ways of taking action, values, etc.) is reduced. The conditioning of the financial support is imposed as a solution for the effective organization of the activities.
Journal of Danubian Studies and Research, 2018
The present paper analyses the determinants of the evolution of the juridical and administrative-... more The present paper analyses the determinants of the evolution of the juridical and administrative-institutional context of the Danube River protection. The continental conception and the utilitarian approach regarding the issue of the environmental protection are used as a methodological guiding mark for the analysis of the legal context. The evolution of the legal context in Romania is strongly influenced by the evolutions of the international regulations on the matter, as well as by the social-economical context of the country. In the Notes that underlie the normative acts that regard the Danube River and the Danubian territory and within the content of the normative acts the establishing of interdependent connections between the economic and social development and the protection of the Danube River can be noticed. The general conceptions expressed by the national legislation have evolved from a utilitarian approach to a holistic one, but its application is generally a challenge ca...
Buletinul Ştiinţific al Universităţii de Stat din Cahul "B. P. Hasdeu": Ştiinţe Sociale, 2019
Strategies represent public policy documents that have the role to define medium or long-term dev... more Strategies represent public policy documents that have the role to define medium or long-term development. Strategies are used as tools in decision making process. The key question of the study addresses reliability and legitimacy aspects of these documents. Public debates and involving of stakeholders offer legitimacy to the strategies. The limits of the strategies are represented by compatibility between interests and values, knowledge and skills between policy makers and citizens. Narrowing of the compatibility affects legitimacy reducing reliability of the document and its desired effects.
Rezumat: În accepțiune generală pașaportul este un document oficial emis de un guvern, care certi... more Rezumat: În accepțiune generală pașaportul este un document oficial emis de un guvern, care certifică identitatea și cetățenia titularului, facilitând dreptul de a călători sub protecția sa către și din țări străine. În acest studiu este arătat modul în care pașaportul a evoluat de la document de călătorie la instrument priveligiat pentru consolidarea controlului mobilității. Discutăm în acest studiu despre dubla natură a pașaportului: document de călătorie și construct birocratic cu profunde implicații sociale, prin punerea în evidență a valorii instrumentale și afective a acestuia.
Journal of Danubian Studies and Research, 2012
Traditionally, public administration is considered to be the operative side of government. Itis s... more Traditionally, public administration is considered to be the operative side of government. Itis supposed to include all the activities involved in carrying out the policies of the elected officialsand some activities associated with the development of these policies. In this respect, well-knownauthors consider that the Public administration is all that comes after the last election promise and theelection night cheer: the means and ends of government. The complexity of social life, however, hasgenerated in recent years the appearance of a rationality deficit in the actions of government. It is thespread of some behaviour patterns that hinder the leadership of the system: rational options arereplaced by investment policy, the administration accepts the behaviours that are substantiallydifferent from the electoral promises. This situation generates dissatisfaction of citizens, declaringthemselves dissatisfied with the activity of the public authorities which, moreover, they have chose...
The Report to the European Commission on Improving the quality of teaching and learning in Europe... more The Report to the European Commission on Improving the quality of teaching and learning in Europe's higher education institutions (June 2013) and the activity from INOTLES project serves the starting point for this study. The title of the report has generated the basic question of this study-innovation in teaching is adopted under the influence of trends, it is supported/required by national legislation or it is just a vocation. In this regard, the first section contains an overview of the EU Group recommendations at high level for modernization of the higher education regarding on improvement of the teaching and learning quality. The second section analyses the policy documents from Moldova and the extent to which the Changing Paradigm of Teaching by applying innovative methods of teaching is supported at governmental/institutional level. The third section contains the data and the results of a sociological analysis on the assessment and the attitude of the teaching staff and s...
The administration and the authority of the intermediate level are organized very different. The ... more The administration and the authority of the intermediate level are organized very different. The invoked reasons for creating this level are varied: for a better democracy, efficiency, effective, decentralization etc. But there are points of view which associate, especially the third intermediate level with bureaucracy amplification, corruption increasing, a bad management of the new structures created, the overlapping of the responsibilities in some technical, legislative or financial fields. The study systematized these points of view, as well as the initiated changes by the European Union on the organizational and structural aspects of the intermediate level.
The article considers new perspectives of scientific approach to problems of choosing the researc... more The article considers new perspectives of scientific approach to problems of choosing the research methodology for the sphere of public administration. The main types of research considered are: qualitative research, quantitative research, applied research, descriptive and analytical research. A basic scheme for describing the scientific research process is proposed. As a theoretical basis for the development of public administration research methodology is suggested to use a) the concept of cross-sectoral partnership; b) the concept of a development model based on sustainability circles. The properties of "domains of influence" are defined: economics, ecology, politics and culture. The results obtained made it possible to prepare recommendations for researchers and public authorities.
Since 2010, the list of fundamental human rights is supplemented with Human Right to Water and Sa... more Since 2010, the list of fundamental human rights is supplemented with Human Right to Water and Sanitation. From a sociological perspective this law is the expression of individual needs, but also social. Following the recognition of the right to water, rather witnessing the intensification of the conflict between economic and non-economic values, which resolves most of the time in favour of the first. The penetration force of the economics values and force for concretization of material contrasts with the inability of the values, called humanitarian (dignity, solidarity, equality, justice etc.) to decisively influence the international law. A major threat to fairness in the management of water is corruption of the entities that are responsible for setting and enforcing rules and also the stakeholders.
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Papers by Valentina Cornea