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Sociologie Românească (Romanian Sociology), Vol. XI, no. 4/2013, pp. 55-74.
The Roma Elite as an Upper Social Segment and its Role in Changing the Style of Life within Roma Population Communities
Elena Zamfir*
*Institute Research for the Quality of Life, Romanian Academy, Bucharest, Romania. E-mail: ezamfir @gmail.com.
Abstract: The present study wants to bring a new approach of studying the Roma community based on a shift of perception which will end up depicting a completely new image of this population. We hoped that this survey of the upper social segment of the Roma – intellectuals, community leaders, and businessmen – would make a contribution to changing the negative perception of the Roma by the majority population. The objectives of my paper are closed related with some more important reasons of my previous survey approach of the Roma population: First, we wanted to create a more balanced and complete (self-) image of the Roma population and to change the perception of the majority population on the Roma people. This survey produced a more realistic and comprehensive image of different life situations present in the Roma community. Second, we wanted to create more optimism regarding the possibility to improve the life of the Roma and to motivate their actions towards overcoming underdevelopment using the power of their elite group. According to the C. Wright Mills ‘definition for the power elite, the success stories can become social models for the rest of the Roma community, proving the actual possibility of social mobility and success among Roma population. In this way, C. Wright Mills pointed out: “The power elite is composed of men whose positions enable them to transcend the ordinary environments of ordinary men and women; they are in positions to make decisions having major consequences” (Grusky and Szelenyi, 2007, 87). The success life stories can become social models for the rest of the Roma community, proving that social mobility and success are possible among the Roma. Third, the strategy of success by modernisation might consolidate the Roma's educational and professional outcomes, an important predictor of personal success in their professional career towards a highly desirable social status.
Keywords: Roma elite; educational policies; positive discrimination; success factors; work culture; labour market integration.
Cuvinte-cheie: elita roma; politici educaţionale; discriminare pozitivă; factori de succes; cultura muncii; integrarea pe piaţa muncii.
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Sociologie Românească (Romanian Sociology), Vol. XI, no. 4/2013, pp. 75-89.
Mecanisme şi factori ai subdezvoltării comunităţilor. O analiză în mediul rural românesc
Mechanisms and Factors of Communities Underdevelopment. An Analysis in the Romanian Rural Environment
Mihnea Preotesi*
*Institutul de Cercetare a Calităţii Vieţii, Academia Română, Calea 13 Septembrie 13, sector 5, 050711, Bucureşti. E-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
Abstract: This analysis intends to capitalize the results of several case studies made during the past years within rural communities. These socio-economic diagnoses on community level had been done according to a multidimensional model; each of these was focused, according to the goals, mainly on one or other of the dimensions of the manner of defining the social development. The goal of integrating these study cases’ results is to make an analysis of the factors and mechanisms regulating the emergence and evolution of the social problems on community level and of the concrete and differential manners of functioning on local level of the socio-economic mechanisms with impact on the social development. A direction of analysis is haw impact of the structural factors of the development is regulated by the functioning of some contextual/local mechanisms and also the concrete manner of development of some development programs. On the other side we intend to identify the key-factors of the development and how these may function as strategically variables within a model of development adapted to the current realities of the Romanian rural communities.
Keywords: poverty; community; social problems; underdevelopment.
Cuvinte-cheie: sărăcie; comunitate; probleme sociale; subdezvoltare.
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Sociologie Românească (Romanian Sociology), Vol. XI, no. 4/2013, pp. 126-140.
Le modèle étiologique d’homicide
Etiological Model of the Murder Offenses
Simona Mihaiu*
*Université de Craiova, Faculté de Droit et de Sciences sociales, Département de Sociologie, 13, rue A. I. Cuza, Craiova. E-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
Abstract: This paper presents the results of investigations carried out during the period September 2012-February 2013, on a group of 184 persons definitively convicted to the execution of custodial sentences for crimes of murder, in the Maximum Security Penitentiary of Craiova. Our goal is to analyze, from a socio criminological point of view, the aetiology of murder crimes and the research questions involve the chronological type of approach to the aggressors' life in relation to family environment, school environment, group of friends, criminal history and context of the offense. It also presents features of the relationship between aggressor and victim, analyzed according to the theory of the transition to the act, forwarded by Étienne De Greef. In order to obtain relevant information, we used the sociological survey, analysis of social documents, interview and observation. The results obtained using these research methods, the statistical techniques and procedures are complemented by case studies, of which, in this paper, are presented excerpts from the theoretical elements which reveal the ecological model of violence, risk factors associated to delinquent behaviour or delinquency a life choice. Our investigations were carried out within a larger research project, which included lots of people who have committed crimes of murder, rape and robbery. The results are presented in the thesis entitled Violent crime in Romania. Evaluation, aetiology and social prevention and can be used to develop national strategies for the prevention of violent crime.
Keywords: violent crime; socio-criminological analysis; aggressor; prevention.
Cuvinte-cheie: criminalitate violentă; analiză socio-criminologică; agresor; prevenţie.
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Sociologie Românească (Romanian Sociology), Vol. XI, no. 4/2013, pp. 108-125.
Cât de bine sunt pregătiţi studenţii pentru cariera în turism – Modelul SOS de conştientizare: Sinele, Oportunitatea, Strategia
Students’ Readiness for a Career in Tourism – SOS Model of Awareness: Self-Awareness, Opportunity and Strategy
Cătălina Brînduşoiu, Olimpia State, Gabriela Ţigu, Claudia Ţuclea*
*Academia de Studii Economice din Bucureşti, Departamentul de Turism şi Geografie, Calea Dorobanţilor nr. 15-17, etaj 7, sala 2701, Bucureşti, 0105720, România. E-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.; Academia de Studii Economice din Bucureşti, Departamentul de Turism şi Geografie, Calea Dorobanţilor nr. 15-17, etaj 7, sala 2701, Bucureşti, 0105720, România. E-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.; Academia de Studii Economice din Bucureşti, Departamentul de Turism şi Geografie, Calea Dorobanţilor nr. 15-17, etaj 7, sala 2701, Bucureşti, 0105720, România. E-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.; Academia de Studii Economice din Bucureşti, Departamentul de Turism şi Geografie, Calea Dorobanţilor nr. 15-17, etaj 7, sala 2701, Bucureşti, 0105720, România. E-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
Abstract: The individual career, defined by all positions, strategies and changes that occurr in a lifetime, depends heavily on educational and social experiences that are preceding it or accompaning it. Career planning is particularly important for both the individual and the organization. A realistic career plan makes the individual perceive opportunities in relation to his own possibilities; he will be more motivated and the likelyhood to be satisfied will be much higher. In this context, the paper presents the results of a study carried out on successive series of students enrolled in the last year of study of a masters program in tourism at the Faculty of Commerce, Academy of Economic Studies, Bucharest. The research examined over two academic years (2011-2013) the extent to which students were aware of themselves in terms of a career in tourism. Three dimensions of awareness were followed: the self, the strategy required to manage a successful career and the opportunity to develop a career in tourism. The results are of interest not only to students and universities that offer such programs, but also to employers. One important conclusion is that professional counseling centers should receive more attention. It could be a joint project of universities and business.
Keywords: career; tourism; self; oportunity; strategy.
Cuvinte-cheie: carieră turism; sine; oportunitate; strategie
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Sociologie Românească (Romanian Sociology), Vol. XI, no. 4/2013, pp. 141-144.
Conferinţa internaţională „Către Societatea Bună – Perspective europene” 24-26 Octombrie 2013, Bucureşti
International Conference “Towards the Good Society – European Perspectives”, 24-26 October 2013, Bucharest
Dana Ioana Naghi*
*Institutul de Cercetare a Calităţii Vieţii, Academia Română, Calea 13 Septembrie nr. 13, sector 5, Bucureşti. E-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..