Rezumate Sociologie Românescă

Sociologie Românească, Vol. IX, no. 4/2011, pp. 102-122.


SR_4_2011_copertaCaracteristici ale identităţii culturale a românilor imigranţi din Anglia

Characteristics of Cultural Identity of Romanian Emigrants in England

Adrian Otovescu*

 

*Universitatea din Craiova, Str. Al.I. Cuza, nr. 13, camera 167B, cod poştal 200545, E-mail: Această adresă de email este protejată contra spambots. Trebuie să activați JavaScript pentru a o vedea..

 

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Abstract: In this study we have presented the results of a research conducted in June, July and August 2011 on the Romanian immigrants from England. The main aim of the research was to see if the Romanians are still keeping their national, social and cultural identity, even if they are living in a foreign country for more than a year. According to statistical data, over 3.5 million Romanians have migrated to other countries, especially to Western Europe, searching for a better life, for better work and living conditions. From the results of our researches we may conclude that the “uprooting drama” and the “homesickness” represent the two main feelings that Romanians experience when they are far away from their native places. In this way, we may consider that is very important to understand the cultural patrimony that they have helped them to integrate in the new societies. In the first part of our study we have defined the main concepts and we have also described the methodology of our research on the immigrants from England. The second part of the article presents the most important conclusions of the quantitative research on the Romanians who are living, studying and working in England.

Keywords: society of immigration; cultural identity; social identity; types of cultural identity.

Cuvinte-cheie: societate de imigraţie; identitate culturală; identitate socială; tipuri de identitate culturală.

Sociologie Românească, Vol. IX, no. 4/2011, pp. 123-134.


SR_4_2011_copertaExploring School Inclusion Barriers in Cluj-Napoca Vocational Schools

Diana Dămean

 


*Faculty of Sociology and Social Work, Babeş-Bolyai University, No. 126-130, Bd. 21 Decembrie 1989, Cluj-Napoca RO-400604. E-mail: Această adresă de email este protejată contra spambots. Trebuie să activați JavaScript pentru a o vedea..

 

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Abstract: The paper presents the results of a qualitative research investigating the barriers in the school inclusion of disadvantaged students (low socio-economic status, Roma ethnicity, migrated parents) from seven vocational schools in ClujNapoca. We conducted four focus groups with 32 disadvantaged vocational school students (aged 15–19) and 82 interviews with 34 vocational school teachers, seven vocational school principals, six vocational school psychologists, five school inspectors from Cluj County School Inspectorate and 30 professionals from eight educational NGOs from Cluj-Napoca. Data have shown that students’ lack of interest in school is not only related to lesson content, but mainly to: (a) the difficulties of establishing a close connection with the teachers, of feeling teachers want to help them, rather than just punish them; (b) the high levels of violence in school and the lack of a firm reaction from adults; (c) the lack of a sense of belonging to their class, due to their low income – which impedes them from participating in more group activities that would allow them to know their classmates and develop a group identity. However, the teachers and school inspectors believe that the inclusion problems of the disadvantaged students are due to their families’ lack of involvement in the educational process, and to the lack of training programmes focused on the specific needs of disadvantaged students. The results helped us understand what are the mechanisms behind (un)successful school inclusion in vocational schools and the educational practices in schools with a high rate of low SES students.

Keywords: disadvantaged students; exclusion; inequality; educational policies.

Cuvinte-cheie: elevi dezavantajaţi; excluziune; inegalitate; politici educaţionale.

Sociologie Românească, Vol. IX, no. 4/2011, pp. 143-145.


SR_4_2011_copertaMasă rotundă: 45 de ani de la reluarea învăţământului universitar de sociologie în România. Promoţia 1966-1970

Round Table: 45 Years Since the Resumption of Higher Education in Sociology in Romania. The 1966-1970 Class

Ioan Mărginean*

 

*Institutul de Cercetare a Calităţii Vieţii, Academia Română, Calea 13 Septembrie 13, Sector 5, 050711, Bucureşti. E-mail: Această adresă de email este protejată contra spambots. Trebuie să activați JavaScript pentru a o vedea..

 

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Sociologie Românească, Vol. IX, no. 4/2011, pp. 135-142.


SR_4_2011_copertaOportunitatea crizei

The opportunity of the crisis

Vladimir Pasti*

 

*Şcoala Naţională de Studii Politice şi Administrative, Str. Povernei nr. 6, sector 1, Bucureşti 010643. E-mail: Această adresă de email este protejată contra spambots. Trebuie să activați JavaScript pentru a o vedea..

 

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Sociologie Românească, Vol. IX, no. 3/2011, pp. 5-6.

 


 

SR_3_2011_coperta

Introduction

Bogdan Nadolu

 

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