Rezumate Sociologie Românescă

Sociologie Românească, Vol. VII, no. 4/2009, pp. 65-79.

 


 

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Câteva consideraţii asupra noţiunii de smart power din perspectiva teoriei politice

Considerations on the notion of smart power - from the political theory perspective


Virgil Măgureanu*

 

*Universitatea din Bucureşti

 

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Abstract: As it is generally acknowledged by now, the strategy of the Obama Administration has been originally called “smart power”. Nevertheless, the intelligent power exercised both domestically and internationally does not depend solely on the abilities of a political leader and his team, no matter how well would these skills be oriented; the intelligent power could be achieved, starting from such abilities, only in a sensibly changed geopolitical context in which, as paradoxically as it may seem, the current crisis could play a positive role as it imposes profound changes on the strategies of power. This original concept opens a new chapter for the political science, because the great political events of the last centuries, notably the devastating two world wars of the last century, did not allow the political theory to associate the terms “power” and “intelligent”. Based on the current mise-en-scène, the present study sets to foresee to what extent the major strategies to be taken on in the world politics would be, or not, compatible with smartness.

Keywords: smart power, hard power, soft power.

Cuvinte-cheie: putere inteligentă, putere dură, putere persuasivă.


Sociologie Românească, Vol. VII, no. 4/2009, pp. 58-64.

 


 

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Traditions culturelles et culture politique européennes

Traditions culturelles et culture politique européennes


Sebastian Fitzek, Nicolae Frigioiu*

 

*SNSPA

 

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Abstract: Dans cet article les auteurs exposent, succintement, la situation de la culture politique européenne comme un problème pas du tout simple. La compréhension de la culture politique, comme résultat d'un passé riche en valeurs religieuses constitue une modalité inévitable de saisir l'image de l'unité. L'intention des auteurs est aussi de faire mieux connues les valeurs politiques et culturelles en vue de la consolidation d'une Union Européenne puissante, ainsi que les formes et les causes des changements sociaux-politiques des pays membres. L'unique modalité d'aboutir à une conception politique unitaire d'une culture européenne consiste à convertir les valeurs nationales en valeurs transnationales qui soient unanimement acceptées. En outre, l'analyse du thème proposé fait ressortir la nécessité d'élaborer un nouveau concept de culture européenne à la lumière de la mondialisation des processus économiques et de la régionalisation des structures politiques et sociales.

Keywords: cultures européennes, l'anthropologie culturelle, comportement culturel, communication culturelle.

Cuvinte-cheie: culturi europene, antropologie culturală, comportament cultural, comunicare culturală.


Sociologie Românească, Vol. VII, no. 4/2009, pp. 19-43.

 


 

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Experienţe emoţionale declarate. O analiză comparativă

Stated emotional experiences: A comparative analysis

 

Laura Nistor*

 

*Universitatea „Babeş-Bolyai”, Cluj-Napoca

 

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Abstract: Based on the data from the third round of the European Social Survey the paper brings some considerations regarding the declared frequency of 15 emotional experiences  in case of Romania and four other European regions. Statistical analysis suggested that in the case of the four European regions negative emotional experiences can  be  separated  in  mood  (e.g.  depression,  loneliness,  lethargy)  declared  more frequently by older persons, respectively in exhaustion (e.g. restless, fatigue) which is experienced more frequently by the younger Europeans. Regarding positive emotions, exploratory analysis did not indicate any separation, however there seems to be a tendency of break-up between active and passive positive emotions. The case of Romania illustrates  a higher covariation in the case of negative emotions as well, as far as negative  mood could not been separated from exhaustion. At a first sight this may indicate an intra-cultural variation of the emotional experience, however becomes interpretable  also as a specific case of the East-Central European situation, where the sociodemographic  profile (especially age) of mood- and exhaustion-endorsers is more similar compared to the other regions.

Keywords: positive emotions, negative, mood, exhaustion, European Social Survey.

Cuvinte-cheie: emoţii  pozitive,  emoţii  negative,  epuizare,  dispoziţie  emoţională, European Social Survey.

 

Sociologie Românească, Vol. VII, no. 4/2009, pp. 44-57.

 


 

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Internalizarea tradiţionalismului de gen în adolescenţă: covariate ale atitudinii faţă de egalitatea de gen la elevii din clasele VIII-XII

Internalization of gender traditionalism during teenage years: Covariates of gender equality attitudes for pupils in grades 8-12


Adrian Hatos*

 

*Universitatea din Oradea

 

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Abstract: Gender traditionalism is one of the cultural traits of contemporary Romania which is one of the most patriarchal European societies. How is this cultural framework produced and reproduced in time is a major question for any attempt at promoting gender equality. My research investigates the covariates of attitudes regarding gender equality of 2.485 teenage students enrolled in high schools in Oradea surveyed in 2007. The results show that gender traditionalism correlates strongly with gender itself, religious membership, socioeconomic status and educational achievement. The most interesting results is that multivariate analyzes, including path modeling, show that socialization into gender traditionalism of offspring from lower social strata is a complex phenomenon where mothers' educational status and intervening variables – religious membership or academic achievement - play important roles.

Keywords: gender traditionalism, adolescence, socialization, attitudinal structures, structural equation.

Cuvinte-cheie: tradiţionalism de gen, adolescenţă, socializare, structuri atitudinale, ecuaţii structurale.

 

Sociologie Românească, Vol. VII, no. 4/2009, pp. 3-18.

 


 

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Piramida fricilor sociale. Fricile sociale în România - o schiţă psihosociologică

Social fears' pyramid: Social fears in Romania - social-psychological outline


Septimiu Chelcea*

 

*University of Bucharest

 

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Abstract: The objectives of this study are to define the concept of “social fear”, the outline social fears during the Communist period and during post-1989 period and the graphic representation of social fears. Throughout Romania’s recent history (1945-2009), social fears have been experienced with variable intensity by different groups and social categories. The liberation of social fears is still an objective, not a reality.

Keywords: fear, social fear, social fears’ pyramid, social fears’ spiral.

Cuvinte-cheie: frică, frică socială, piramida fricilor sociale, spirala fricilor sociale.