Sociologie Românească (Romanian Sociology), XIII new series no. 3-4/2002, pp. 77-92.

Ariile culturale ca matrice de sociabilitate
Cultural areas as matrix of sociability
Dumitru Sandu
Abstract (Rezumat în limba engleză): Different sociability variables combine in specific pattern sat the level of cultural areas as subdivisions of historical regions of Romania. The main regional types of sociability in Romania are combinations of closeness-openness, context-conformity in relations with institutions, poverty-richness in network capital. Function of a set of six indicators I determined six types of sociability of public institutions, institutional compliance, group closure and the average pattern. Different cultural areas have specific sociability pattern.