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This article tests if the democratization process in Central and Eastern Europe
coincides with a decrease in number of invalid votes. Using descriptive
statistics, we seek for evidence from 67 elections in ten countries from the
regions during the period 1990-2012. By the beginning of the 2000s, ten years
after the breakdown of communist regime, the percentages of invalid votes
in the countries of Central and Eastern Europe reached levels comparable to
those of the Western European democracies. However, significant differences
between regions and countries endure. This article adds to the literature by
being the first to inquire into the subject of invalid votes in the Central and
Eastern Europe.

Actuellement nombreuses compagnies provenants des pays développés réexaminent la géographie de l'«outsourcing» (externalisation). La focalisation durable sur la productivité, l'efficience opérationnelle et la posibilité d'une future extension de l'emplacement, l'emportent sur la diminution de coûts à court terme. L'arrivée des grandes STN (sociétés transnationales) dans les pays de l'Europe Centrale et de l'Est marque le début d'une tendance ample, qui tient non seulement des opportunités de faire économie à long terme, mais aussi d'une possible perspective pour ces pays de devenir leaders dans l'attirance des investissements.

I present an analysis of the electorate of the left in Romania in the last 25 years (1990-2014), both longitudinal and comparative. The analysis reveals an electorate that has hardly changed since the early 1990's - it continues to be predominantly poor, old, and rural, with little education, much like the electorate of parties such as the Russian Communist Party or the Hungarian Fidesz. I argue that this profile, and its lack of evolution, is largely a product of the left's (FSN, FSDN, PDSR and PSD) lack of genuine commitment to the institutions and principles of liberal democracy.

The article explores the way political participation, representation and governance
are conceptualized and rationalized by the Romanian legislation on parties. The
plurality of parties was initially set up as a way to discipline and organize the
political pluralism manifest in society in order to contain it within the boundaries
imposed by the Constitution. This disciplinary vocation of parties was confirmed
and reinforced by the laws enacted in 1996 and 2003 that embedded parties into
a functional vision of democracy where they were explicitly endowed with
the public mission of ensuring the political integration of Romanian citizens.
The detailed rationalization of parties' mission to organize citizens' political
participation and to contain the expression of their political will contrasted
sharply with both the ambiguity of their governmental role within the "eclectic"
institutional design of the Constitution, and with their organizational friability.

Although many institutions were involved in the cultural diplomacy of the Romanian communist regime, a very consistent part of the artistic exchanges with the East and the West were mediated by the Union of Artists. This paper would like to highlight the important role the Union played in framing the artistic exchanges with several "capitalist countries" and "popular democracies", by looking at several agreements of collaboration between Unions or similar institutions. More precisely, we will look at the variations regarding the form and the quantity of exchanges that were established through such official documents and which referred mainly to exchanges of persons, informations or exhibitions. We will also look at the way these were organized in practice: the study of the travel reports, informative notes or daily programs that were produced on such occasions shows that these exchanges were systematically surveilled and politically motivated. A preliminary analysis of these allows us to observe the Union's interests regarding the East and the West and suggests that the Romanian Union of Artists contributed to the expansion, the regulation and at the same time the control of the cultural contacts with foreign countries.

Volume contains the proceedings of the VII International Conference Jean Monnet (13 to 14 May 2011, Iasi), co-funded by the European Commission Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence Program in European Studies. Events held under the auspices and promoted by the Center for European Studies, every year, Europe Day, the present edition of the conference Romania and the European Union. Dynamics of the integration process and not only expose the general public, a number of issues facing European economies against the backdrop of the crisis. The volume was prepared with the assistance of several researchers, teachers, specialists in European studies from major universities of the country and the Republic of Moldova. Communications were made around three themes: Where does Europe stand?, Economic Challenges in Romania and EU During the crisis and The dynamics of structural changes and perspectives of integration process.

The paper presents the theories of 195 great specialists in the field of organizations, the selection being made according to several criteria: originality of ideas and style, academic recognition and applicability. They are sociologists, psychologists, economists, management experts, engineers, philosophers, political scientists, historians, journalists, lawyers, but all have enjoyed a professional fame that has crossed the borders of their country. Their multiple specializations have enriched the field of organizations, and the dynamic, high, engaging style has made them enter global university circuits. Managers understood thanks to them that for the development of their institutions they have to work closely with specialists to increase their visibility, to impose a good strategy and for the well-being of themselves, employees and society.

The article presents rituals frequently encountered in the world of prisons, from the initiation (baptism) in the adaptation of rebellion. Each type of ritual is described based on observation and interviews with various inmates, employees or specialists.

Prefaţă / Attila GIDÓ, István HORVÁTH, Judit PÁL -- Legea naţionalităţilor din 1868 şi consecinţele ei / Gábor GÁNGÓ -- Antecedentele din Austria ale Legii naţionalităţilor din 1868 / Ágnes DEÁK -- Concepţiile despre naţionalitate ale lui József Eötvös în Ideile dominante / Attila DEMETER -- Contele Imre Mikó şi chestiunea naţionalităţilor / Ákos EGYED -- Uniune sau autonomie? : Reglementarea legală a uniunii Transilvaniei în 1868 / Judit PÁL -- Liberalism şi interes de putere : dileme politice privind libertăţile individuale şi cetăţeneşti din perioada dualismului din Ungaria / András CIEGER -- Identitate reprimată : legislaţie şi deznaţionalizare în Transilvania dualistă / Luminiţa IGNAT-COMAN -- Legea şcolară 38/1868 şi efectele sale asupra evoluţiei învăţământului confesional năsăudean / Mirela POPA-ANDREI / Mileniul şi naţionalităţile / Bálint VARGA-KUNA -- Cum să fie autonomia rusinilor? : cauza voievodatului subcarpatic / Csilla FEDINEC -- Proiecte pentru o lege a minorităţilor naţionale în România interbelică / Vasile CIOBANU -- O mică Ungarie în România Mare : Alternative pentru Secuime în proiectele maghiare dintre cele două războaie mondiale / Csaba ZAHORÁN / Evreii din România între 1938-1940 : De la statutul de cetăţean la cel de paria / Liviu CARARE -- Din piesă de teatru-discurs : cum se făcea politică în mod simbolic în anii 1980, într-o societate locală maghiară din România / Zsuzsa PLAINER -- Obiective şi concepţii în politica minoritară a Ungariei în perioada 1988-1993 / Balázs DOBOS / Discriminarea etnică şi rasială în jurisprudenţa Curţii Europene a Drepturilor Omului / Radu CHIRIŢĂ -- Legislaţia minoritară în Italia şi Slovenia / Sergiu CONSTANTIN / Legislaţia şi aplicarea drepturilor de protecţie a minorităţilor în Ucraina : experienţele politicii privind minorităţile într-un stat naţional nou / Mihály TÓTH -- Drepturile lingvistice ale minorităţilor şi utilizarea limbilor minoritare în România / István HORVÁTH -- Soluţii electorale speciale pentru minorităţi : legislaţia românească în perspectivă comparată / István Gergő SZÉKELY -- Sistemul drepturilor minoritare şi autonomia culturală în proiectul de lege privind statutul minorităţilor naţionale / Attila VARGA