Research Articles Supplement 3 · 2015 · pp. 239–246 · Issue page

GOVERNMENTAL ACTIVITIES REGARDING REGIONALIZATION IN ROMANIA IN 2013

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1 PhD. Candidate, Doctoral School of Political Science, Faculty of Political Science, University of Bucharest, Doctoral Scholarship in the project POSDRU 159/1.5/S/137926, Romanian Academy, Bucharest
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Accepted 28 March 2026
Available Online 15 July 2015
THE POLITICAL DISCOURSE ON REGIONALIZATION IN POST -COMMUNIST ROMANIA BECAME MORE VISIBLE IN THE LAST FEW YEARS. THIS RESEARCH AIMS AT ANALYZING THE STEPS T AKEN IN 2013 AT GOVERNMENTAL LEVEL IN ORDER TO IMPLEMENT THE REFORM OF REGIONALIZATION IN ROMANIA. IN OTHER WORDS, WE WILL IDENTIFY THE ACTIONS DEVELOPED IN THIS SENSE BY THE MAIN GOVERNMENTAL BODY, THE MINISTRY OF REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION - AN INSTITUTION SPECIALLY DESIGNED IN 2013 TO MANAGE THIS REFORM. A SERIES OF PUBLIC DEBATES AND MEETINGS WERE ORGANIZED IN THE ABOVE -MENTIONED PERIOD AND THROUGH A QUALITATIVE DISCOURSE ANALYSIS WE WILL UNDERLINE THE VARIATIONS IN APPROACH IDENTIFI ED IN 2013 WITHIN THE ROMANIAN POLITICAL ELITE IN POWER AT THAT TIME – FROM AN URGENT REFORM TO A REFORM WHICH HAS TO BE IMPLEMENTED ATTENTIVELY, WITH NO HURRY. THE ANALYSIS IS MAINLY BASED ON THE TRANSCRIPTS OF THE PUBLIC EVENTS AND PRESS RELEASES.
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