THE STRUGGLE AGAINST CENTRALIZATION AND POLITICKING OF ROMANIAN UNIVERSITIES IN THE INTERWAR PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES
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26 March 2026
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15 March 2014
Abstract
ANALYZING THE EVOLUTION AND THE CONTENT OF IDEAS AND PRINCIPLES THAT SERVED AS GUIDING LINES FOR THE ROMANIAN POLITICIANS DURING THE INTERWAR PERIOD IN THEIR EFFORT TO CONFIGURE THE ROMANIAN EDUCATIONAL POLICY, ONE OF THE TOPICS THAT HAS DRAWN OUR ATTENTION WAS THAT OF CENTRALIZATION AND POLITICKING IN UNIVERSITIES. THEREFORE, THIS ARTICLE BRINGS TO LIGHT THOSE SPEECHES DURING THE MEETINGS OF THE ROMANIAN PARLIAMENT THAT APPROACHED THIS ISSUE, ADDRES SING THE MESSAGE OF AUTONOMY AND THAT OF REMOVING THE INSTITUTIONS THAT CARRY ON THE EDUCATIONAL MISSION FROM UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF POLITICS. THE PAPER FOCUSES ON OUTLINING, FROM THE PERSPECTIVES OF THE DEBATES WITHIN THE PARLIAMENTARY REUNIONS, THE CONTROVERSIAL REACTIONS, THE DIVERGENCE AND THE DIVERSITY OF OPINIONS EXISTING AMONG THE INTERWAR POLITICAL PARTIES WHEN DEALING WITH CENTRALIZATION AND POLITICKING IN UNIVERSITIES, UNDERLINING THE STRUGGLE OF THOSE PLEADING FOR THE STRENGTHENING OF THE UNIVERS ITY AUTONOMY AND FOR THE REDUCTION OF THE BUREAUCRATIC CENTRALISM, CRITICIZING CENTRALIZATION AND CENTRALIZING TENDENCIES.
Keywords
CENTRALIZATION
POLITICKING
UNIVERSITIES
INTERWAR
PARLIAMENT
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