SYMBOLIC VIOLENCE AND ITS’ IMPACT ON THE POLITICAL DECISION-MAKING PROCESS IN ROMANIA

THE POLITICAL VIOLENCE IS A SOCIAL PROCESS THAT EXISTS IN EVERY SOCIETY WHERE THERE IS A SOCIAL DOMINATION.OUR RESEARCH IS FOCUSED ON ELITE’S POSITION IN POLITICAL DECISION -MAKING PROCESS IN ROMANIA DURING THE 2004-2008 LEGISLATURE. THERE WERE YEARS WHEN ROMANIA HAD TO REALISE THE LEGISLATIVE HARMONISATION WITH THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY. THE EUROPEAN INTEGRATION WAS THE PROCESS WHICH IMPOSED TO THE ROMANIAN POLITICAL ELITE A NEW PATTERN, NEW RULES AND A DIFFERENT POLITICAL STRATEGY.OUR ANALYSIS STARTS BY ASKING THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS: IS THE SYMBOLIC VIOLENCE AN INFLUENCE FACTOR IN THE POLITICAL DECISION -MAKING PROCESS? HOW IT ACTS?IN ORDER TO CLARIFY THOSE QUERIES WE ANALYSE (QUANTITATIVELY AND QUALITATIVELY) THE PAPER REGISTRATIONS OF ANY LEGISLATIVE INITIATIVE WHICH HAVE BEEN MADE DURING THE MENTIONED LEGISLATURE. FROM A TOTAL OF 3457 LEGISLATIVE PROJECTS, IN ROMANIAN PARLIAMENT, 1387 COME FROM THE GOVERNMENT AND ONLI 35 WERE REJECTED.

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