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Contesting post-communist economic development: gold extraction, local community, and rural decline in Romania

Eurasian geography and economics, 2021
Plans to open a globally significant gold mine at Roşia Montană, in the Transylvanian region of Romania, have led to decades of controversy and struggle.
Nicoleta Toader Rîșteiu, Remus Crețan, Thomas O’Brien   +2 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Family upbringing in communist Romania

Family Upbringing, 2014
Rumuńscy przywódcy komunistyczni uważali, że po latach ciemnoty i wychowywania dzieci w tradycyjnych zwyczajach „wychowanie w rodzinie wymaga dodatkowego doradztwa”. Według Stearnsa „dzieci trzeba było stworzyć od nowa”, państwo udawało, że wie więcej o potrzebach dzieci niż ich rodzice.
openaire   +2 more sources

Parental Leave Provision in Romania between Inherited Tendencies and Legislative Adjustments [PDF]

, 2018
This article seeks to identify and analyse the most significant changes regarding parental leave provision in post-communist Romania, as well as the extent to which its legal adjustments that took place after 1990 reveal both old trends inherited from ...
Dohotariu, Anca
core  

Activism for Socialist Industrial Heritage in Romania: The Carbochim Project Controversy

Area, EarlyView.
Short Abstract This study aims to better understand activism in the Romanian post‐socialist society during a struggle to preserve the socialist industrial heritage of Carbochim, in Cluj‐Napoca, Romania. From an urban activist perspective, we present a failed heritagisation process because of commercial‐oriented real estate development, but that enables
Oana‐Ramona Ilovan, Adriana Măgeruşan, Paul Mutică, Smaranda Todoran   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

ESILIO DI CAMILIAN DEMETRESCU IN ITALIA. MILITANTISMO, ANTICOMUNISMO E PROFESSIONALITÀ

Studia Universitatis Babeş-Bolyai. Studia Europaea, 2021
Exile of Camilian Demetrescu in Italy. Militancy, Anti-Communism and Professionalism. Anti-communist by excellence in spirit, the painter, sculptor and illustrator Camilian Demetrescu left Romania and went to Italy, tired of the continuous persistent ...
Adrian CORPĂDEAN, Anca STÂNGACIU
doaj   +1 more source

Attitudes towards the market economy and capitalism in Ukraine, Poland and Russia

Economic Affairs, EarlyView.
Abstract This article presents the results of opinion polls conducted in Ukraine, Poland, and Russia, focusing on attitudes towards the market economy and capitalism. The polls first asked six questions about the market economy without explicitly referencing ‘capitalism’.
Rainer Zitelmann
wiley   +1 more source

Women and Constitution-Making in Post-Communist Romania* [PDF]

, 2019
Online publication date: March 2019 The role of women in constitution-making in Central and Eastern Europe is an under-researched topic, as is the topic of women’s role in the transition of the region to democracy. Literature regarding women’s role in organizations involved in the collapse of communism such as the Solidarity Movement in Poland, or on ...
Brodeala, E, Suteu, S
openaire   +3 more sources

Freely (Un)Equal

Economics of Transition and Institutional Change, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Gender equality in the economy is a key issue on the political agenda. Western countries have long pursued policies promoting free competitive markets, with the EU focusing on harmonisation for market freedom. This study examines how economic freedom impacts gender equality using an instrumental variable approach. Results reveal mixed effects:
Matteo Migheli
wiley   +1 more source

The Joke Is on You: Humor, Resistance through Culture, and Paradoxical Forms of Dissent in Communist Romania

, 2017
The Joke Is on You: Humor, Resistance through Culture, and Paradoxical Forms of Dissent in Communist Romania. The author of the article focuses on showing that resistance through culture is part of a social and political dynamic that is complicated and ...
B. Ștefănescu
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Golden weapons and golden fetters: From the gold standard to the new geopolitics

The Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper explores the historical relationship between monetary regimes, security concerns, and geopolitical tensions, particularly focusing on the role of gold. Throughout history, monetary systems have been deeply intertwined with international state systems and security provisions.
Harold James
wiley   +1 more source