Simbolistica spaţio-temporală în mediul penitenciar românesc

   Pentru orice individ - deţinut, angajat sau simplu vizitator - drumul pe care îl parcurge din stradă (din lumea liberă) către celulă este un drum încărcat cu semnificatii, în care toate elementele din jur îl ajută să înţeleagă faptul că a intrat într-o altfel de lume. Din exterior puşcăriile se prezintă oamenilor ca locuri ale interzisului, în care ochiul neavizatului nu are cum să pătrundă... [Descarca]

Cultura organizatiilor petroliere

   Studiu intreprins intre 4-15 mai 1998, ce a cuprins un sondaj efectuat pe 3186 petrolisti si o baterie de teste psihologice aplicate pe 51 de lideri sindicali si 30 de directori ai unitatilor petroliere. Studiul a vizat identificarea valorilor adoptate de angajatii si liderii acestei ramuri, incercand sa explice diferentele existente intre unitatile petroliere din tara pe baza schimbarilor intervenite dupa 1990 in sistemele de valori in domenii precum religia, familia, morala, munca, relatiile interpersonale, etc. [Descarca]

Atitudini si valori in administratia publica locala

   Proiect realizat cu sprijinul Uniunii Europene ce a cuprins doua sondaje efectuate in randul cetatenilor (peste 2700 de subiecti), doua sondaje printre autoritati (peste 1000 de primari, consilieri si functionari), doua campanii de testare psihologica a reprezentantilor APL (peste 500 de autoritati testate cu cele mai performante teste psihologice), doua campanii focus grup (cu peste 100 de participanti) - toate abordand cele mai importante aspecte care franeaza sau accelereaza modernizarea administratiei publice din Romania si adaptarea la modelele occidentale de succes. [Descarca]

The 1966 law concerning prohibition of abortion in Romania and its consequences. The fate of one generation.

   Paper for the EURESCO conference "The Second Demographic Transition in Europe. Euroconference on Family and Fertility Change in Modern European Societies: Explorations and Explanations of Recent Developments". [Descarca]

Principles of social assistance and social insurance

   In the traditional societies, the family and the local community played for centuries, the role of securing its members in cases of disease and incapacity of work, as well as, of protecting the children, widows, disabled and old persons. But as a result of the industrialization, urbanization, social differentiation, family atomization and other adjacent modernization processes, the family and community have lost an important part of their protective functions. [Descarca]

Some aspects of the demographic policy in post-communist Romania. Jumping from the frying pan into the fire.

   Statistical data provided by the National Institute of Statistics estimated the population of Romania at 21,6 million inhabitants in the year 2002. It means a decrease of population with 1,6 million in comparison with the year 1990, when Romania had 23,2 million inhabitants. [Descarca]

Social protection of children in public care in Romania from the perspective of European Union integration

  The issue of abandoned children has become a label for Romania especially after 1989 when the Western mass media was saturated with sensational news on this topic. In this way Romania has been perceived in the world not only as the home of Ceausescu, Dracula and Nadia Comaneci, but also as the country of abandoned children. [Descarca]