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Socio-Statistical Research On The Internalization Of European Administrative Space Principles In The Romanian Public Administration, Ani Matei

Lucica Matei

The authors propose an analysis of the public administration reform in Romania by assessing whether the Romanian civil servants perform their duties according to the regulations of the European Administrative Space.

The paper offers a socio-statistic perspective on the internalization of the European Administrative Space principles, namely, the rule of law, openness towards citizens, and public administration responsibility in a Romanian context, after the European Union accession. Designed within the framework of modern theories of organizational sociology that see internalization as a process of organizational learning and change, and using a relevant sample of Romanian civil servants, the paper offers …

Assessing The Anti-Corruption Strategies. Theoretical And Empirical Models, Ani Matei, Lucica Matei

Lucica Matei

The preoccupations about conceiving and promoting efficient anti-corruption strategies exist in most states, especially in

the developing countries.

The opportunity of such strategies derives from the direct link, demonstrated theoretically and empirically, between the

effects of the anti-corruption strategies and government performance, translated both in the economic and social results

and living standard, welfare etc.

In the last decades, the transnational actors – UN, World Bank, OECD, EU etc. - have affirmed as promoters of own

anti-corruption strategies, directing the states’ efforts, conferring adequate levels of relevance, effectiveness, efficiency

or sustainability.

The South-Eastern European states incorporate own anti-corruption strategies in …