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The paper puts forward a multifaceted critique (from economic, social and politcal standpoints) of government and public administration shortcomings, such as the lack of a price system or the counter-productive incentives generated by internal regulations, assuming the flaws within the fundamental concepts of administrative law. The paper reiterates the classical liberal perspective, the limits and powers of public administration with an emphasis on efficiency and respect for the fellow taxpayer. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The present paper brings into the light the French word maisnie, currently used in the Social Sciences by researchers dedicated to the study of households units, especially from the South-East European area. In 1974, the French anthropologist Paul Henri Stahl was the first one to introduce this XIth Century. French word into the social sciences. His choice came as a response to a translation dilemma he found himself confronted with, while writing his studies regarding the South-East European social units: the inexistence in the currently French language of a word able to designate the „smallest social unit“, as he called the household. Instead of creating a new word (as in the case of the well known zadruga), he proposes one which had actually being used in the different regional French dialects in the Middle Ages - maisnie. This word used to designate a social unit very similar to the Romanian gospodărie, the Bulgarian družina or kupčina, the Serbo-Croatian domačinstvo, the Albanian shtëpi or the Greek mikokiato. Starting by specifying the particular context in which this word made its entrance in the vocabulary of social sciences, the paper continues by focusing on the social reality hidden behind this complex notion. The last part deals with the utterance of a few conclusions, regarding possible approaches between the ancient French maisnie and the other similar social units from the South-Eastern Europe. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article provides significant insights into the relative politicization of the Simonist model of religious liberty in modern Europe. Furthermore, the present paper takes initiative in the wish to contribute to understanding the spirituality characterizing this period and this territory. In the preliminary stage, the purpose of the paper is to offer to those who study the problem of institutional relations between Church and State in Europe the possibility to come back to the nineteenth century, suggesting as working hypothesis a new interpretation: analyzing the religious liberty and the regime of cults starting from the political and legal context of the period and the philosophical teachings of Saint-Simon. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The aim of the paper "The role of the Christian Churches in Europe according to the preparatory documents of the 3rd European Ecumenical assembly (EEA3) is to present the way in which the mission of Churches in Europe is seen by different theologians, politicians or church leaders who contributed in the EEA3 preparatory process. The presentation has been done by the author in a critical way. As a theologian and hierarch deeply involved in the EEA3 process and preparation, he expresses his personal opinions on this issue, particularly in the conclusions. The first part of this paper contains a short presentation of the EEA3 concept, stages and program. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Most european countries' national economies have high levels of automatic stabilization in case of macroeconomical shock. However, there are significant differences depending on the region or country, and this paper attempts to outline the most important aspects related to occupational policies. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In the past years, there have been debates in many European countries regarding the lowering of the minimum age required for a person to be able to vote. Austria was the first European country, in 2007, that lowered the active voting age to a minimum of 16 and the passive voting age to 18. The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, through the 1826 resolution, has called on its 47 member states to analyze the possibility of lowering the voting age to 16. The wave of debates has not avoided Romania, a number of stakeholders showing an interest in this matter, leading up to a possible change in the Constitution. This paper will present both the current status of the youth voting rights and the main arguments both in favour and against lowering the voting age to 16. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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