ANALELE UNIVERSITĂŢII DIN ORADEA RELAŢII INTERNAŢIONALE ŞI STUDII EUROPENE TOM V 2013 ANALELE UNIVERSITĂŢII DIN ORADEA SERIA: RELAŢII INTERNAŢIONALE ŞI STUDII EUROPENE SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE: EDITORIAL STAFF: Enrique BANUS (Barcelona) Editor-in-Chief: Mircea BRIE (Oradea) Iordan Ghe. BĂRBULESCU (Bucureşti) Associate Editor: Ioan HORGA (Oradea) Gabriela Melania CIOT (Cluj-Napoca) Executive Editor: Florentina CHIRODEA (Oradea) Georges CONTOGEORGIS (Atena) Members: Constantin HLIHOR (Bucureşti) George ANGLIŢOIU (Bucureşti) Ioan HORGA (Oradea) Dana BLAGA (Oradea) Adrian IVAN (Cluj-Napoca) Mariana BUDA (Oradea) Savvas KATSIKIDES (Nicosia) Georgiana CICEO (Cluj-Napoca) Jaroslaw KUNDERA (Wroclaw) Natalia CUGLEŞAN (Cluj-Napoca) Renaud de LA BROSSE (Reims) Lia DERECICHEI (Oradea) Fabienne MARON (Bruxelles) Cristina Maria DOGOT (Oradea) Ariane LANDUYT (Siena) Dorin DOLGHI (Oradea) Adrian MIROIU (Bucureşti) Dacian DUNĂ (Cluj-Napoca) Nicolae PĂUN (Cluj-Napoca) Sergiu MIŞCOIU (Cluj-Napoca) Anatol PETRENCU (Chişinău) Anca OLTEAN (Oradea) Vasile PUŞCAŞ (Cluj-Napoca) Dana PANTEA (Oradea) Istvan SULI-ZAKAR (Debrecen) Istvan POLGAR (Oradea) Sorin Domiţian ŞIPOŞ (Oradea) Adrian POPOVICIU (Oradea) Luminiţa ŞOPRONI (Oradea) Anda ROESCU (Bucureşti) Barbu ŞTEFĂNESCU (Oradea) Alina STOICA (Oradea) Vasile VESE (Cluj-Napoca) Nicolae TODERAŞ (Bucureşti) Liviu VOINEA (Bucureşti) Constantin ŢOCA (Oradea) Redaction: Elena ZIERLER (Oradea) The exchange manuscripts, books and reviews as well as any correspondence will be sent on the address of the Editing Committee. The responsibility for the content of the articles belongs to the author(s). The articles are published with the notification of the scientific reviewer. Address of the editorial office: University of Oradea International Relations and European Studies Department Str. Universităţii, nr. 1, 410087 Oradea, România Tel/ Fax (004) 0259 408167. E-mail: [email protected] http://www.analerise.igri.ro The review is issued under the aegis of The University of Oradea ISSN 2067 - 1253 E - ISSN 2067 – 3647 CONTENTS SOMMAIRE I. GOVERNANCE AND PUBLIC POLICIES ................................................................. 5 Alina-Carmen BRIHAN Citizens’ Representation and Participation in the Context of the Future Challenges of the European Union’s Multi-Level Governance ............. 7 Răzvan COTOVELEA The Impact of Structural Funds on Romanian Society - Building Governance................................................................................................. 23 Cristinela-Ionela VELICU Health Care Decision-Making Processes in Central and Eastern Europe.................................................................................................... 32 István POLGÁR Models and Instruments of Rural Development in Romania. The Leader Approach - Local Action Groups in North West Development Region .......... 50 Florentina CHIRODEA, Edit SZARKA Workforce Competence Improvement by Means of Hungary – Romania Cross-Border Cooperation Programme ............... 68 II. FOREIGN POLICY AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS ................................ 81 Constantin-Vasile ŢOCA, Bogdan POCOLA The Debate on the United Nations Security Council Reform. Learning International Politics Actively ......................... 83 Melania-Gabriela CIOT Idiosyncrasies in the Foreign Policy Decision-Making (I): Cognitive Idiosyncrasies ........................................................................................... 98 Maria GĂVĂNECI Border Regions in Russia's Foreign Policy. The Case of the Baltic Sea Region and the Black Sea Region .......................................................... 107 Ioan HORGA, Ioana NAN CFSP Into the Spotlight: the European Union’s Foreign Policy toward Russia During the Chechen Wars ....................................... 122 Cosmin CHIRIAC Spatial Data Analysis and Cross-Border Cooperation. The Case of Bihor – Hajdú Bihar Euroregion ................................................................ 136 III. IDENTITY AND DIVERSITY ................................................................................ 143 Alina STOICA, Cosmin Adrian POP Des Enclaves Identitaires au Cœur de la Nation Française: les Enjeux D’une Politique D’intégration Assimilationniste ..... 145 Anca OLTEAN Survivors of Holocaust at the Jewish Community from Oradea.... 159 Daniela BLAGA, Mircea BRIE Differentiated Integration - from Theory to Practice. Determiners in the Integration Process of the Western Balkans: Ethnicity . 173 Claudia Anamaria IOV, Claudiu MARIAN Minorities Issue - from Ignorance to Concern at the Eastern Border of the European Union: the Roma Population ....... 186 Antoanela Paula MUREŞAN The Gulag Archipelago Model in the Experience of Romanian Communist Prisons ............................................................................ 197 IV. EVENTS ..................................................................................................................... 209 Dissemination of the Results of the Project “Initiative and Constraint in the Mapping of Evolving European Borders” ................................................................ 210 The Celebration of 10 years of Education in International Relations and European Studies .......................................................................................................... 213 V. HONOURED PERSONALITY ................................................................................. 217 LAUDATIO - In the Honor of Professor Doctor Vasile Puşcaş, Babeş-Bolyai University, Celebrating a Prestigious Academic and Diplomatic Career ............. 218 IN MEMORIAM - Professor Barbu Ştefănescu.............................................................. 223 VI. BOOK REVIEWS ..................................................................................................... 227 Mircea BRIE Leadership and Negotiation in Foreign Policy.................................. 228 Anca OLTEAN Contemporary Approaches in World Politics ................................ 233 Mirela MĂRCUŢ Media and European Diversity ................................................... 242 Anca OLTEAN Fragments of Historical Interpretations ......................................... 249 Catalogue of Published Works of the Department of International Relations and European Studies ................................................................................................... 256 I. Governance and Public Policies Alina Carmen BRIHAN Citizens’ Representation and Participation in the Context of the Future Challenges of the European Union’s Multi-Level Governance Răzvan COTOVELEA The Impact of Structural Funds on Romanian Society - Building Governance Cristinela-Ionela VELICU Health Care Decision-Making Processes in Central and Eastern Europe Istvan POLGAR Models and Instruments of Rural Development in Romania. The Leader Approach - Local Action Groups in North West Development Region. Florentina CHIRODEA, Edit SZARKA Workforce Competence Improvement by Means of Hungary – Romania Cross-Border Cooperation Programme Analele Universităţii din Oradea, Seria Relaţii Internaţionale şi Studii Europene, TOM V, pag. 7-22 CITIZENS’ REPRESENTATION AND PARTICIPATION IN THE CONTEXT OF THE FUTURE CHALLENGES OF THE EUROPEAN UNION’S MULTI-LEVEL GOVERNANCE Alina – Carmen BRIHAN* Abstract: The present paper focuses on an important aspect of the European Union’s becoming in this century, that of the multi – level governance, as it is outlined by the Treaty of Lisbon. The hypothesis used in approaching the subject is that: while the European governance, defined as a multi – level governance because of the many actors involved in the European decision – making process, is facing challenges with regard to its democratic legitimacy, the national government is facing the challenges brought by Europeanization to the Member States – from the point of view of the support, participation in and influencing of the European decision – making process. Therefore, the paper focuses on three aspects: the theoretical framework of citizens’ representation and participation in the context of the EU’s multi - level governance; the outlining of the mechanisms and challenges of the interaction between the political representatives and the governed, from a theoretical point of view and as it is reflected in the Eurobarometers; and last, but not least, the analysis of the above mentioned relation as applied to first and second years Political Science students from the University of Oradea, as an early barometer of the challenges that their perspectives on this relation generate not only for the academic institutions but also for the labour market – and, particularly, the political representatives, as potential employers, because of the role that they will play in the development of our democratic societies and multi – level Europe, as Political Science graduates Keywords: European Union, multi - level governance, citizenship, participation, representation, democratic deficit, Political Science students Introduction The perspectives of a democratic governance beyond the nation-state, the ability to solve the problems of the national systems of governance and the way in which the latter are transformed by Europenization, represent some of the European governance’s present theoretical concerns. Besides the advantages that the European multi-level governance generates, the literature brings into question both the European governance’s deficit of democratic legitimacy and the efforts that