EIRP Proceedings, Vol 4 (2009)

Abstract

The satisfaction of social needs, aiming the improvement of life conditions for each person in a given society, defines an
aspect of the importance of public expenses.The amount of public expenses allocated for socio-cultural actions has an essential economic and social rôle and and has effect on the education, the professional training and qualification, the cultural, artistic and civilisation level, the quality of medical assistance and infant mortality, the system of social protection. Transition is a crisis process, implying the demolition of an order and the instauration of another. The results of the processes of economic transition may have sometimes dramatic economic, social and human consequences. The prolongation of transition and its high social costs have effects on many social categories and generate a climate of uncertainty and social non-engagement. Romania faced one of the longest process of transition from all ex-communist countries of Central Europe. This prolonged and sometimes regressive transition represents one
of major handicaps for Romania in the attempt for emancipation and integration in the system of Occidental democracy.