"Romanian Ngos’ Efforts to Advocate on Behalf of Marginalized Groups and Prevent Social Turbulence"

IF 1 4区管理学 Q3 PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION

Transylvanian Review of Administrative Sciences Pub Date : 2023-12-20 DOI:10.24193/tras.si2023.4

L. Irimieș, Cosmin Irimieș, Emil Mesaros

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Abstract

While Romania has undergone huge progress during the last 30 years, the situation of marginalized groups hasn’t progressed as well as the country’s rapid economic development. The plight of vulnerable groups such as unhoused people, persons with disabilities, and the LGBTQ community continues to be a source of social turbulence, as they are consistently facing exclusion. Authorities do not prioritize their integration within society and there is a lack of policies to deal with these issues, leading to the appearance of extremely polarizing movements such as the 2018 referendum initiative to ban same-sex unions. This paper aims to analyze three case studies where advocacy organizations championed the cause of the above-mentioned groups, in order to increase visibility, representation, and integration, and pinpoint best practices for organizations advocating on behalf of disadvantaged groups. The three main best practices we have learned regarding advocacy projects targeting public policy for marginalized groups are: a. always put a local group at the center of the project, b. bring outside partners or mentors who can bring advocacy skills to the project, c. look for other, supplemental, positive outcomes, that usually tend to come up in the work with marginalized groups.

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"罗马尼亚非政府组织努力为边缘化群体代言并防止社会动荡"

虽然罗马尼亚在过去 30 年中取得了巨大进步，但边缘化群体的境况并没有随着国家经济的快速发展而改善。无住房者、残疾人和男女同性恋、双性恋和变性者群体等弱势群体的困境仍然是社会动荡的根源，因为他们始终面临排斥。当局没有优先考虑他们融入社会的问题，也缺乏处理这些问题的政策，导致出现极端两极分化的运动，如 2018 年禁止同性结合的公投倡议。本文旨在分析三个案例研究，在这些案例研究中，倡导组织支持上述群体的事业，以提高他们的能见度、代表性和融入度，并指出代表弱势群体进行倡导的组织的最佳做法。关于针对边缘化群体公共政策的宣传项目，我们学到的三个主要最佳做法是：a. 始终将当地群体作为项目的中心；b. 引入能够为项目带来宣传技巧的外部合作伙伴或导师；c. 寻找其他补充性的积极成果，这些成果通常会在与边缘化群体的合作中出现。

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Transylvanian Review of Administrative Sciences PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION-

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2.10

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10.00%

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25 weeks

期刊介绍： TRAS represents a collective effort initiated by an international group aimed at boosting the research in the field of public administration in a country where during the communist regime there was no tradition in this sense. TRAS represents a unique source of specialized analysis of the ex-communist space, of the transition processes to democracy, of the reform of public administration, and of comparative analysis of administrative systems. The general topic covered by the articles in the Review is administrative sciences. As a result of an interdisciplinary, modern approach, the articles cover the following specific themes: Public management, public policy, administrative law, public policy analysis, regional development, community development, public finances, urban planning, program evaluation in public administration, ethics, comparative administrative systems, etc. TRAS encourages the authors to submit articles that are based on empirical research. From the standpoint of the topic covered, TRAS is lined up with the trends followed by other international journals in the field of public administration. All articles submitted to the Transylvanian Review of Administrative Sciences have to present a clear connection to the field of administrative sciences and the research (both theoretical and empirical) should be conducted from this perspective. Interdisciplinary topics related to organizational theory, sustainable development and CSR, international relations, etc. can be considered for publication, however the research needs to address relevant issues from the perspective of the public sector. Articles which use highly specialized econometrics models as well as studies addressing macro-economic topics will not be considered for evaluation. The decision on whether a certain topic falls within the interest of TRAS belongs to the editors and it is not connected with the overall quality of the work submitted.