European integration and regionalisation in transition Romania
Administrative reform ; European integration ; Regionalization ; Romania
The aim of the paper is to present and to examine the new paradigm of regionalization in Romania, constructed under the conditions of the transition process from a socialist to a democratic system which started 1989. The political construction
of regions was determined by external factors linked to the process for EU integration for Romania, which requires the establishment of a regional policy and development system. Therfore, in 1998 a regional level was created by the grouping of counties