SYMBOLIC VIOLENCE AND ITS' IMPACT ON THEPOLITICAL DECISION-MAKING PROCESS IN ROMANIA

摘要

THE POLITICAL VIOLENCE IS A SOCIAL PROCESS THAT EXISTS IN EVERY SOCIETYWHERE THERE IS A SOCIAL DOMINATION.OUR RESEARCH IS FOCUSED ON ELITE’S POSITION INPOLITICAL DECISION-MAKING PROCESS IN ROMANIA DURING THE 2004-2008 LEGISLATURE.THERE WERE YEARS WHEN ROMANIA HAD TO REALISE THE LEGISLATIVE HARMONISATION WITHTHE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY. THE EUROPEAN INTEGRATION WAS THE PROCESS WHICH IMPOSEDTO THE ROMANIAN POLITICAL ELITE A NEW PATTERN, NEW RULES AND A DIFFERENT POLITICALSTRATEGY.OUR ANALYSIS STARTS BY ASKING THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS: IS THE SYMBOLICVIOLENCE AN INFLUENCE FACTOR IN THE POLITICAL DECISION-MAKING PROCESS? HOW ITACTS?IN ORDER TO CLARIFY THOSE QUERIES WE ANALYSE (QUANTITATIVELY ANDQUALITATIVELY) THE PAPER REGISTRATIONS OF ANY LEGISLATIVE INITIATIVE WHICH HAVE BEENMADE DURING THE MENTIONED LEGISLATURE. FROM A TOTAL OF 3457 LEGISLATIVE PROJECTS,IN ROMANIAN PARLIAMENT, 1387 COME FROM THE GOVERNMENT AND ONLI 35 WERE REJECTED.THIS MEANS THAT THE SYMBOLIC VIOLENCE PROCESS IS AN IMPORTANT FACTOR WHICH CANINFLUENCE THE DECISION-MAKING PROCESS.