Necessity of increasing management efficiency and extending concerns regarding social policy in contemporary societies required, as an instrumental necessity, a better evaluation of economic-social prosperity and quality of life by means of social indicators. The application of social indicators...

In the last half of the century, significant technological, economic, demographic, political, and ideological changes took place; advanced democracies went to a process of deep economic restructurings. While universal social policies still provide for protection against predictable risks of a life...

In the present social/economic conditions of our country, the problem of objective analysis and research of the population’s everyday social life, of its wellbeing, of final consumption and possibilities of satisfying vital necessities, of the living standard and lifestyle, of the quality of...

The paper presents the problems met by the graduates of the bachelor program in Petroşani University and at national level, promotion 2009, in looking for employment and finding a job. The correlation/lack of correlation between the academic offer of professionals and demand on the market is...

This is a comparative approach – at institutional and national level – of the condition of study and competencies acquired by the bachelor graduates, promotion 2009. The analysis of information indicates an average to high degree of satisfaction regarding both the conditions in which the...

The paper presents a synthesis of an analysis made with the personnel of the railway employees in Craiova and Timiș areas, regarding the opinions on various aspects involved in this field. The opinion viewed aspects such as: motivation of the career options for railway activity; advantages and...

The level of pensions in Romania has been a favourite topic of debate and analysis by experts and the media, since 1990 until now. Aging and reducing the number of jobs produce structural changes in socio-economic terms over the active and inactive population. The growing number of pensioners,...

The sociological research was conducted in 2008 on a sample of 1612 adults, aiming at highlighting the socio-economic situation of the population in the Jiu Valley and, therefore, the problems addressing the local people. Failure or even the lack of financial resources is a consequence of lack...

Pension’s level in Romania has been a matter of passionate debates inside the political class since 1990 until today. The alarming increase in the number of pensioners, which exceeded the number of employees in the economy, linked to the economic and social development of our country, has made...

The sociological research whose results are given in this paper was conducted in the month of July 2009 in the rural community of Sarmizegetusa, located in Hunedoara County on the border with Caras-Severin County. There has been investigated a total of 174 households and the main issues...