Regionalizarea administrativă în România şi lipsa unui regim legislativ coerent: reformele teritoriale şi implementarea politicii de coeziune a Uniunii Europene

Conf. univ. dr. Tiberiu PAVELESCU^*

* Tiberiu Pavelescu este conferenţiar universitar la Universitatea "Andrei Şaguna" din Constanţa, România, Facultatea de Psihologie, Ştiinţe Comportamentale şi Drept. E-mail: tiberiupav@yahoo.com

ABSTRACT

The article analyzes the process of administrative regionalization in Romania, set against a challenging historical, political, and European backdrop. Starting with the first attempts at territorial reorganization during the interwar period and continuing with Soviet influences during the communist era, Romania has oscillated between centralized models and decentralization efforts, without achieving true administrative regionalization. After 1990, in the context of closer ties with the European Union, progress was made in aligning with European standards through the creation of eight statistical...