Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Wei-Bin Zhang Author-Workplace-Name: Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University, Beppu, Japan Title: ”TAX COMPETITION BETWEEN REGIONAL GOVERNMENTS AND NATIONAL AND INTERREGIONAL ECONOMIC GROWTH” Abstract: The purpose of this study is to examine a well-mentioned but rarely properly examined issue related to interregional tax competition and regional and national economic growth. We build an inter-regional neoclassical economic growth with regional governments’ competition in taxation. We extend Solow-Uzawa’s neoclassical growth model to any number of regions. The model treats wealth/capital accumulation, economic structures, factor distributions, interregional population distribution, amenity, regions’ tax rates as endogenous variables. Firms’ behavior is described by profit maximization, households’ behavior by utility maximization, markets by perfect competition, and regional governments’ behavior by choosing tax rates to maximize utility. We identify the existence of an equilibrium point and conduct comparative analysis to show how changes in, for instance, the utility elasticity of public goods, technologies, propensity to consume housing, and propensity to save, affect the long-run economic growth and structure. Classification-JEL: R11, O18 Keywords: tax competition, Nash equilibrium, multi-region economic dynamics, factor distribution, regional disparities in wealth and income, wealth accumulation, amenity. Journal: Sociology and Social Work Review Pages: 6-31 Volume: 3 Issue: 2 Year: 2019 Month: December File-URL: https://globalresearchpublishing.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Tax-competition-between-Regional-Governments-and-National-and-Interregional-economic-growth-1.pdf File-Format: Application/pdf Handle: RePEC:edr:sswrgl:v:3:y:2019:i:2:p:6-31 Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Emilia Maria Sorescu Author-Workplace-Name: University of Craiova, Craiova, Romania Title: "THE REFLECTIVE PRACTICE OF THE SOCIAL WORK STUDENTS IN AN INTERDISCIPLINARY PROJECT USING M-LEARNING FOR CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES" Abstract: Twelve social work students were involved in an interdisciplinary project aimed at working with children with communication disabilities using a mobile app, named TESI. The goal of involving university students in this project was to pilot the mobile app TESI and to increase their openness to the use of m-learning tools and computer based assistive technology for children and adults with disabilities, but also to be an educational opportunity to develop new knowledge, skills and attitudes for the future social workers. The research was both an evaluative research and an action research, the results were analysed, on one hand by referring to the project objectives, respectively to the initial needs analysis of the target group of students, and on the other hand through the lens of education based on competence and the reflective practice in the social work profession, aiming both to reflect the formative value of this experience for the future social workers, and to challenge them to self-reflection for developing a conscious, reflective professional practice. The experience itself was perceived as very positive by the students, it helped them become more aware of their personal and professional knowledge, skills and values, as well as the aspects they need for their further personal development. The training of the future professionals can benefit by their involvement in interdisciplinary projects, keeping the focus on skills to be developed, without any fear of using creative teaching strategies or applying the older ones in new learning contexts. Classification-JEL: I23, I24, O35 Keywords: social work higher education, reflective practice, mobile learning, competence-based education, interdisciplinary projects, children with disabilities. Journal: Sociology and Social Work Review Pages: 32-48 Volume: 3 Issue: 2 Year: 2019 Month: December File-URL: https://globalresearchpublishing.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/The-reflective-practice-of-the-social-work-students-in-an-interdisciplinary-project-using-m-learning-for-children-with-disabilities.pdf File-Format: Application/pdf Handle: RePEC:edr:sswrgl:v:3:y:2019:i:2:p:32-48 Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Livia Pogan Author-Workplace-Name: ”Lucian Blaga” University of Sibiu, Sibiu, Romania Title: "EUROPEAN TRENDS REGARDING THE ELDERING POPULATION AND THE INCREASING NEED FOR CARE WORK" Abstract: Care is an activity that has always defined humans` interactions and consists of a variety of forms and manifestations, being differently classified, according to various criteria across time. The recent years brought care work to the public agenda while feminist scholars, and not only them, argue its importance in the scientific arena. The demographic, technological, economic and social shifts of the last decades, such as population aging, migration, changes in the family structure and functioning, women`s enrolment in paid work, outside the house, for example, made the need for care services one of the acute problems of the modern, western welfare states. In the following lines we will draw the general context regarding these transformations, emphasizing their connections with the increasing need for care work, outline the main theoretical approaches of care and we will also analyze the latest European data concerning the above mentioned issues, together with research perspectives that aim to address them. Classification-JEL: J12, J12, J13 Keywords: care work values, aging, migration, family. Journal: Sociology and Social Work Review Pages: 49-56 Volume: 3 Issue: 2 Year: 2019 Month: December File-URL: https://globalresearchpublishing.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/European-trends-regarding-the-eldering-population-and-the-increasing-need-for-care-work.pdf File-Format: Application/pdf Handle: RePEC:edr:sswrgl:v:3:y:2019:i:2:p:49-56 Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Alexandra Porumbescu Author-Workplace-Name: University of Craiova, Craiova, Romania Title: "NORMATIVE PROVISIONS AND LEGAL PROCEDURES CONCERNING THE ARRIVAL OF REFUGEES IN ROMANIA" Abstract: For the past decades, after the fall of the communist regime, Romanians` emigration has become one of the defining characteristics of this nation`s society. However, following its accession to the European Union in 2007, combined with the massive migration flows arriving on European borders, Romania joined the list of countries that received immigrants. The aim of this paper is to review the legal conditions on receiving and integrating refugees in Romania, by analysing both the normative provisions and the procedures designed to conduct this process. Furthermore, the main centres and facilities created for refugees and asylum seekers in Romania will be presented. Classification-JEL: J61, J68, K40 Keywords: refugees; procedures; Romania; asylum; refugee centres. Journal: Sociology and Social Work Review Pages: 57-65 Volume: 3 Issue: 2 Year: 2019 Month: December File-URL:https://globalresearchpublishing.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Normative-provisions-and-legal-procedures-concerning-the-arrival-of-refugees-in-Romania.pdf File-Format: Application/pdf Handle: RePEC:edr:sswrgl:v:3:y:2019:i:2:p:57-65 Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Mihaela-Cristina Pârvu Author-Workplace-Name: University of Craiova, Craiova, Romania Title: "A RESEARCH ON THE ROLE OF SOCIAL PROJECTS FOR DISADVANTAGED GROUPS IN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT" Abstract: 30 years after revolution in December 1989 and the fall of communism, Romania seems to still not have found its way towards sustainable development, facing more challenges that would have been expected for a democratic society. Frequent political changes, controversial economic decisions and measures and the lack of coherence in the implementation of strong and reliable economic, health and social policies have caused a permanent mistrust of the population in a favourable future. Over the years, although technological progress has been visible in all fields of activity, wages have increased and the possibilities for achieving a satisfying living standard have multiplied, some social categories became richer, while others became poorer, external migration increased, some rural communities are facing disintegration and the Romanian population is menaced by demographic ageing. An important part of the population belonging to several categories labelled as disadvantaged or vulnerable are prone to social exclusion or marginalization. Fighting this phenomenon is one of the most important objectives of the European and internal policies and some of the key-instruments supporting this process are the projects implemented in Romania from European funds. Statistics on the degree of absorption of the European financing in Romania are regularly performed, but there are few analyses on the degree of satisfaction and trust regarding these projects’ implementation, undergone from the perspective of the beneficiaries themselves. Such analysis is intended through the present article, the results revealing the necessity and opportunity of similar future approaches. Classification-JEL: I32, I38, H43 Keywords: community development; social projects; disadvantaged groups; social inclusion; European funds; project implementation; cooperation Journal: Sociology and Social Work Review Pages: 66-77 Volume: 3 Issue: 2 Year: 2019 Month: December File-URL: https://globalresearchpublishing.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/A-research-on-the-role-of-social-projects-for-disadvantaged-groups-in-community-development.pdf File-Format: Application/pdf Handle: RePEC:edr:sswrgl:v:3:y:2019:i:2:p:66-77 Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Fabrizio Fornari Author-Workplace-Name: University ”G. D'Annunzio” of Chieti-Pescara, Pescara, Italy Title: "Mariateresa Gammone, Gianmarco Cifaldi, Ionut Virgil Serban, Il Regime Detentivo Speciale. Una Riflessione Comparativa. The Special Detention Regime. A Comparative Reflection, Bucharest, Pro Universitaria Publishing House, 2018, 225 pp, ISBN: 978-606-26-0915-3" Abstract: This paper is a review of the book Il Regime Detentivo Speciale. Una Riflessione Comparativa. The Special Detention Regime. A Comparative Reflection, Bucharest, published in 2018 at Pro Universitaria Publishing House, Bucharest, Editors: Mariateresa Gammone, Gianmarco Cifaldi and Ionut Virgil Serban Classification-JEL: Y3, K14, I30 Keywords: Detentivo Speciale. Una Riflessione Comparativa, The Special Detention Regime. A Comparative Reflection, book review Journal: Sociology and Social Work Review Pages: 78-80 Volume: 3 Issue: 2 Year: 2019 Month: December File-URL: https://globalresearchpublishing.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Il-Regime-Detentivo-Speciale.-Una-Riflessione-Comparativa.-The-Special-Detention-Regime.-A-Comparative-Reflection.-Book-review.pdf File-Format: Application/pdf Handle: RePEC:edr:sswrgl:v:3:y:2019:i:2:p:78-80