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FAMP POPESCU Luminiţa Gabriela
CCASP PUBLIC POLICY AGENDA AND RESPONSIVENESS GOVERNANCE

Moderation: In order to fix the unequal selection probabilities and adjust the different types of non-

answers, the final representative segment was moderated through the RAKING method and the
moderation variables were: region, urbanism degree, sex, age, race, occupation, level of education and
having a telephone subscription. The moderation algorithm used as references official statistic data

especially from the last demographic survey.

Representativeness: the final moderated segment is representative for the adult population of Romania,
with a ±2.9 % error percentage, with a 95% trust level. Besides segmentation errors, the way questions

were asked and the practical difficulties when writing down field data or telephone data can also cause
other errors that might alter the results of the survey.

The Date of the collected information: October 2009

According to main the results of this research the public agenda is defined by issues related to living

standards, corruption and the functioning of institutions,

When analyzing the previous survey and also comparing it to similar surveys in past periods, we can
notice a quite slow dynamic of the public agenda when it comes to Romania (there is a powerful

domination of the problems that refer to the increasing of incomes and employment rate; on the other PROCEEDINGS OF THE 11 TH ADMINISTRATION AND PUBLIC MANAGEMENT INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ”Strategic Management for Local Communities” 30 th – 31 st October 2015 Bucharest
hand, the problems that were generated by the important global challenges - such as terrorism, pollution,

energy crisis, organized crime - are almost completely left aside).

And this happens in spite of the fact that also in the situation in which various problems continue to stay
in the public’s attention, the way in which they are defined changes along with the variation of the values

and conditions that generated them. More than that, when mentality evolves as a result of the changes
and transformations that took place at a societal level, situations that were considered to be normal at a
given time can turn into a problem. For example, domestic violence, which has been considered

throughout ages a personal problem, is now treated as a felony.

There are many explanations to this; starting with the fact that their only preoccupation is the struggle for
day to day living and not taking into consideration the civic responsibility. The same explanations can be

used when talking about the lack of interest when mentioning the important global challenges (human
rights, energy, terrorism, security, delinquency) among the priorities of the public or governmental agenda.

3. THE GOVERNMENTAL AGENDA

Shifting problems from the public agenda to the governmental one is the result of a political process that
also determines the adequate solutions. Is the fact that people with disabilities should have the right to

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