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POPESCU Luminiţa Gabriela FAMP
PUBLIC POLICY AGENDA AND RESPONSIVENESS GOVERNANCE CCASP

It is already a known fact that in the last decade’s citizen’s trust in these institutions is in a dramatic
decline. This deep lack of trust shown by citizens is an expression of their refusal to accept public policies
formulated behind closed doors, a practice where decisions are made without consulting the public.
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From the perspective of focusing on Romania case, the study brought to attention the existence of major
and dramatic discrepancies between the preferences of citizens and governmental parliamentary
agendas. Hence, the premises of building a policy agenda as a result of convergent agendas are being

undermined; responsiveness government is also compromise. Moreover, the public space where public
policy works can not be defined. In such circumstance, it was expected that, including, Romanian citizen’s

trust in government and parliament to register a negative grow.

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