Title: Social work and welfare policy in Romania: history and current challenges
Abstract: Situated in South-Eastern Europe, Romania became independent in 1866 and on the 1 st of January 2007 joined the European Union (Eu). The majority of population is Christian Orthodox (86.5% in 2011) and according to the most recent census from 2011 (National institute of statistics, 2013) besides Romanians (88.9% in 2011) there are two main ethnic minorities: Hungarian (6.5%) and Roma (3.3%). The total population residing in Romania is of 20.1 million inhabitants, down from 21.7 in 2002 and 23.1 in 1990. In 2012 its Gross domestic product (Gdp) per capita (Pps) reached half of the Eu average (Eurostat database). Administratively, Romania is divided in 41 counties plus 6 districts of the capital city, Bucharest (Nuts 3 level) and 8 regions (Nuts 2).
Publication Year: 2015
Publication Date: 2015-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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