Open AccessPublic Education in Romania and Moldova, 19-20th Centuries: Modernization, Political Mobilization, and Nation-Building. An Introduction
Author(s) -
Andrei Cușco,
Petru Negură
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
plural : history. culture. society = istorie. cultură. societate
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.187
H-Index - 2
eISSN - 2345-184X
pISSN - 2345-1262
DOI - 10.37710/plural.v9i1_1
Subject(s) - modernization theory , social mobilization , state (computer science) , political science , politics , nation building , political mobilization , mobilization , state building , mass mobilization , public administration , population , political economy , economy , sociology , law , economics , demography , algorithm , computer science
Since the second half of the 19th century, Romania has asserted itself, along with other European states, as a “modern mobilizational state”, which aimed to profoundly transform its population and the mass of its citizens through extensive mobilizing and social engineering projects. Public education has played a central role in this ambitious process of social transformation, being an essential tool of state formation and nation-building.