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Abstract

The present work analyses the theoretical perspectives on the role education plays in the formation and recruitment of politicians in Romania. We have analysed the legislative mandates of the parliamentarians of the Chamber of Deputies from the 2004-2008, 2008-2012 and 2012- 2016 periods, whose mandates overlapped with two types of electoral systems. Additionally, we have analysed the CVs of the parliamentarians who, in 2016-2020, ran as number one nominees on partylists of both the Social Democrat and the National Liberal parties. In this analysis we took into account the validity of the degrees they received from Romanian universities, as well as the number of degrees: Bachelor's Degree, Masters's Degree, PhD. From the capital theory standpoint, we noticed that there is a two-way transaction between the political capital and the educational capital. The results highlight that the parties opted for a negative selection education-wise of those nominated to occupy a Parliamentary seat or a public office.

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Title
HOW TO BECOME A POLITICIAN. THE ROLE OF EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND AND ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT IN ROMANIA
Author
Gavrilută, C 1 ; Dalban, C M 2 

 Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iasi 
 Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iasi, Department of Sociology 
Pages
49-62
Publication year
2020
Publication date
2020
Publisher
Transilvania University of Brasov
ISSN
20667701
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
2431835058
Copyright
© 2020. This work is published under http://webbut.unitbv.ro/bulletin/ (the “License”). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License.