Journal of Community Positive Practices

The Journal of Community Positive Practices (JCPP) was founded in 2001 as a result of a project regarding the development of services within the community funded by the World Bank. JCPP offers a high level scientific environment for the debate of contemporary social issues and publishing of original scientific papers on social concepts and research. With four issues a year, the journal addresses researches, professors and students in social sciences, practitioners, decision makers and the general public worldwide.

Fields of interest

Basic and applied social research, development and innovation based on the use of quantitative methodology, qualitative or hybrid;
Presentation of the professional activities that are specific to local and international beneficiaries, NGOs, private companies, structures of local and central public administration;
Highlighting the expertise and the experts in the production of social knowledge;
Lay out of internal actions and projects the purposes of which are to increase the capacity of intervention, professional development, generating of know-how and issue of supporting materials to increase efficiency and maximize the impact of the activities.

Access

Journal of Community Positive Practices (JCPP) is an open access research journal.

Below you can find the links to the electronic archive of JCPP:

2022

4/2022

Covid 19 in Romania: assessing prevalence, mortality and fatality by age and gender in the first 32 weeks of the pandemic
Mălina Voicu, Mădălina Manoilă, Delia Bădoi, Simona Mihaiu, Alexandra Deliu

Local communities in the post-socialist cities: beyond market and state (the experience of Minsk)
Elena Lebedeva

Romanian political campaigns in the age of social media
Gabriel Stoiciu

Workers’ retention factors: a study on plant workers among small manufacturing firms
Vidhya Vinayachandran

Rural development. The case of two communities
Cristina Tomescu, Alin Casapu, Mihai Pitel

Locus of emotional intelligence among oklahoma law enforcement officers
Michael Joseph Davis

Alcohol consumption in the context of the covid-19 pandemic
Sebastian Fitzek

Russian society’s responses to the social challenges of the pandemic
Olga Garanina

The european path towards a new paradigm of energy production and consumption
Mariana Stanciu

Will tertiary lecturers’ research motivations differ from publication types in developing countries? A case study of Vietnam
Ha Thi Hai Do, Nhung Thi Kim Tran, Thuy Thi Le Nguyen, Mai Thi Thu Le

3/2022

Coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis and suicide in Bangladesh: Some explanations through Durkheim’s Sociology of Suicide
Anisur Rahman Khan, Helal Uddin, Anowarul Kayes Shimul, Masum Billah

Occupational strategies of third country migrants on the Romanian labor market
Vlad I. Rosca

The Importance of Positive Factors in Protecting Adverse Mental Health Outcomes and Suicidal Behavior among Citizens of the Community of Portuguese Language Countries
Marlene Pestana, Henrique Pereira

Childhood among Crocodiles: Using Playing and Drawing As Research Tools of A Human-Animal Relationship in Bazoule, Burkina Faso
Adrian Catu

Investigating the pleasure reading habits of EFL learners in lower secondary schools
Abdurahman Ahmed Endris

The anatomy of a doctrinal enthusiasm turned into national despair
Rodica Ciobanu, Elena Arama

How Much Indian Households Spend in Higher Education? Tobit Analysis using National Sample Survey Data
Nivedita Sarkar

Ethics Codes Use in Turkish Supply Chains: Drivers, Company Performance and Sustainability
Muhammed Kürşad Özlen

The role of built heritage in sustainable rural development – A key factors in spatial planning of rural areas
Preeti Nair, Amit Hajela, Navneet Munoth

2/2022

Capacity building initiatives of Indian Government to combat Covid 19
Krishna Kanabar, Nityesh Bhatt

Challenges and social vulnerabilities for Romanian seasonal workers in Germany during the Covid-19 pandemic
Sebastian Fitzek

Analyzing the role of collaboration and partnerships in implementing sustainable development goals in Bangladesh
Shabab Bin Ahmed, Mohammad Rezaul Karim

The social impact of contraventions and its active subject- the individual – in the Republic of Moldova
Oleg Pantea

Sustaining seasonal migration: struggles of Bakarwals Amid the Covid-19 pandemic
Priya Rajput, Jagdish Jadhav, Javaid Rahi

A logistic regression analysis of determinants of child malnutrition in Uttar Pradesh, India
Reena Kumari, Rekha Gupta

Education in prisons-an essential factor in preventing recidivism. The role of detention officers in the educational process
Alexandru Petre, Mihaela Tomita

Dynamics of citizens’ satisfaction on e-service delivery in local government institutions (Union Parishad) in Bangladesh
Jannatul Ferdous, Md. Foyjul Islam, Rajib Chandra Das

Unequal access to health care facilities and its impact on achieving Sustainable Development Goals: Bangladesh perspective
Masud Ahmed

1/2022

Social policies around the minimum wage in Romania during the Covid- 19 crisis
Georgiana-Virginia Bonea, Vlad I. Rosca

The innovative approach to sufficiency economy in Thailand’s Northeastern region provinces
Phusit Phukamchanoad

Domestic violence before and during the first year of the Covid-19 pandemic: a rapid review of the context in Romania
Georgiana-Virginia Bonea, Bianca Buligescu, Simona Mihaiu

Social entrepreneurship: a conceptual taxonomy
Gabriel-Alexandru Toma

The roles of governments in implementing large-scale social restrictions to accelerate Covid-19 handling
Atik Winanti, SULASTRI, SATINO, Handar Subhandi Bakhtiar

The profile of a rural community: Vitomiresti, Olt county
Corina Dragan, Horia Mihai, Cristina Tomescu

Reforming higher education for economic growth: China’s roadmap
Anh Ngoc Mai

A meritorious research in a pandemic context
Adrian Rachieru

2021

4/2021

Social and political youth associations: their role in the development of the political system of the Russian Federation
Anna L. Skifskaya, Nina A. Tkacheva, Vladimir D. Sbitnev
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Contributing factors to the violent behaviour in various social contexts
Mariana Stanciu, Adina Mihailescu, Livia Stefanescu
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Technological solutions to encourage civic engagement in urban planning: experts’ perspectives
Anika Kapoor, Devendra Pratap Singh
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An introduction to servant leadership and its potential for nonprofit organizations
Lucian Sfetcu
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Risk perception and the practices towards covid-19 among the garment workers in Bangladesh
Shamima Akter, Shafia Shaheen
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Neet youths – training and inclusion on labor market
Sorin Cace, Daniela Cirtina, Rodica David, Corina Cace
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A bibliometric analysis on dependency theory
Saleh Md Arman, Tazin Ahmed
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Social values, economic freedom and economic growth. a comparative analysis
Serban Olah
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3/2021

Community and social control during the Covid-19 pandemic
Mihai Pascaru
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Toward a sustainable US health care system: Policy implications of market justice and social justice
Henry Eliassen
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Covid responses: the case of Bangladesh small and cottage industries corporation (BSCIC)
Mizanur Rahman
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The health of the rural population and Covid-19 challenge
Cristina Tomescu
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The influence of Covid-19 in transforming people’s behaviour: Bangladesh context
Mohammad Rezaul Karim
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The impact of Covid-19 on the relationship between governance and society: Evidence from an online survey
Rodica Ciobanu, Mariana Roşca
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Factors affecting child malnutrition under five years age in Bihar, India
Reena Kumari, Aashita
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2/2021

Rationality and responsibility: Benchmarks to re-evaluate the law in the context of the pandemic crisis
Rodica Ciobanu
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Distributional effects of public healthcare and education expenditure: A case of Thailand
Mohammad Rezaul Karim
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Access to justice - Trust and perceptions of the Roma minority
Gabriela Petre
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Universal health coverage: An analysis of alternative policy for health care spending in Bangladesh
Ali Mohoshin, Shamima Akter
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BOOK REVIEW, Lee, M.T., Kubzansky, L.D.,& Vander Weele, T.J. (Eds.): Measuring well-being: Interdisciplinary perspectives from the social sciences and the humanities, Oxford University Press, 2021, p. 592
Lucian Sfetcu
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1/2021

Men and Covid-19: Explicating the need for masculinity analysis
Anisur Rahman Khan, Kopano Ratele
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The political annexation of the sports hero in contemporary Romania. The case of Simona Halep.
Vasile-Teodor Burnar
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Aspirations, concerns and priorities of families with school-age children
Adina Mihăilescu, Mariana Stanciu, Livia Ştefănescu, Cristina Humă
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The christian response to poverty: implications for the 21st century church
John Sirengo
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Problems and solutions of Romanian migration in UK, Germany and Austria during 2020
Sebastian Fitzek
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Book Review, Kosher, H. et al. Children’s rights and social work, Springer Briefs in Rights-Based Approaches to Social Work, 2016, p. 75
Cristina Tomescu
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2020

4/2020

Romanian agrarian structure after thirty years
Sergiu Țâra

Rural development in Bangladesh: An assessment of training, research and action research of Bangladesh academy for rural development (BARD)
Jannatul Ferdous

Evolution of food consumption patterns at global level over the last five decades
Mariana Stanciu

Regional inequality in India: A state level analysis
Aviral Pandey, Richa Gautam

The impact of occupational segregation on occupational gender pay gap in the European union
Bianca Buligescu, Lex Borghans, Didier Fouarge

Book Review, Bonea, G.V.: Violența bazată pe gen: abordări teoretice esențiale, Editura Sigma Educational, Bucharest, 2020, p. 191
Vlad Rosca

3/2020

A preliminary analysis of the results in the project 'Typologies of underdevelopment and marginalization in rural localities and small towns in Romania'
Mihnea Preotesi, Cristina Tomescu

Police officers, at-risk-youth and community safety project: A case study of the southside of Belize city
Oscar S. Mmbali

Labor force between desideratum and reality
Adina Mihailescu

A model of integrated community development
Ana Maria Nitu, Costin Adrian Cace

Hanging in there: Zimbabwean migrant workers in Johannesburg
Chipo Hungwe

BOOK REVIEW, Cace Sorin, Fitzek Sebastian (Eds.): ICCV 2020 social report. Covid19 in Romania, data, analysis, evolutions and statistics, Bucharest: Romanian Academy, 2020, p. 273
Sebastian Fitzek

2/2020

Effects of leader approach in the reconfiguration of socio-economic structures in the rural area
Gabriel Nicolae Pricina

The politics of education reforms in Kenya: Critical assessment of the education system from 1963-2020
David Kamar Imana

Perspectives of the social economy in Romania
Lucian Sfetcu, Daniel Popa

The opinions of Romanian experts on Brexit: causes and consequences
Mihnea Daniel Nastase

Women’s political empowerment in urban local government: a study on Cumilla city corporation
Jannatul Ferdous, Ali Ajgor, Nur Mohammad

The Romanian population’s access to education during 1990-2010
Maria Livia Stefanescu

1/2020

Social inequity as a product of public policies in the fiscal field in post-communist Romania
Mihnea Preotesi

The new “youth fountain” of Romania: how tennis overtook gymnastics as the premier juvenile sport of the country
Vasile-Teodor Burnar

Unintended consequences of modernization theory on university students and graduates in Zambia
Fumbani Mphande, Isaac Kabelenga

The welfare of Romanian society viewed from the historical and socio-economical perspective
Adina Mihăilescu

Book review Taylor, S.: The psychology of pandemics: preparing for the next global outbreak of infectious disease, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2019, p. 158
Liliana Sabina Alecu

2019

4/2019

JCPP Nr. 4 2019

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Articole

SOCIAL MEDIA AS A COMMUNITY INCUBATOR
Gabriel STOICIU, 3-10, PDF

THE DIFFICULTIES OF ROMANIAN FAMILIES WITHELDERLY PEOPLE IN CARE (A DIAGNOSIS OF THE ROMANIAN ELDERLY WHO ARE AT RISK)
Sebastian FITZEK, 11-27, PDF

WHAT MATTERS FOR THE EFFECTIVENESS OF A TRAINING ORGANIZATION? EVIDENCE FROM BPATC
Zohurul ISLAM, Rakib HOSSAIN, 28-45, PDF

THE APPROACH OF MEDICAL MALPRACTICE PHENOMENON WITHIN THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK OF MEDICAL SOCIOLOGY
Radu-Mihai DUMITRESCU, 46-79 PDF

THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE PSYCHOTHERAPEUTIC PROCESS: AN ANALYSIS OF CLIENTS' AND PSYCHOTHERAPISTS’ PERSPECTIVES
Angelica HÎRJU, 80-95, PDF

THE IMPACT OF THEINFORMATION REVOLUTION ON RAISING THE CHILDREN OF HOUSING INSTITUTIONS IN ROMANIA
Mona BĂDOI-HAMMAMI, Corina COLAREZA, Luciana MIHAI, 96-107, PDF

3/2019

SOCIAL PROTECTION FOR PEOPLE IN DEPENDENCY SITUATIONS IN SPAIN AND ROMANIA: SAME PHENOMENON, DIFFERENT MANAGEMENT
José Ángel Martínez LÓPEZ, Mihaela RADUCEA

THE DEVELOPMENT OF SOCIAL POLICIES IN HEALTH
Cristina TOMESCU

LEADER APPROACH EFFECTS IN THE RECONFIGURATION OF SOCIO-ECONOMIC STRUCTURES OF RURAL ENVIRONMENTSv
Gabriel Nicolae PRICINA

UNINTENDED EFFECTS OF SOCIAL PROTECTION PROGRAMMES IN ZAMBIA. A CASE OF CHILD GRANT CASH TRANSFER PROGRAMME (CGP)
Isaac KABELENGA, Fumbani MPHANDE

RELIGION AND THE QUALITY OF LIFE IN URBAN COMMUNITIES
Mihai PASCARU

CHINA’S HIGHER EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT: POLICY REVIEW AND RECOMMENDATIONS
Ngoc Ahn MAI, Thi Hai Ha DO, Dang Nui NGUYEN, Thi Nhan KHIEU, Dinh Hung NGUYEN, Tri Tuan VU

2/2019

THE MATRIX ORGANIZATION. CASE STUDY IN A ROMANIAN PROJECT-BASED NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION
Lucian SFETCU

WHAT IS PREVENTING SUCCESSFUL IMMIGRANT INTEGRATION IN THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPEAN SOCIETIES?
Nina MIHOLJCIC

PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES-GROUP EXPOSED TO THE RISK OF SOCIAL EXCLUSION: BRIEF ANALYSIS OF THE FACTORS THAT HINDERSTHEIR CONDITION IN THE SOCIETY
Ionela IONESCU

WOMEN CIVIL SERVANTS IN PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION IN BANGLADESH: DISCRIMINATED OR FAVOURED?

Mohammad Rezaul KARIM

PARADOXES OF PARTICIPATION OF THE WOMEN LEADERS IN THE UNION PARISHAD IN BANGLADESH: A PHENOMENOLOGICAL ANALYSIS

Mizanur RAHMAN

WOMEN'S POLITICAL REPRESENTATION IN EUROPEAN COUNTRIES. A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS AND EXAMPLES OF GOOD PRACTICE

Gabriela MOTOI

BOOK REVIEW: Hirose Nishihara, A., Matsunaga, M., Nonaka, I., Yokomichi, K. (Eds.): KNOWLEDGE CREATION IN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT: INSTITUTIONAL CHANGE IN SOUTHEAST ASIA AND JAPAN, Palgrave Macmillan, 2018, p. 236

Vlad I. ROSCA, Cristina Veronica PARTENIE

1/2019

THE TRUTH ABOUT FLAT-RATE INCOME TAX IN ROMANIA
Claudiu DOLTU

BIASES AND INFLUENCING FACTORS IN RISK PERCEPTION
Virginia ANDREI

DIMENSIONS OF MULTIPLE DEPRIVATION IN ROMA POPULATION? A DESCRIPTION OF THE ROMA ACCORDING TO THE HOUSEHOLD BUDGET SURVEY 2016
Bianca BULIGESCU

INTERVENTION IN ROMA COMMUNITIES. PARTICIPATION IN FORMATION ACTIVITIES
Corina CACE

EDUCATIONAL MANAGEMENT IN KINDERGARTEN
Monica-Mihaela BESCU

BOOK REVIEW Terry Kading, editor, NO STRAIGHT LINES: Local Leadership and the Path from Government to Governance in Small Cities, Calgary, University of Calgary Press, 2018, p. 308
Sorin CACE

2018

4/2018

ROMANIA'S PERENNIAL 'OUTSIDERS'. FROM A FOREIGN NON-EUROPEAN MINORITY TO INTRA-EU DISPLACEMENTS. AN EXPLORATION OF ROMA?S PERPETUAL SOCIO-ECONOMIC AND SYMBOLIC EXCLUSION
Ionut-Marian ANGHEL

A THEORETICAL OVERVIEW ON UNDERSTANDING CUSTOMER-BASED BRAND EQUITY
Vlad I. ROSCA, Cristina Veronica PARTENIE

POVERTY EVOLUTION AND SOCIAL SITUATION. 1990-2017
Mariana STANCIU, Adina MIHAILESCU

INTERVENTION IN ROMA COMMUNITIES. ACTION ON LABOUR MARKET
Corina CACE

BOOK REVIEW STANCULESCU, M. (ED.), MARIN, M., BULIGESCU, B., BLAJ (NECULAU), G. (2017). SERVICIILE SOCIALE IN ROMANIA -STARE DE FAPT SI PROVOCARI: SERVICIILE DE LOCUIRE SOCIALA, BUCURESTI: EDITURA PRO UNIVERSITARIA
Florina DIACONESCU

3/2018

SUBJECTIVE PERSPECTIVES ON THE COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES
Andrei PÂRVAN

POVERTY IN ROMANIA DURING 1945-1989
Mariana STANCIU, Adina MIHĂILESCU

THE IMPACT OF PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION INVESTMENTS MADE BY THE MUNICIPALITY OF BUCHAREST UPON QUALITY OF LIFE
Vlad I. ROȘCA

THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES IN UNDERSTANDING THE POPULISM
Marin DRAMNESCU

INTERVENTION IN ROMA COMMUNITIES. VOCATIONAL TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT
Corina CACE

BOOK REVIEW CACE S., SALI N. (COORD.) (2013). THE EVALUATION OF THE RESEARCH CAPACITY OF THE HIGHER EDUCATION SYSTEM IN THE REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA
Cătălin BERESCU

2/2018

THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN MAN AND NATURE AS REFLECTED AIN HUMAN CONSCIENCE
Andrei KOZMA, Tania ANDREI

POVERTY IN ROMANIA DURING 1918-1945
Mariana STANCIU, Adina MIHĂILESCU

CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE SOCIAL ECONOMY IN ROMANIA
Sorin CACE, Adriana NEGUT, Iulian STĂNESCU, Simona Maria STĂNESCU, Andreia ANTON, Ştefan COJOCARU, Gelu DUMINICA, Lucian SFETCU

AIR BALL! TEAM PERFORMANCE UNABLE TO PREDICT SPECTATOR ATTENDANCE IN ROMANIAN BASKETBALL
Vlad I. ROSCA

INTERVENTION IN ROMA COMMUNITIES. CONTEXTUALIZATION AND STRATEGIC APPROACHES
Corina CACE, Andreia ANTON

BOOK REVIEW PREOTESI M. (COORD.) (2015). ACTIVATING COMMUNITY FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF THE EDUCATIONAL PROCESS: STAKEHOLDERS, MECHANISMS, FACTORS, PRO-UNIVERSITARIA PUBLISHING HOUSE. 140 P.
Adrian-Nicolae FURTUNA

1/2018

FOSTERING RURAL TRANSFORMATION IN ROMANIA: ENTREPRENEURSHIP, LAND REFORM AND INSTITUTIONAL CHANGES
Alin CROITORU, Flavius MIHALACHE

ANALYSIS OF THE IMPACT AND EFFECTIVENESS OF SUPPORT MEASURES AND INTERVENTIONS ON PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES
Oana BANU

POPULATION DYNAMICS IN ROMANIA DURING THE LAST CENTURY. 1918-2017
Mariana STANCIU, Adina MIHAILESCU

READ ALL ABOUT IT! HOW MOBILE PHONE WEB ACCESS ELEVATES ONLINE NEWS CONSUMPTION
Vlad I. ROŞCA

BOOK REVIEW: SURDU MIHAI. (2016). THOSE WHO COUNT: EXPERT PRACTICES OF ROMA CLASSIFICATION. BUDAPEST: CENTRAL EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY PRESS, 276 P.
Ionuţ-Marian ANGHEL

2017

4/2017

STRUCTURAL AND ORGANIZATIONAL SIMILARITIES IN THE INSTITUTIONAL TROIKA: THE COMMUNIST PARTY OF ROMANIA, THE COMINTERN AND THE COMMUNIST PARTY (BOLSHEVIK) (2017)
Sebastian FITZEK, Cătălina-Daniela FITZEK