Romanian Journal of Society and Politics

Editors’ Note........................................................................................................5 Andra Roescu Preferences, voting rules, behaviour and outcomes. A field experiment on the local elections in Romania..............9 Todor Arpad Romania’s austerity policies in the European context................................................................25 Ionuţ Apahideanu Two patterns of religiosity during the age of globalization in a quantitative approach: Italy versus Romania........43 Irina Ilisei Upward Social Mobility of Individuals from Minority Groups: a Case Study of Roma Women in Higher Education..........75 Richard Ingwe/Ogaboh Agba/Victor Etim Ndum Natural Resource Abundance, Exploitation and Agitation for Resource Control in Nigeria’s Niger Delta: A Marxian Analysis..................................................................................................87 Marius Lazăr/Ecaterina Cepoi Shi’ism and State in Contemporary Iraq: From Discrimination to Political Power.....................................111 Jozef Olmert Jabotinsky-Begin-Lieberman: The Changing Face of the Likud Party...................................................137 Tereza-Brînduşa Palade Book Review: Ronny Miron, Karl Jaspers: From Selfhood to Being, Value Inquiry Book Series, Rodopi, Amsterdam – New York, 2012.....................................................................................................153 Mihai Stelian Rusu Book Review: Archie Brown, The Rise and Fall of Communism, New York: Ecco,2011.....................................157 Melania-Gabriela Ciot Book Review: Vasile Puşcaş, EU Accession Negotiations (A Handbook), Wien: Hulla&Co Human Dynamics KG, 2013.........161 Radu Cucută Book Review: John Baylis, James Wirtz, Colin Gray (eds.), Strategy in the Contemporary World. An Introduction to Strategic Studies (Fourth Edition), Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2013..........................................165