The importance of the social-cultural function for the development of rural communities. Case study Cefa communes – romanian county and Micherechi communes – hungarian county

Abstract

The complex development of rural areas has become an object of national importance given that Romania is currently a member of the European Union with countries like France, Italy, Denmark, Germany, but the development of Romanian economy is far from the economy of these countries, which led to increased theoretical and practical concerns in this area. Many traditional approaches are not appropriate market economy, especially rural areas. This requires a modern approach to it, given that rural areas have a variety of local resources that can be valued higher on sustainability for rural development to take place. On the other hand, the phenomen of identity loss, lack of social research focused on rural and dynamic effort and awareness, which is subject to threats to rural phenomenon of globalization in relation to amplify their action. In this paper we approached the countryside in all its complexity, focusing on social and cultural aspects of rural communities and the role of these functions in the inevitable process of globalization.