Aurelian Muntean's web page

Here is some information about me (html), like teaching and research experience, education, publications - in two words, my CV (pdf).

Announcements (for the students in the classes that I teach at the National School of Political and Administrative Studies SNSPA - Political Science and Sociology Department):

Course syllabus (in Romanian) - click on the academic years below. For previous classes the syllabus of each year is available below. For current classes only the newest syllabus is available.

Comparative Politics (Politica Comparata) (undergraduate seminar taught since 2001 to present) with e-learning support . Current syllabus: 2011-2012.

Statistics for Social Sciences (Statistica sociala) (undergraduate lecture course taught since 2006 to present) with e-learning support. Current syllabus: 2011-2012.

Sociology of Interest Groups (Sociologia Grupurilor de Interese) (graduate lecture course since 2006 to present) with e-learning support. Current syllabus: 2011- 2012.

Comparative constitutional law (Drept Constitutional Comparat) (undergraduate and graduate), e-learning class: 2012

Applied Comparative Politics (Analiza politica comparata) (undergraduate lecture course) 2009; e-learning class: 2012

Social conflict and change in post-communist Romania (Schimbare si Conflict Social in Romania Post-Comunista) (undergraduate seminar): 2010-2011.

Advanced Statistics for Social Sciences (Statistica sociala avansata) (undergraduate lecture course) 2007-2008.

Qualitative Methods in Social Sciences (Metode Calitatice in Stiintele Sociale) (undergraduate lecture course) 2006-2007.

Analysis of Political Parties (Analiza Partidelor Politice) (undergraduate lecture course taught between 2002 and 2006) 2002-2003; 2003-2004; 2004-2005; 2005-2006.

Basic Concepts in Political Science (Concepte Fundamentale in Siinta Politica) (undergraduate seminar) 2002-2003.

Paradigms of Political Science (Paradigmele Stiintei Politice) (undergraduate seminar) 2001-2002; 2002-2003 .

Invisible College ( English based teaching excellence program of the Romanian Society of Political Science) (syllabi in English ) :

Applied Political Analysis (lecture course) 2002-2003 Quantitative and Qualitative Methods in Social Sciences (lecture course) 2003-2004.

Here are some useful resources

Academic Writing

Central European University Center for Academic Writing *** Chicago Manual of Style / Turabian - Colorado State U *** Chicago Manual of Style - Excerpts at University of Georgia Library *** Writing Guides from Colorado State University *** Research and Documentation *** Writer's Handbook U of Wisconsin Madison

Conference papers, working papers and other publications

APSA annual conference papers *** Midwest Political Science Association *** European Research Papers Archive *** EUI, Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies *** UC Berkeley working papers *** JFK School of Government Harvard University *** Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies Koeln *** DORAS - Dublin City University *** SSRN - Social Science Research Network

Industrial relations and trade unions (Databases, Research Centers, Journals, Confederations)

ILO *** Statistics Division of ILO *** European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions *** European Industrial Relations Observatory *** ETUI *** SEEurope *** European industrial relations dictionary *** Social Law Net *** BUSINESSEUROPE *** Amsterdam Institute for Advanced Labour Studies *** FAFO Institute for Labour and Social Research *** Centre pour la recherche economique et ses applications *** Industrial Relations-A journal of economy and society (free issues) *** Industrial Relations Journal (free issues)*** Labour (free issues) *** European Journal of Industrial Relations (free issues) *** European confederation of executives and managerial staff - CEC *** European trade union confederation - ETUC *** CMT-WCL (Confederation mondiale du travail) - dissolved on Oct. 31, 2006 *** International confederation of free trade unions - ICFTU / CISL - dissolved on Oct. 31, 2006 *** ITUC - CSI (International Trade Union Confederation) - established by fusion of WCL and ICFTU at Nov. 1-3, 2006 *** Other European and international trade unions organizations

Industrial relations in Romania

Economic and Social Council (in English) *** CNSLR-Fratia *** Cartel-Alfa *** BNS *** Meridian *** Confederatia Nationala a Patronatului Roman CNPR *** Uniunea Generala a Industriasilor din Romania UGIR *** Uniunea Generala a Industriasilor din Romania 1903 - UGIR1903 *** Patronatul National Roman PNR *** Romanian Government Department for Social Dialogue

Religion and politics / Church-state relations

JSRI - Journal for the study of religion and ideologies *** European Consortium for Church and State Research *** Osservatorio delle liberta ed istituzioni religiose *** EUREL *** Center for Law and Religion Cardiff *** US Department of State International Religious Freedom Reports *** Office of Faith Based and Neighborhood Partnerships *** Institute on religion and public policy *** Institute for Global Engagement *** Baylor University - J.M.Dawson Institute for Church-State Studies

Denominations in Romania

State Secretariat for Religious Cults *** Romanian Orthodox Church *** Romanian Church United with Rome (Greek Catholic) *** Catholica.ro *** Catholic Archdioceses of Bucharest and Iasi *** Reformed Unitarian Church (link in Hungarian) *** Reformed Church from Romania (Calvinist - link in Hungarian) *** Reformed Evangelic Lutheran Church (in Hungarian) *** Reformed Evangelic Lutheran Augustinian Confession from Romania (in German)*** Pentecostal Churches from Romania *** Union of Baptist Churches from Romania *** Adventist Church from Romania

Religion/Church - based NGOs

Caritas *** Diaconia *** Vasiliada Association *** St. Dimitrie Foundation *** Stavropoleos - Concordia project *** Betania Association *** Humanitas Pro Deo Foundation *** Bethany Romania Foundation *** Pro Vita Association

Resources for research methods

Quantitative: Statistical Computing *** Raynald Levesque’s webpage *** SPSSX-L discussions group *** Statalist *** SPSS *** Stata *** R environment

Qualitative: COMPASS smallNresources *** Qualitative Comparative Analysis *** The Focus Group Center *** Richard Krueger's homepage *** Consortium on Qualitative Research Methods