A short list of recent books published by IDEE members. Along the Insight products and various articles they reflect the expertise and committment to critical public affairs issues.

MAKING CIVIL SOCIETY WORK: This 6-month project consisted in an ample research designed to substantiate an up-to-date evaluation of the condition of civil society in Romania. It involved an analysis of most of the documents written about the Romanian civil society, including the Charity Know-How Fund and Mott Report, the IDEA Report on Civil Society, the White Paper of the Romanian Non Governmental Organizations Forums, the CSDF annual reports, the strategic assessments of the UNDP, EU, World Bank, Stability Pact, Romanian Government and Romanian Presidency Office for Relations with the Civil Society, fieldwork in 4 Romanian regions, in depth interviews with NGO prominent leaders, public officials and media actors involved in civil society. The research team was led by Andrei Stoiciu. The project was part of a larger regional project, carried out in partnership with the Carpathian Foundation and the Group for the Implementation of NGOs Forum Resolution. It was funded by USAID in cooperation with America’s Development Foundation. If you want the report, clik here to download (zipped rtf file, 672 kb)

ENIGMES DE LA SEDUCTION POLITIQUE: Andrei Stoiciu, 356 pages, Humanitas, Canada, 2000. This essay (in French) provides valuable insight on the resources, messages and networking of Romanian public opinion leaders. More than 400 public opinion leaders, media actors, influential businessmen and key insiders, their networks, their resources, their public image are presented in a thorough analysis. Critical political and economic issues are used as indicators to reveal the public opinion leaders standing and attitudes.



COMUNICAREA POLITICA: CUM SE VAND IDEI SI OAMENI: Andrei Stoiciu, 260 pages, Humanitas, 2000. This first original "handbook" of communication campaigns, devised for the Romanian market, provides data basis, step by step advice, logistical and human resources requirements for a successful campaign. All examples are based on Romanian case studies. More than 40 examples of recent actors and events are discussed along budgets, a map of resources and actors, costs and characters essential for the succes of a public communication campaign.

COMUNICAREA CUM SA CONVINGI UN MILION DE OAMENI