Political System Of Slovenia

Author : Miro Hacek,Simona Kukovic,Marjan Brezovšek
Publisher : Lexington Books
Page : 243 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2017-11-22
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781498565363

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Slovenian Politics and the State by Miro Hacek,Simona Kukovic,Marjan Brezovšek Pdf

Slovenia is regarded today as a free country and consolidated democracy, with some problems with corruption, independent media, and independent judiciary. Since its independence in 1991, Slovenia has put in place democratic institutions of state organization, undergone major capital rearrangements, and achieved both of the starting objectives of new international involvement by entering the EU and NATO. On January 1st, 2007, Slovenia was the first among former socialist countries to take on the common European currency. Slovenia has been subject to highly varying assessments during the construction of its democratic political system; it has been acknowledged as “a ripe democracy,” complete democracy,” or, alternatively, “apparent” or “virtual democracy.” The move negative assessments of the Slovenian political system are related to the persistence of authoritarian behavior patterns and manipulation of democratic institutions that have found its way into the structures of political parties. This book follows the Slovenian evolution from the second-smallest Yugoslav republic to one of the most successful post-communist countries in Central Europe.

Author : Igor Lukšič
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Political culture
ISBN : IND:30000078195611

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Political system of the republic of Slovenia by Igor Lukšič Pdf

Author : Marjan Brezovšek,Miro Haček,Simona Kukovič,Milan Zver
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Democracy
ISBN : 8177680706

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Political System of Slovenia by Marjan Brezovšek,Miro Haček,Simona Kukovič,Milan Zver Pdf

Author : Danica Fink-Hafner
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2024
Category : Democracy
ISBN : 9783031549496

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Party System Changes and Challenges to Democracy by Danica Fink-Hafner Pdf

This open access book focuses on the nexus between “party system stability” and “democratic consolidation”, using Slovenia as a case study. Its findings are presented from a comparative perspective to illustrate the commonalities and differences found in research on Central European post-socialist countries and former Yugoslav countries. On the one hand, Slovenia’s characteristics (including the characteristics of its transition to democracy) are far more similar to those of Central European post-socialist countries than Western Balkan countries. On the other, Slovenia shares some similarities with other parts of the former Yugoslavia – especially its experiences with the political system of socialist self-management, elements of a market economy under socialism, and war following the end of socialism (albeit the conflict in Slovenia was very short and rather mild in comparison to those in other parts of socialist Yugoslavia). Slovenia’s experiences with rapid but limited democratic backsliding under the Janša government (March 2019–June 2022) were halted by the 2022 national election – in contrast to the more widely known cases of Hungary and Poland, where such backsliding took place incrementally over a longer period of time that included several election cycles. Danica Fink-Hafner is Professor at the University of Ljubljana, Slovenia.

Author : Simona Kukovic,Miro Hacek
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 119 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2023-09-19
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781666931624

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The Peculiar Evolution of Slovenian Local Government by Simona Kukovic,Miro Hacek Pdf

After Slovenia's independence in 1991 from Yugoslavia, the introduction of local government was one of the most challenging tasks in the new country, as it meant a radical change from the socialist municipal system to the classical European type of local government. Simona Kukovič and Miro Haček offer a comprehensive analysis of the functioning of local government from historical, normative, systemic, and dynamic perspectives. The authors analyze the historical-normative foundations of the existence of local government and, building on this, examine the functional dynamics of the central organs of local government. In particular, they analyze the position of local mayors in terms of role and the powers assigned to the mayor by law, leadership characteristics, the evolution of eligibility, and relations with other local actors. This is followed by an analysis of the municipal council, in which Kukovič and Haček outline the function and responsibilities and highlight some features of the inner workings of this collective decision-making body. The authors devote special attention and a wealth of empirical data to local democracy, which is particularly vibrant, somewhat peculiar, and undoubtedly one of the strongest elements of Slovenia's still relatively fragile democracy. The book thus provides a holistic and thorough overview of local government, which in three decades has become an important part of the political system and, in practice, an important vehicle of local development within Slovenia.

Author : Danica Fink Hafner,John R. Robbins
Publisher : Dartmouth Publishing Company
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015040668975

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Making a New Nation by Danica Fink Hafner,John R. Robbins Pdf

A description and analysis of the transition process in Slovenia.

Author : Danica Fink Hafner,Sabrina P. Ramet
Publisher : Texas A&M University Press
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781603445849

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Democratic Transition in Slovenia by Danica Fink Hafner,Sabrina P. Ramet Pdf

The first of the Yugoslav successor states to successfully build a democratic system and to enter the European Union, Slovenia stands as a model for democratic transition. This ground-breaking volume analyzes the challenges confronting the post-Communist government and evaluates the strategies adopted in refashioning its value system. Sabrina P. Ramet and Danica Fink-Hafner have assembled a team of outstanding specialists to analyze various aspects of the country's transformation from socialism to democracy. The editors note that while a great deal has been written on political and economic questions, relatively little attention has been paid to the transformation and transmission of values and norms in Eastern Europe over the past fifteen years. Slovenia's experience, reflected in these pages, demonstrates how a small country has created the preconditions necessary to the construction of a civic, democratic culture. Six values are emphasized as central to this project: tolerance, equality, church-state separation, respect for democratic procedure and the rule of law, human rights, and civic-mindedness. The volume editors join the other contributors in discussing the way in which Slovenia has set out to build democracy, the ways in which values are transmitted, the role of the media in a free society, the structure of educational systems, and other questions which are of concern not just to Slovenes, but to everyone who aspires to live in an open, democratic society.

Author : Niko Toš,Karl H. Müller
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 464 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Democracy
ISBN : STANFORD:36105128958779

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Political Faces of Slovenia by Niko Toš,Karl H. Müller Pdf

Author : Tomasz Bichta
Publisher : Peter Lang Gmbh, Internationaler Verlag Der Wissenschaften
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 3631739931

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Political Systems of the Former Yugoslavia by Tomasz Bichta Pdf

The Balkans - Political systems - Yugoslavia's breakup - Transformation of the political system - Bosnia and Herzegovina - Croatia - Kosovo - Macedonia - Montenegro - Serbia - Slovenia

Author : Marko Kukec
Publisher : Springer-Verlag
Page : 198 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2019-12-11
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783658281038

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Individual Representation and Local Party Government by Marko Kukec Pdf

Marko Kukec studies the effect of intra-party coordination on individual behavior of local councilors, which is usually considered to be restrictive of individual behavior of representatives. Drawing on the potential of individual activities to serve as vote-seeking devices, this book offers a contrasting perspective implying that party leaders have good reasons to rather stimulate such activities. Based on surveys of Croatian and Slovenian local councilors it finds that the effect varies across different activities and institutional contexts. This study contributes to deeper understanding of the partisan aspect of local representative democracy.

Author : Cirila Toplak,Miro Haček
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Slovenia
ISBN : 8393027799

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Slovenia by Cirila Toplak,Miro Haček Pdf

Author : James Gow,Cathie Carmichael
Publisher : C. HURST & CO. PUBLISHERS
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Slovenes
ISBN : 185065428X

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Slovenia and the Slovenes by James Gow,Cathie Carmichael Pdf

One of Europe's smallest countries, with a population of less than 2 million, Slovenia has an ancient and distinct national culture. It emerged in 1991 after fighting a brief war of independence to leave behind the remnants of Tito's Yugoslavia. Traces of the Slovene language are found in documents of the ninth century, a system of peasant democracy is recorded in medieval times, and a Slovene Bible appeared as early as 1557.

Author : Bogomil Ferfila,Stefan Dehnert
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 747 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Germany
ISBN : 9612354383

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Germany and Slovenia by Bogomil Ferfila,Stefan Dehnert Pdf

Author : Michael Kaeding,Boštjan Udovič
Publisher : Springer
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2024-08-13
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 3031616049

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Slovenia and the EU by Michael Kaeding,Boštjan Udovič Pdf

This book addresses a range of aspects essential to a better understanding of Slovenia's 20 years in the EU and its exposure to the European integration process, including changes to its policies on e.g. competitiveness, industry, innovation, foreign policy and diplomacy, security and defense, but also its relations to neighboring countries, its experience with European elections, and different forms of Euroscepticism and citizens' trust in EU institutions. Subsequent chapters explore how Slovenia has been coping with the Maastricht criteria and EU law more generally in its polities and politics, benefitting from EU funds, and defending its language as an official language of the EU. In concise contributions, the authors – with diverse scholarly backgrounds and hailing from Slovenia and abroad – assess these aspects and share their perspectives on Slovenia's experiences after 20 years of full EU membership.

Author : Anneli Albi,Samo Bardutzky
Publisher : Springer
Page : 1522 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2019-05-29
Category : Law
ISBN : 9789462652736

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National Constitutions in European and Global Governance: Democracy, Rights, the Rule of Law by Anneli Albi,Samo Bardutzky Pdf

This two-volume book, published open access, brings together leading scholars of constitutional law from twenty-nine European countries to revisit the role of national constitutions at a time when decision-making has increasingly shifted to the European and transnational level. It offers important insights into three areas. First, it explores how constitutions reflect the transfer of powers from domestic to European and global institutions. Secondly, it revisits substantive constitutional values, such as the protection of constitutional rights, the rule of law, democratic participation and constitutional review, along with constitutional court judgments that tackle the protection of these rights and values in the transnational context, e.g. with regard to the Data Retention Directive, the European Arrest Warrant, the ESM Treaty, and EU and IMF austerity measures. The responsiveness of the ECJ regarding the above rights and values, along with the standard of protection, is also assessed. Thirdly, challenges in the context of global governance in relation to judicial review, democratic control and accountability are examined. On a broader level, the contributors were also invited to reflect on what has increasingly been described as the erosion or ‘twilight’ of constitutionalism, or a shift to a thin version of the rule of law, democracy and judicial review in the context of Europeanisation and globalisation processes. The national reports are complemented by a separately published comparative study, which identifies a number of broader trends and challenges that are shared across several Member States and warrant wider discussion. The research for this publication and the comparative study were carried out within the framework of the ERC-funded project ‘The Role and Future of National Constitutions in European and Global Governance’. The book is aimed at scholars, researchers, judges and legal advisors working on the interface between national constitutional law and EU and transnational law. The extradition cases are also of interest to scholars and practitioners in the field of criminal law. Anneli Albi is Professor of European Law at the University of Kent, United Kingdom. Samo Bardutzky is Assistant Professor of Constitutional Law at the University of Ljubljana, Slovenia.