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Basic information on foreign and domestic policy, national security, political system, parties and elections, government and administrative structure. Participation in international organizations, treaties and regional unions.International and foreign policy and more. ... Read more

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Slovenia's Transition: From Medieval Roots to the European Union details and analyzes the history of the process of Slovenia's transformation from a socialist, self managed, political-economic system to that of a capitalist, democratically regulated, market system. The book reveals the economic development of Slovenia as it transformed. Bogomil Ferfila explores the transformation of institutions through the development of corporatism. It also delves into the political and economic integration of Slovenia with the European Union. The book evaluates the 'gradualist' policy measures taken to transform the economy and the supporting economic transition of the post communist states. This successful transition led to its accession to the E.U. among the first tier of applicant countries. Followed by Slovenia becoming the first of the new members to assume the Presidency of the E.U. Through its careful historical analysis, this book illustrates the incredible changes that have taken place in Slovenia through politics, finances, and international relations. ... Read more

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The first of the Yugoslav successor states to succeed in building a democratic system and to enter the European Union, Slovenia stands as a model for democratic transition. Here, Ramet and 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 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 manner 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 that concern anyone who aspires to live in an open, democratic society. ... Read more

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In this case study of the politics of transition in Eastern Europe, Rudolf Martin Rizman provides a careful, detailed sociological explanation and narrative on the emergence of independent statehood and democracy in Slovenia. In his focus on the transition from an authoritarian to a democratic regime, Rizman analyzes social processes and political issues in the context of the Third Wave of democratization, identifying "zones of certainty and uncertainty."

Challenging many generally accepted ideas about small states and their transitions to democracy, this book places Slovenia’s pattern of democratization in the wider regional context of eastern and central European post-communist transitions.

Opening with a discussion of the relevant theoretical environment in sociology and political science, Rizman illuminates the complex processes of democratic transition and consolidation. From there, he analyzes the internal and external processes and factors relevant for Slovenia’s successful trajectory from existence as an ethnically defined sub-nation to an internationally recognized nation-state.

After careful consideration of religious, political, military, intellectual, and other socio-political stakeholders in the region, Rizman concludes that Slovenia is irreversibly set on the course of democratization. ... Read more

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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Government Ministers of Slovenia, Members of the National Assembly of Slovenia, Presidents of Slovenia, Janez Drnovšek, Milan Kučan, Milan Zver, Danilo Türk, Anton Rop, Iztok Jarc, President of Slovenia, Gregor Virant, Dragutin Mate, Katarina Kresal. Excerpt: Janez Drnovek (pronounced , (May 17, 1950 February 23, 2008) was a Slovenian liberal politician, President of Yugoslavia (19891990), Prime Minister of Slovenia (19922002) and President of Slovenia (20022007). He was born in Celje, Slovenia, then the Socialist Republic of Slovenia. He died on February 23, 2008 in Zaplana. Young Janez was raised in the small town of Kisovec in the municipality of Zagorje ob Savi, where his father Viktor was the local mine chief and his mother Silva was a homemaker. Drnovek graduated at the University of Ljubljana with a degree in economics in 1973. Meanwhile, he worked as an intern at a Le Havre bank. In 1975, at the age of 25, he became chief financial officer at SGP Beton Zagorje, a construction company. Two years later he became, for one year, an economic adviser at the Yugoslav embassy in Cairo, Egypt. He defended his master's thesis in 1981, and in 1986, he defended his Ph.D. dissertation in 1986 at the Faculty of Economics and Business at the University of Maribor. In 1982, he became head of the local branch of Ljubljana Bank in his home region Zasavje (in central Slovenia). In 1986 he was chosen to be a delegate at the Slovenian Republic Assembly (parliament) and also the Chamber of Republics and Provinces of the Yugoslav parliament. In 1989 Stane Dolanc, the Slovenian representative to the collective presidency of Yugoslavia, retired. The Slovenian Communist Party, aware of upcoming democratisation, decided to organize elections between two candid... More: http://booksllc.net/?id=162779 ... Read more

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Chapters: Foreign Relations of Slovenia, Court of Audit of the Republic of Slovenia, Commission on Concealed Mass Graves in Slovenia, the National Education Institute of the Republic of Slovenia, Prime Minister of Slovenia, Constitution of Slovenia, National Assembly Building of the Republic of Slovenia, National Council, Slovenian Parliament, Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia, Slovenian Intelligence and Security Agency. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 52. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: This article is part of the series:Politics and government ofSlovenia Since Slovenia declared independence in 1991, its Governments have underscored their commitment in improving cooperation with neighbouring countries and to actively contribute to international efforts aimed at bringing stability to Southeast Europe. Resource limitations have nevertheless been a problem hindering the efficiency of the Slovenian diplomacy. In the 1990s, foreign relations, especially with Italy, Austria and Croatia, triggered internal political controversies. In the last eight years, however, a wide consensus has been reached among the vast majority of Slovenian political parties to jointly work in the improvement of the country's diplomatic infrastructure and to avoid politicizing the foreign relations by turning them into an issue of internal political debates. Permanent Representation of the Republic of Slovenia to the EU in Brussels. Slovenian embassy in the Hague. Slovenia has a record of supporting the U.S. position on Kosovo, both in regular public statements by top officials and on the Security Council. Prior and during the Kosovo War of 1999, Slovenian top government officials called repeatedly for Slobodan Miloevi's compliance with NATO demands. Slovenia granted NATO use of its airspace and o...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=27347 ... Read more

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Chapters: Government Ministers of Slovenia, Government Ministries of Slovenia, Milan Zver, Iztok Jarc, Gregor Virant, Dragutin Mate, Ministry of Defence, Slovenian Ministry of Internal Affairs. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 26. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Milan Zver (born 25 May 1962) is a Slovenian politician, sociologist and political scientist. He currently serves as vice-president of the Slovenian Democratic Party. Between 2004 and 2008, he was Minister for Education and Sports in Janez Jana's centre right government. In the European elections of 2009, he received the highest number of preferential votes in Slovenia, and was subsequently elected to the European Parliament. Zver was born in Ljubljana, former Yugoslavia, but spent most of his childhood in the village of Destrnik in the eastern Slovenian region of Styria. After finishing high school in Ptuj, he enrolled to the University of Ljubljana, where he studied sociology and political science at the Faculty of Social Sciences. He graduated in 1987 and continued his studies at the University of Graz under the supervision of the scholar Horst Haselsteiner. He obtained his MA in 1990, but in 1992 he left the research work at the university and decided to undertake public service in Slovenia instead. A member of Slovenian Social Democratic Party since 1990, Zver served as advisor to the Deputy Prime Minister Joe Punik and later to the Minister of Defence Janez Jana. After the Social Democratic Party left Janez Drnovek's coalition government in 1994, Zver served as a secretary of the Municipal Council of Ljubljana until 1999, and later as an advisor to the parliamentary group of the Slovenian Social Democratic Party (now known as the Slovenian Democratic Party) in the National Assembly of Slovenia. From 2002 to 2004, h...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=18776653 ... Read more

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Chapters: Elections in Slovenia, Government of Slovenia, Slovenian Politicians, Edvard Kardelj, Foreign Relations of Slovenia, Slovenian Presidential Election, 2007, Ivan Cankar, Božidar Jakac, Lojze Peterle, Janko Prunk, Boris Furlan, Josip Vilfan, European Parliament Election, 2009, Andrej Bajuk, Slovenian Parliamentary Election, 2004, Court of Audit of the Republic of Slovenia, Milan Kučan, Bogumil Vošnjak, Karel Lavrič, Albin Prepeluh, Ivan Hribar, Mitja Ribičič, Ivan Tavčar, Marjan Šetinc, Karel Dežman, Slovenian Parliamentary Election, 2008, Ljubo Sirc, Josip Ferfolja, Anton Novačan, Janez Potočnik, Karl Erjavec, Stane Dolanc, Gregor Žerjav, Anton Vratuša, Josip Vošnjak, Sergej Kraigher, Andrej Einspieler, Commission on Concealed Mass Graves in Slovenia, European Parliament Election, 2004, Gregor Golobič, József Klekl, Matija Majar, the National Education Institute of the Republic of Slovenia, Milan Pogačnik, Luka Svetec, Ljubo Germič, József Szakovics, Ferdo Kozak, Prime Minister of Slovenia, Katja Boh, Boris Kidrič, Samuel Žbogar, Anton Füster, Constitution of Slovenia, Ciril Ribičič, Lovro Toman, Zmago Jelinčič Plemeniti, Zoran Janković, Janko Kersnik, Dragotin Lončar, National Assembly Building of the Republic of Slovenia, Janez Podobnik, Janez Bleiweis, Etbin Henrik Costa, József Borovnyák, Janko Pleterski, Janez Lenarčič, Jure Zupan, Franc Kangler, Ivo Vajgl, Aurelio Juri, Vilmos Tkálecz, Miro Steržaj, Tomaž Marušič, List of Slovenian Politicians, National Council, Etbin Kristan, Franci Kek, László Göncz, Mária Pozsonec, Slovenian Regionalisation Referendum, 2008, Gabriel Eder, Gaspar Hoffstetter, Josip Kokail, Janez Maria Pisckhon, Janez Weilhammer, Andrej Sallitinger, Jurij Ambrož Kappus, Matija Christian, Janez Jernej Bosio, Josip Tschauller, Matevž Fran Beer, Volk Posch, Janez Graffenhueber, Janez Krstnik Dolnitscher, Janez Nepomuk Mikolitsch, Viljem Praunsperger, Andrej Kroen, Statistical Office of the Repu...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=7901102 ... Read more

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Title: E-governance in Slovenia--Part III: the Slovenian government has made progress in opening up e-portals to its citizens and businesses, but how much has it made, and can it continue?
Author: Uros Pinteric
Publication: The Public Manager (Magazine/Journal)
Date: June 22, 2006
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Volume: 35Issue: 2Page: 34(4)

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Smiling Slovenia's collection of articles and essays on Slovenia's current political scene boldly declares its dissenting view from the political mainstream beginning with a declaration of a dozen prominent intellectuals presenting their views of Slovenia's political situation. Topics range from recent Slovenian history, Slovenia's role in the breakup of Yugoslavia, foreign policies, including liaisons with the Islamic terrorists to modern-day Slovenian-American relations and Slovenia's admission into the European Union. This book shows that Slovenia, although outwardly westernized, is still deeply rooted in its communistic legacy. However, prominent intellectuals and democratic politicians strive to hold Slovenia to the highest European cultural, ethical, political, legal, and economical standards in public life-a goal that may take several generations to achieve. Some authors observe that transparency achieved by the present conservative coalition government has already established a state of affairs where return to the old ways of a crypto government would be impossible even if the leftist parties returned to power. ... Read more

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Privatization investment funds are the key feature of mass privatization programs in transitional economies.This book offers a thorough survey of mass privatization programs in the Czech Republic, Poland and Slovenia, supported with extensive empirical analysis.

The study of 'top-down' privatization funds in Poland and 'bottom-up' funds in the Czech Republic and Slovenia offers different solutions to the problem of how toimprove the governance of privatization funds.

The authors argue that the institutional structure of closed-end investment companies and open-end mutual funds has not provided the right incentives to maximize the value for the shareholders.In addition too many regulations are in place in underdeveloped markets to protect new shareholders unaccustomed to exercising their ownership rights.Instead, the authors argue that they need to promote adjustment in fund portfolios and ownership structures in order to spur the development of capital markets and effective mechanisms of corporate governance. ... Read more

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Chapters: Defence Ministers of Slovenia, Environment Ministers of Slovenia, Prime Ministers of Slovenia, Janez Drnovšek, Janez Janša, Borut Pahor, Lojze Peterle, Andrej Bajuk, Milan Zver, Pavel Gantar, Karl Erjavec, Anton Rop, Anton Vratuša, Iztok Jarc, Jelko Kacin, Prime Minister of Slovenia, Gregor Virant, Janez Podobnik, Dragutin Mate, Ljubica Jelušič. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 83. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Janez Drnovek (pronounced , (May 17, 1950 February 23, 2008) was a Slovenian liberal politician, President of Yugoslavia (19891990), Prime Minister of Slovenia (19922002) and President of Slovenia (20022007). He was born in Celje, Slovenia, then the Socialist Republic of Slovenia. He died on February 23, 2008 in Zaplana. Young Janez was raised in the small town of Kisovec in the municipality of Zagorje ob Savi, where his father Viktor was the local mine chief and his mother Silva was a homemaker. Drnovek graduated at the University of Ljubljana with a degree in economics in 1973. Meanwhile, he worked as an intern at a Le Havre bank. In 1975, at the age of 25, he became chief financial officer at SGP Beton Zagorje, a construction company. Two years later he became, for one year, an economic adviser at the Yugoslav embassy in Cairo, Egypt. He defended his master's thesis in 1981, and in 1986, he defended his Ph.D. dissertation in 1986 at the Faculty of Economics and Business at the University of Maribor. In 1982, he became head of the local branch of Ljubljana Bank in his home region Zasavje (in central Slovenia). In 1986 he was chosen to be a delegate at the Slovenian Republic Assembly (parliament) and also the Chamber of Republics and Provinces of the Yugoslav parliament. In 1989 Stane Dolanc, the Slovenian representative to the collective presidency of Yugoslav...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=162779 ... Read more