Democratic transition in Slovenia : value transformation, education, and media / edited by Sabrina P. Ramet and Danica Fink-Hafner.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Ramet, Sabrina P., 1949-

Fink Hafner, Danica, 1959-

Series:

Eugenia and Hugh M. Stewart '26 series on Eastern Europe

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Democracy.

Slovenia--Politics and government--1990-.

Slovenia.

Politics and government.

Democracy--Slovenia.

Physical Description:

xvi, 295 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

College Station : Texas A&M University Press, [2006]

Contents:

Chronology of the Slovenian Lands xi

1 Values, Norms, and Education / Sabrina P. Ramet, Danica Fink-Hafner 3

2 Slovenia since 1988: Building Democracy and Liberalism / Danica Fink-Hafner, Sabrina P. Ramet 30

Part 2 Comparative Dimensions

3 Slovenian Values in a European Context / Ola Listhaug, Kristen Ringdal 55

4 Changing Concepts of Rights in Post-Communist Societies / Anna Jonsson 72

5 Sweden and Slovenia: Civic Values and the EU on the Periphery / Zachary T. Irwin 97

Part 3 Public Attitudes and the Media

6 Values of the Slovenian Population: Local and Collective or Global and Individual? / Mitja Hafner-Fink 127

7 The Transformation of Values in the Cultural Sector / Ales Gabric 148

8 Media Liberalism / Sandra B. Hrvatin 168

Part 4 Education and Gender

9 Slovenian School Reform and Its Values: Between Goals and Reality / Leopoldina Plut-Pregelj 189

10 Gender Equality in Slovenia: Continuity and Changes in the 1990s / Milica G. Antic 215

11 Homosexuality as a Litmus Test of Democracy and Postmodern Value Orientations / Roman Kuhar 233

Conclusion: Slovenia between Liberalism and Clericalism / Matjaz Klemencic 259.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1585445258

OCLC:

64390392

Publisher Number:

9781585445257