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Title Democratic transition in Slovenia : value transformation, education, and media / edited by Sabrina P. Ramet and Danica Fink-Hafner
Edition 1st ed
Published College Station : Texas A & M University Press, ©2006

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Description 1 online resource (xvi, 296 pages) : illustrations
Series Eugenia and Hugh M. Stewart '26 series on Eastern Europe
Eugenia and Hugh M. Stewart '26 series on Eastern Europe
Contents pt. 1. Introduction -- pt. 2. Comparative dimensions -- pt. 3. Public attitudes and the media -- pt. 4. Education and gender
Summary 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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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SUBJECT Slowenien gnd
Subject Democracy -- Slovenia
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Process -- General.
Democracy
Politics and government
Demokratisierung
Wertwandel
Waarden.
Sociale normen.
Democratisering.
Massamedia.
Démocratisation.
Systèmes de valeurs.
Postcommunisme.
Systèmes d'enseignement.
Médias.
Société.
Demokratisierung.
SUBJECT Slovenia -- Politics and government -- 1990- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh91000570
Subject Slovenia
Slovenië.
Slovénie.
Slowenien.
Form Electronic book
Author Ramet, Sabrina P., 1949-
Fink Hafner, Danica, 1959-
ISBN 9781603445849
1603445846
1299052479
9781299052475