Democracy in Slovenia is criticised for being unresponsive. A large majority of the electorate has consistently supported core features of the welfare state and democracy but fear retrenchments. In search of greater responsiveness in delivering a consensus on social values, the political system has changed from neo-corporatism through majoritarian pluralism to personalist politics. This article compares and contrasts the comparative strengths and weaknesses of the three models. Having gone through three distinct phases of political development in little more than 25 years, Slovenia is an illustrative and prototypical case that offers insights into the pan-European development of personalist politics.
COBISS.SI-ID: 35064669
Modern democracy needs citizens, but citizenship has become a complex concept owing to the changes that digital media and social platforms have brought to political participation and civic engagement, which political institutions can no longer ignore. This article questions the way political parties conceive of digital citizenship and how they incorporate new media into their own communication practices. While changes in civic engagement and political participation are most prevalent among young people, the primary focus of this article is the problem of how political parties represent young people as emerging citizens and their potential future voters. Our study uses recent research on young citizens and the responses of political parties to young citizens to provide answers. We also perform a qualitative analysis of their representatives within a sample of Slovenian political parties. The aim of the article is to present a general map of youth as an emerging citizenry within the digital culture in order to identify the problems political parties are facing in their inability to identify with young people as digital citizens.
COBISS.SI-ID: 35065437
The article addresses the issue of unaccompanied migrant children seeking international protec- tion in Slovenia and their perceptions of four di erent life transitions they experience through their journey: a transition across geographical spaces, institutional transition, transition over time and psychological transition.
COBISS.SI-ID: 41204781