The purpose of this paper is to identify the level of public trust in disaster response actors, i.e. the government, civilian disaster response institutions, the military, NGOs and the media. The data source is the 2015-2016 Slovenian Public Opinion Survey, which used face-to-face interviews (computer-assisted personal interviewing software), and a standardised instrument (questionnaire). A two-stage probability sampling design with stratification at the first stage was applied. The first stage involved a probability proportional to size selection of 150 small areas (statistical areas), where the size measurement was a the number of adult persons in the Central Population Register. The second stage involved the simple random sampling of 12 persons from each of the 150 primary sampling units. A total of 1,024 adult residents participated in the survey. The findings suggest that trust in the government under normal situations is low; however, it becomes slightly higher during disaster conditions. Civilian disaster response institutions (especially firemen and civil protection), the military and NGOs (humanitarian and other volunteer organisations) are highly trusted before and during disasters. Trust in the authorities and media to inform the public in a timely and comprehensive manner about the disaster is also relatively high. Perhaps in another period of research, disaster-related experiences of the population might be different, which could certainly change the survey results about trust. Nevertheless, the main finding that low pre-disaster trust can be recovered during a disaster by adequate performance of the institution, is not jeopardised.
COBISS.SI-ID: 36207197
This paper explores what the Brussels Dialogue, a cornerstone of the current EU peacebuilding activities in Kosovo, means for the Serbs living in the north of Kosovo. Many argue that the EU-brokered dialogue is a "success story" of EU peacebuilding. Yet such positive assessments usually overlook several consequences for the locals and how they perceive this "success story". By linking the theory on the EU as a normative power with academic literature on the local aspects of peacebuilding, this paper contends that, despite the apparent success, the EU's peacebuilding approach in Kosovo also brings several negative psychosocial implications for Serbs in the north of Kosovo and have further exacerbated intra-ethnic relations. The contours of intra-ethnic conflict in this territory reached a climax in January 2018 when the prominent Kosovo Serb politician Oliver Ivanovic was assassinated. The increase in a general lack of security in the north of Kosovo, which the EU has also added to by ignoring or not properly addressing the challenges, questions the apparent success of the EU's efforts here while also negatively affecting the overall perception of the EU as a normative power.
COBISS.SI-ID: 35769437
New security measures in civil aviation have been introduced as a consequence of security incidents in the past decades and to prevent potential threats in the future. Some of these measures have provoked serious negative public reactions. This paper aims to analyse the current civil aviation security framework and related public dilemmas about individual security measures, such as body scanners, the exchange of passenger data and passenger profiling. Based on the analysis of media records, press releases and debates in the European parliament on civil aviation security, the paper confirms the argument that that civil aviation security is conflicted between the varied technical possibilities to improve security and the unintended negative effects on the public. Implementation of new security measures needs to consider social concerns, such as privacy, human rights and health, if legitimacy of civil aviation business is to be retained.
COBISS.SI-ID: 36635485
Patriotism needs understanding as a positive feeling that in its narrowest sense determines the relationship towards one's country as basic living space of family members and, at the same time, represents the foundation for a variety of actions by individuals. A high level of patriotism amongst members of a state's security system who are consequently providers of national safety is to be expected, and the members of the armed forces have perhaps the highest level of patriotism. Since its beginnings in June 1991, the Slovenian Armed Forces have been going through various reform processes and transformations. These developments have included changes in staffing the armed forces and a simultaneous constant reduction of the defence budget, both of which undoubtedly affect the satisfaction of each service member about their attitude towards the motherland and the system to which the service belongs. This analysis offers the results of a study of the members of the Slovenian Armed Forces that, first, identifies the level of patriotism amongst those members and, second, establishes their attitudes towards patriotism.
COBISS.SI-ID: 36040285
The large monography Carinthian Struggle for an Independent Slovenia is an extensive work based on a ten-year study of the struggles in Carinthia during the defense of independence in 1991. Based on more than a hundred interviews, analyzes of all available primary sources and other available material, all Carinthian activities are presented. in three phases: preparations for the conflict with the Yugoslav People's Army, the war in Carinthia and events related to it during this time, and a return to a time of peace, with an emphasis on the treatment of prisoners of war and the establishment of life in Carinthia after the war. This is the most extensive work, which systematically, with the help of historical methods of work and research, completely unambiguously and above all transparently presents the role of individual units, places and finally Carinthia on the path to independence of the Republic of Slovenia.
COBISS.SI-ID: 296612352