When Slovenia became a sovereign state in 1991, it had to define who its citizens were. Were all residents of Slovenia, regardless of their ethnic belonging, equal in this respect? The article provides an answer to this question by elucidating parts of the secession legislation – the initial designation of citizenry and one of its indirect outcomes, the erasure from the register of permanent residents. The ethnic/civic dichotomy is applied in order to demonstrate opposing nationalist claims made by the ruling elite.
COBISS.SI-ID: 3140453
The paper presents ethnic sensitive approach in social work within the Slovenian context. The main focus lies on the critical analysis of processes that maintain the status quo in social work with members of ethnic groups. The paper also raises some ethical dilemmas possibly faced with before entering the field work. The author reflects some examples of racist practice, especially when social service users are members of Roma ethnic group.
COBISS.SI-ID: 2950757
Although in 1948 Yugoslavia separated from the Soviet Union and developed a different type of socialism, which did not rest on the assumption that political equality would be sufficient to abolish social problems, the country nevertheless adopted this assumption in the 1970s. It started to carry out an intensive process of disbanding state social services, a strategy which was called the ‘nationalisation’ of the social care system. The processes of deregulation and deprofessionalisation are in the focus of the chapter.
COBISS.SI-ID: 3250789
The articles deals with some fundamental theoretical concepts in the area of ethnicity such like ethnisation and culturalisation. With the use of pathologisation the majority ethnic group defines some characteristics of another person or a group as natural and inborn markers, and uses the medical pathological tools to achieve its goal. The article shows some basic concept of antiracist social work and demands a de-patologisation of Roma ethnic group as a form of social cohesion
COBISS.SI-ID: 3352677
Subsidiarity is not firm and clear principle, but is a strategic form that is performed by different actors in different positions with different interests. Problems with subsidiarity are numerous analysed in the article.
COBISS.SI-ID: 3399269