Every language is above all the means and code of communication. However, simultaneously it is a factor of the preservation and development of culture and identity of ethnic communities, particularly important for the protection of ethnic minorities. This fact is reflected also in national legislations and in international and European legal standards. Additionally, a language has important economic functions which influence also the use of diverse languages in a certain environment.
F.02 Acquisition of new scientific knowledge
COBISS.SI-ID: 11476045The attitude towards dual citizenship is changing. Although reluctant, states no longer require that an applicant gives ups his/her previous citizenship before he/she is granted a new citizenship by naturalization. It is believed that immigrants are more likely to acquire a new citizenship if dual citizenship is allowed. Acquiring citizenship of a country of residence is considered the ultimate step of integration of immigrants in receiving societies. The article examines the case of Slovenia.
F.02 Acquisition of new scientific knowledge
COBISS.SI-ID: 11451725Using statistical and other empirical data, the situation of immigrants from the former Yugoslavia and their descendents in the labor market in Slovenia is presented. It focuses on: discrimination on grounds of ethnicity, social and cultural capital. Immigrants and their descendents experience discrimination on the grounds of ethnicity that permeates interpersonal relations in workplace and might result in stereotypes/prejudices, thereby suggesting ethnicity is a factor social stratification.
F.17 Transfer of existing technologies, know-how, methods and procedures into practice
COBISS.SI-ID: 11374413This organized and structured data-basis on immigration populations in Slovenia (particularly on immigrants from other parts of the former Yugoslavia) and on perceptions of the Slovene integration policy, collected by empirical (field) research of the IES in the beginning of the Millennium (mostly in 2003), shall be considered the basic necessary tool for those who want to study these topics. The publication enables the access to the data basis.
F.15 Development of a new information system/databases
COBISS.SI-ID: 11483981As a scientific collaborator in drafting the Bolzano HCNM recommendations on national minorities in inter-state relations the author was invited to present the main contents and goals of this document and its possible role in strengthening peace and stability in SE Europe. In the context of diversity management and implementation of the recommendations the importance of the principle of equality and equal treatment was stressed.
F.25 Development of new organisational structures and managerial solutions
COBISS.SI-ID: 11282765