The authors conducted a comprehensive study of democratic development in 2010 in Slovenia and ascertained that Slovenia witnessed very poor economic indicators and the government faced criticism for its inability to address the local effects of the global economic crisis. The center-left government has presented itself as more open toward civil society organizations and inclined to a consensual style of politics. Nevertheless, trade unions especially were unsatisfied with the social partnership.
F.30 Professional assessment of the situation
COBISS.SI-ID: 29827165European Journal of Political Research specialises in articles articulating theoretical and comparative perspectives in political science, and is one of leading journals in the field. It nurtures both quantitative and qualitative approaches. The Journal includes the Political Data Yearbook, published as a double issue at the end of each volume.
C.06 Editorial board membership
COBISS.SI-ID: 25431040In the frameworks of the visiting professorship at the University of Zagreb, Faculty of Political Sciences, in the academic year 2010/11 a serious of lectures which (in)directly relate to the research project issues and topics through the application of the theoretically and methodologically relevant knowledge about the roles of public policies and contents in and for the democratic political systems, electoral processes and individual groups involved in them.
B.05 Guest lecturer at an institute/university
COBISS.SI-ID: 30269789Members of the Slovenian research team and external collaborators - internationally recognised researchers – both presented their work at the conference. Videoconferencing technology enabled the University of Exeter to participate in the conference as well, particularly their leading scholar in the field – Professor Claudio Radaelli.
B.01 Organiser of a scientific meeting
COBISS.SI-ID: 29730397The volume is a product of intense research of the CPR team and is not about the Open Method of Coordination (OMC) per se. Rather, it examines OMC practices as they are perceived and implemented in a particular EU member state: Slovenia. Thus, OMC processes are studied in a real-life environment and the particular OMC and OMC-type processes are placed in the context of their historical policy setting and in the context of the extent of Slovenia`s involvement both in EU`s hard and soft policy-making.
C.02 Editorial board of a national monograph
COBISS.SI-ID: 254037504