The article discusses the impact of social networks, which are formed in the context of voluntary associations, on democratic values such as tolerance. Although social theory predicts that voluntary associations promote tolerance, the analysis for post-socialist countries shows statistically insignificant or even negative relationship. The author suggests that the reason for very different effects of associational membership on tolerance in consolidated and new democracies should be sought in the structure of social networks.
COBISS.SI-ID: 29061469
The article discusses the formation of large-scale, abstract collective identities such as European identity. On the basis of comparative data from the Citizenship, Involvement, Democracy study it explores the relationship between involvement in local networks and formation of European identity. It concludes that involvement in voluntary associations and neighbourhood networks at the local level supports the development of European identity as long as there is an ongoing political discussion among the members of local networks who are related to one another with strong & trustful social ties.
COBISS.SI-ID: 29337949
The paper consiers the problem of corporate governance of state owned enterprises where the business interest of the firm collide with the pubic interest of the state. After a review of three models of corporate governance of SOEs in OECD countries, the paper offers an analysis of the Slovenian case. In critical analysis the paper shows htat Slovenian Agency for corporate governance of SOEs belongs among the more advanced models that are great on paper but often encounter serious difficulties during implementation.
COBISS.SI-ID: 30181981
The paper looks at the foreign direct investment in Central and East European countries. Analysis focuses on the effect of EU integration on the development of instituional environment and the effect of path dependent factors in each country on the flow of foreign direct investment.
COBISS.SI-ID: 29338205
The book deals with the question Should governments be involved in economic affairs? The authors offer a sociological perspective to emphasize that states can never be divorced from economy. From defining property rights and regulating commodification of labor to setting corporate governance standards and international exchange rules, the state manages the functioning of markets and influences economic outcomes for individuals, firms and nations.
COBISS.SI-ID: 29792605