The article present analysis of trends in the field of family life in Slovenia in the last 60 years and offers a systematic insight into various social and political factors that influence family life. Characteristics of family life and trends in this fields are studied in a comparative perspective (comparison with Western countries). The study has direct applicative value as it offers a synthetic analysis, useful for family policy makers in Slovenia.Tracing the history and characteristics of family life in Slovenia in the last sixty years, this article attempts to throw a light on family and demographic trends that are quite similar to those in Western countries as well as on those which are distinctively “Slovenian”. Some trends, such as pluralisation of family forms, decline in marriage and fertility rates have started approximately in the same period as in Western countries, i.e. from the sixties and seventies onward. Some changes, such as fulltime female employment, promoted by the state right after the Second World War and onward preceded trends in female employment in Western countries and is considered a typical “socialist” characteristic. On the other hand, there are several features which influenced considerably family life in Slovenia in the past decades that cannot be labelled as typically Western or Eastern European, like well developed and affordable family planning services, early legal equality of the jure and the facto families, the possibility of sharing one year full paid parental leave between parents etc. The paper presents main trends and characteristics in family life in Slovenia in recent decades, compares them with other European countries and offers a reflection on the contemporary (ir)relevance of Hajnal’s theory.
COBISS.SI-ID: 31329117
Commercial food health branding is a challenging branch of marketing because it might, at the same time, promote healthy living and be commercially viable.However, the power to influence individualsŽ health behavior and overall health status makes it crucial for marketing professionals to take into account the ethical dimensions of health branding: this article presents a conceptual analysis of potential ethical problems in health branding. The analysis focuses on ethical concerns related to the application of three health brand elements (functional claims, process claims, and health symbols) as well as a number of general concerns that apply to health branding as such.Being a pioneering analysis, this article advances the academic understanding of health branding and provides practitioners with knowledge of important concerns to take into account when marketing health brands
COBISS.SI-ID: 30399581
The study examines the relationship between parental and adolescents' perceptions of (communicative) ways of parental power assertion in situations challenging parental authority (dialogical communication, parental reminder, nonreciprocal communication), the perceived most probable outcomes of these situations, and attitudes toward ideal outcomes (adolescent's compliance, agreement, parental tolerance, adolescent's self-responsibility, adolescent's disobedience). The sample consisted of 194 firstborn children aged 11 to 18 and both of their parents living in Slovenia. The study shows that parents and their preferences continue to be the driving force behind the rules within the family while children have little maneuvering space regarding their parents' demands, but they develop different forms of compliance, from internalized obedience to solely superficial and provisional compliance.
COBISS.SI-ID: 29288029
This article presents the results of a qualitative research study of female university students’ perceptions of sexuality, focusing on perception of sexual reciprocity in intimate relationships. As reciprocity is understood as basic element and at the same time condition of latemodern intimate relationships, our attention was paid on whether sexual reciprocity is defined by female students as basic condition of intimate relationship and how is sexual reciprocity in itself constructed. The concept of reciprocity is here taken as an indicator of reflexivity of sexual and intimate relationships. Sexual reciprocity as perceived by female students in the study revealed three main characteristics regarding perceptions of reciprocity: first, reciprocity is understood as basic element and condition of (reflexive) intimate relationship and sexuality; second, reciprocity is also framed within broader understanding of sexuality (especially differences between female and male sexuality); third, a certain economy of reciprocity is created, which makes the meanings of reciprocity and intimate and sexual relationship an complex issue.
COBISS.SI-ID: 2056915
There are two basic dimensions of life in contemporary times, individualization and globalization. Young people are particularly susceptible to risking social exclusion as the traditional systems of personal and social security are disintegrating, which is particularly characteristic of the so called »societies in transition«. The author finds that forced depolitisation of the young causes important effects: during the recent decades, the young have been looking for individual and biographic solutions to structural problems and have thus fallen into the trap of disciplining and privatization.
COBISS.SI-ID: 29533277