Smiling Slovenia
Political Dissent Papers
©2008
Monographs
XVIII,
344 Pages
Summary
Smiling Slovenia’s collection of articles and essays on Slovenia’s current political scene boldly declares its dissenting view from the political mainstream beginning with a declaration of a dozen prominent intellectuals presenting their views of Slovenia’s political situation. Topics range from recent Slovenian history, Slovenia’s role in the breakup of Yugoslavia, foreign policies, including liaisons with the Islamic terrorists to modern-day Slovenian-American relations and Slovenia’s admission into the European Union. This book shows that Slovenia, although outwardly westernized, is still deeply rooted in its communistic legacy. However, prominent intellectuals and democratic politicians strive to hold Slovenia to the highest European cultural, ethical, political, legal, and economical standards in public life – a goal that may take several generations to achieve. Some authors observe that transparency achieved by the present conservative coalition government has already established a state of affairs where return to the old ways of a crypto government would be impossible even if the leftist parties returned to power.
Details
- Pages
- XVIII, 344
- Publication Year
- 2008
- ISBN (Hardcover)
- 9781433103445
- Language
- English
- Keywords
- Slowenien Demokratisierung Geschichte Political dissent Communist Nomenclatura American view Aufsatzsammlung Slovenian recent history
- Published
- New York, Bern, Berlin, Bruxelles, Frankfurt am Main, Oxford, Wien, 2008. XVIII, 344 pp.