Naslov
Slovenia: The Early Success Story

Autori
Lučev, Josip

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Poglavlja u knjigama, ostalo

Knjiga
Political History of the Balkans (1989–2018)

Urednik/ci
Dúró, József ; Egeresi, Zoltán

Izdavač
Dialóg Campus

Grad
Budimpešta

Godina
2020

Raspon stranica
153-168

ISBN
978-963-531-161-3

Ključne riječi
political history ; Slovenia ; transition ; recession

Sažetak
This chapter deals with the modern political history of Slovenia. It starts with the last decade of the communist regime and continues to survey the political institutions and their changes and the party politics in Slovenia. In the context of the 1980s, Slovenia was the most developed part of Yugoslavia at a time in which Yugoslavia faced a significant economic and political crisis. With the situation growing increasingly difficult, it became apparent that the structural divergences of the Yugoslav constituent parts were too great to be held together by a single state. Slovenia and Croatia were first to seek independence and with time, other republics followed suit. The dissolution of Yugoslavia was accompanied not only by the democratisation processes and a turn to market based economic systems, but also by a series of protracted conflicts, most notably in Croatia and Bosnia-Herzegovina. However, Slovenia was spared the debilitating effects of a protracted conflict and turned to a virtuous cycle in which economic stability and early consolidation of democracy went hand in hand in producing what was widely considered one of the quintessential transitional success stories. However, the aftermath of the 2008–2009 global crisis substantially destabilised the Slovene economy and in combination of several high-profile political scandals, undermined the party politics, as well.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Politologija

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