The European Union and Party Politics in Slovenia: An Apparent or Real Impact?

Krašovec, Alenka; Lajh, Damjan; Lipicer, Simona Kustec

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“…Earlier research on Slovenia highlighted the artificial status of the pluralist ideology (Lukšič, 2003) as well as the stronger impact of the European integration on policy as opposed to domestic politics, yet it also saw potential in the democratisation-integration interaction through the domestic cultivation of EU-policy-related cleavages (Fink-Hafner and Krašovec, 2006;Krašovec, Lajh and Kustec-Lipicer, 2007). However, the EU continued to play the role of a superior legitimiser of governments and certain government policies (Krašovec and Lajh 2009).…”

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The ‘Brussels Bubble’: Populism in Slovenia In the Eu Crises Context

Lovec¹,

Kočan²,

Mahmutović³

2022

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The focus of this article is on the rise of populism and Euroscepticism in the context of the crisis of liberal internationalism and of the EU in particular. The article considers the view that the weak integration of Slovenian–EU politics makes the country vulnerable to this trend. Modern-nationalist, postmodern-cosmopolitan and faux-modern-partially modernised variations of populism are explored. The research draws on public opinion surveys, party manifestos, focus groups with party supporters, and interviews with mediators in elite and popular debates. The dominant modern economist/functionalist view of the EU is shown to have fed into different framings in line with the underlying thick ideologies. On the right, this has been a retro-modern nationalist reaction to the EU’s overly progressive policy and polity, with certain illiberal faux-modern elements like authoritarianism and ethno cultural exclusivism. On the left, it has reinforced the already existing contradictions with (neo)liberalism on the level of politics, leaving the post-modern post-nationalist framing detached from the EU’s polity and policy. The article offers some proposals for better integrating the EU politics in Slovenia. Keywords: EU, Euroscepticism, populism, illiberalism, Slovenia, public opinion, political parties

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Section: Cee and Sloveniamentioning

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The ‘Brussels Bubble’: Populism in Slovenia In the Eu Crises Context

Lovec¹,

Kočan²,

Mahmutović³

2022

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“…Only the Slovenian National Party did not sign it. For years, especially at elections, some Euroscepticism was occasionally evident among small and/or marginal parties, yet they were unable to benefit electorally from politicising the topic (Krašovec -Lajh -Kustec Lipicer 2006;Krašovec -Lajh 2009). It was only with the eurozone and the subsequent migration crisis that the selective politicisation of EU issues, principally the EU's policies on austerity and migration, also emerged among certain mainstream parties Krašovec -Lajh, 2020).…”

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Cleavages and Government in Slovenia and Montenegro

Krašovec

Batrićević

2020

Politics in Central Europe

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In this article we identify the factors that contribute to the formation and especially the durability/stability of governments in both Slovenia and Montenegro after they formally introduced multiparty systems and following their democratic transition, with a focus on the effect of cleavages and party system characteristics generally. Although these two polities share several important similarities (small size, common institutional setting during Yugoslav era, aspirations for membership in international organisations etc.), the nature of governments’ durability/stability in the democratic era entails distinct differences. While Montenegro stands out in post-socialist Europe as the only case where the ruling party has not been overthrown, Slovenia has been led by many governments composed of different political parties. While it seems that in neither country are the ideological characteristics of the governments able to explain their duration/stability to any important extent, it is obvious that the cleavage structure in the two countries has varied, as has the importance of particular cleavages.

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Development Processes for Changing the Party System in Slovenia and Montenegro

Nacevska

Stankov

2020

Politics in Central Europe

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This paper explores differences in the party system development of two former Yugoslav republics: Slovenia and Montenegro. Despite sharing a communist institutional system, after that disintegrated Slovenia had a much faster pace of democratic consolidation and economic development than Montenegro. Similarly, the nature of the party competition and party system structure are also quite different. Using a quantitative and descriptive approach applied to the period between 1990 and 2018, we outline patterns of party competition and party system development and explore how they complement the stages of democratisation. We investigate how the comparatively faster democratisation in Slovenia is reflected in the competitive party system with a focus on the ideological divide as the chief source of electoral competition. In contrast, we look at how the prolonged transition in Montenegro is reflected in the closed party system with party competition occurring mainly along ethnic lines.

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The European Union and Party Politics in Slovenia: An Apparent or Real Impact?

Cited by 3 publications

References 6 publications

The ‘Brussels Bubble’: Populism in Slovenia In the Eu Crises Context

The ‘Brussels Bubble’: Populism in Slovenia In the Eu Crises Context

Cleavages and Government in Slovenia and Montenegro

Development Processes for Changing the Party System in Slovenia and Montenegro

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