Matej Makarovič
Biographic Data
| ID | 269086 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Matej Makarovič |
| GIVEN NAMES | Matej |
| FAMILY NAME | Makarovič |
| SIGNATURE | MAKAROVIČ M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Faculty of Applied Social Studies in Nova Gorica |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-7864-4285 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 27 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 13 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Authoritarian and Populist Challenges to Democracy Correspond to a Lack of Economic, Social, and Cultural Capitals
We explore attitudes toward democracy in relation to social divisions by focusing on the European Union member states and the corresponding EU political field. Positioning in the European political field is addressed through the theory of social fields as provided by Bourdieu and further conceptualized by Fligstein and McAdam. Drawing on the data obtained from the European Social Survey, we conducted a principal component analysis of the attitude…
Parents' meta-reflexivity benefits media education of children
The paper explores the effects of the sociological concept of reflexivity to parents’ media education of preschool children. It draws upon the recommendations of the American Academy of Paediatrics referring to the restrictions of screen exposure based on different age groups, coviewing and discussing media content. It applies a social survey on the Slovenian national sample of parents to (1) review their media education practices, (2) identify t…
Sustainable development through morphogenetic analysis: The case of Slovenia
This article addresses Slovenia as a case of a post -communist country in terms of its sustainable development. It deploys an in -depth historical analysis and extensive empirical data while exploring Slovenian society through the analytical lens of morpho-static/morphogenetic approach (Archer 2017). The focus is on (1) the country’s structural and cultural settings in each selected period in order to explore whether there has been a mutual reinf…
Challenges of Migrant Entrepreneurship in Selected Regions of Central Europe
This article addresses the migrant entrepreneurship in selected Central European regions by focusing on a general social and legislative framework, as well as migrants’ own perceptions of their challenges, needs, advantages and future prospects. It is based on the combination of secondary data and fieldwork material referring to the interviews and focus groups. The study shows that entrepreneurship is a successful strategy for effective integrati…
Meta-reflexivity for resilience against disinformation
The rise of digital media contributes to fake news and disinformation being circulated on a larger scale and pace. The central aim of the work is to consider the potentials of individuals to actively respond to disinformation and fake news. In that regard, the authors rely on Archer’s theoretical framework of reflexivity and its modes. It is argued that a specific mode of reflexivity, namely meta-reflexivity, can enable people to take a critical …
Reflexivity and Structural Positions: The Effects of Generation, Gender and Education
This article examines how reflexivity, as understood by Margaret Archer, is affected by the structural settings in the context of morphogenetic social and cultural transformations. It draws on the Slovenian national case as an example of swift structural and cultural shifts towards late modernity. For that purpose, we apply a new measurement tool developed through our previous research, which upgrades Archer's existing ICONI model by distinguishi…
Performance of work integration social enterprises in Croatia, Slovenia, and Italian regions of Lombardy and Trentino
This paper analyses objective and subjective social and economic performance of Work Integration Social Enterprises (WISEs) in Croatia, Slovenia, and Italian regions of Lombardy and Trentino. More specifically, the main aim is to test: a) the consistency between subjective and objective performance of WISEs and b) the compatibility between their economic and social performance. The rationale of the study is based on the fact that WISEs are common…
Student Mobility and Transnational Social Ties as Factors of Reflexivity
The article seeks to develop and apply new quantitative measurement instruments capable of significantly improving understanding of the relationship between the transnational mobility and transnational social ties of students, along with their reflexive capacities. With a focus on students building their personal networks, educational and professional activities that extend beyond the nation's borders and organising their day-to-day routines in t…
Towards a Model Explaining the Political (In)stability and Variety of Regimes in the Post-Soviet Region
The article examines the conditions of political stability and different regime trajectories in the post-Soviet region. The impact of political, socioeconomic, and cultural factors is explored to identify the necessary and sufficient conditions for political stability and democracy, as well as their relationship with each other. Applying fuzzy set comparative analysis, this article demonstrates the significance of social inclusion in political st…
Self-organisation and Development: A Comparative Approach to Post-communist Transformations from the Perspective of Social Systems Theory
The article addresses post-communist transformations in Central and Eastern Europe through the conceptual apparatus of Luhmann’s social systems theory, which sees increasing functional differentiation in terms of subsystems’ autonomous autopoietic self-organisation as the key aspect of these transformations. By applying fuzzy-set analysis, it is demonstrated that a radical break with the former communist regime is sufficient for the self-organisa…
(Un)certainty in the Knowledge Society
In this article we make an attempt to examine the relationship between knowledge society and perception of uncertainty both at conceptual as well as empirical level. The discussion is placed in the context of late modernity. The more optimistic views see in the knowledge society the possibility for progress, higher quality and safety of life. Other reflections draw attention also to different crisis-related tendencies and stress the possibility o…
Increasing fluidity of identifications in the context of individualisation: Identification with the European Union
Towards the strategies of modern societies: Systems and Social Processes
While several sociological theories have traditionally dealt with rational action by human actors, little attention has been devoted to the possibilities for rational steering of the entire subsystems of functionally differentiated modern societies in the context of their increasing complexity. Although rational intentional action is clearly limited at the macro-level by the complexity emphasized by Luhmann's social systems theory, strategies are…
Reflexivity and Structural Positions: The Effects of Generation, Gender and Education
This article examines how reflexivity, as understood by Margaret Archer, is affected by the structural settings in the context of morphogenetic social and cultural transformations. It draws on the Slovenian national case as an example of swift structural and cultural shifts towards late modernity. For that purpose, we apply a new measurement tool developed through our previous research, which upgrades Archer's existing ICONI model by distinguishi…
Meta-reflexivity for resilience against disinformation
The rise of digital media contributes to fake news and disinformation being circulated on a larger scale and pace. The central aim of the work is to consider the potentials of individuals to actively respond to disinformation and fake news. In that regard, the authors rely on Archer’s theoretical framework of reflexivity and its modes. It is argued that a specific mode of reflexivity, namely meta-reflexivity, can enable people to take a critical …
Student Mobility and Transnational Social Ties as Factors of Reflexivity
The article seeks to develop and apply new quantitative measurement instruments capable of significantly improving understanding of the relationship between the transnational mobility and transnational social ties of students, along with their reflexive capacities. With a focus on students building their personal networks, educational and professional activities that extend beyond the nation's borders and organising their day-to-day routines in t…
(Un)certainty in the Knowledge Society
In this article we make an attempt to examine the relationship between knowledge society and perception of uncertainty both at conceptual as well as empirical level. The discussion is placed in the context of late modernity. The more optimistic views see in the knowledge society the possibility for progress, higher quality and safety of life. Other reflections draw attention also to different crisis-related tendencies and stress the possibility o…
Parents' meta-reflexivity benefits media education of children
The paper explores the effects of the sociological concept of reflexivity to parents’ media education of preschool children. It draws upon the recommendations of the American Academy of Paediatrics referring to the restrictions of screen exposure based on different age groups, coviewing and discussing media content. It applies a social survey on the Slovenian national sample of parents to (1) review their media education practices, (2) identify t…
Self-organisation and Development: A Comparative Approach to Post-communist Transformations from the Perspective of Social Systems Theory
The article addresses post-communist transformations in Central and Eastern Europe through the conceptual apparatus of Luhmann’s social systems theory, which sees increasing functional differentiation in terms of subsystems’ autonomous autopoietic self-organisation as the key aspect of these transformations. By applying fuzzy-set analysis, it is demonstrated that a radical break with the former communist regime is sufficient for the self-organisa…
Authoritarian and Populist Challenges to Democracy Correspond to a Lack of Economic, Social, and Cultural Capitals
We explore attitudes toward democracy in relation to social divisions by focusing on the European Union member states and the corresponding EU political field. Positioning in the European political field is addressed through the theory of social fields as provided by Bourdieu and further conceptualized by Fligstein and McAdam. Drawing on the data obtained from the European Social Survey, we conducted a principal component analysis of the attitude…
Challenges of Migrant Entrepreneurship in Selected Regions of Central Europe
This article addresses the migrant entrepreneurship in selected Central European regions by focusing on a general social and legislative framework, as well as migrants’ own perceptions of their challenges, needs, advantages and future prospects. It is based on the combination of secondary data and fieldwork material referring to the interviews and focus groups. The study shows that entrepreneurship is a successful strategy for effective integrati…
Increasing fluidity of identifications in the context of individualisation: Identification with the European Union
Towards the strategies of modern societies: Systems and Social Processes
While several sociological theories have traditionally dealt with rational action by human actors, little attention has been devoted to the possibilities for rational steering of the entire subsystems of functionally differentiated modern societies in the context of their increasing complexity. Although rational intentional action is clearly limited at the macro-level by the complexity emphasized by Luhmann's social systems theory, strategies are…
Towards the strategies of modern societies: Systems and Social Processes
While several sociological theories have traditionally dealt with rational action by human actors, little attention has been devoted to the possibilities for rational steering of the entire subsystems of functionally differentiated modern societies in the context of their increasing complexity. Although rational intentional action is clearly limited at the macro-level by the complexity emphasized by Luhmann's social systems theory, strategies are…
Increasing fluidity of identifications in the context of individualisation: Identification with the European Union
(Un)certainty in the Knowledge Society
In this article we make an attempt to examine the relationship between knowledge society and perception of uncertainty both at conceptual as well as empirical level. The discussion is placed in the context of late modernity. The more optimistic views see in the knowledge society the possibility for progress, higher quality and safety of life. Other reflections draw attention also to different crisis-related tendencies and stress the possibility o…
Towards a Model Explaining the Political (In)stability and Variety of Regimes in the Post-Soviet Region
The article examines the conditions of political stability and different regime trajectories in the post-Soviet region. The impact of political, socioeconomic, and cultural factors is explored to identify the necessary and sufficient conditions for political stability and democracy, as well as their relationship with each other. Applying fuzzy set comparative analysis, this article demonstrates the significance of social inclusion in political st…
Self-organisation and Development: A Comparative Approach to Post-communist Transformations from the Perspective of Social Systems Theory
The article addresses post-communist transformations in Central and Eastern Europe through the conceptual apparatus of Luhmann’s social systems theory, which sees increasing functional differentiation in terms of subsystems’ autonomous autopoietic self-organisation as the key aspect of these transformations. By applying fuzzy-set analysis, it is demonstrated that a radical break with the former communist regime is sufficient for the self-organisa…
Student Mobility and Transnational Social Ties as Factors of Reflexivity
The article seeks to develop and apply new quantitative measurement instruments capable of significantly improving understanding of the relationship between the transnational mobility and transnational social ties of students, along with their reflexive capacities. With a focus on students building their personal networks, educational and professional activities that extend beyond the nation's borders and organising their day-to-day routines in t…
Reflexivity and Structural Positions: The Effects of Generation, Gender and Education
This article examines how reflexivity, as understood by Margaret Archer, is affected by the structural settings in the context of morphogenetic social and cultural transformations. It draws on the Slovenian national case as an example of swift structural and cultural shifts towards late modernity. For that purpose, we apply a new measurement tool developed through our previous research, which upgrades Archer's existing ICONI model by distinguishi…
Performance of work integration social enterprises in Croatia, Slovenia, and Italian regions of Lombardy and Trentino
This paper analyses objective and subjective social and economic performance of Work Integration Social Enterprises (WISEs) in Croatia, Slovenia, and Italian regions of Lombardy and Trentino. More specifically, the main aim is to test: a) the consistency between subjective and objective performance of WISEs and b) the compatibility between their economic and social performance. The rationale of the study is based on the fact that WISEs are common…
Challenges of Migrant Entrepreneurship in Selected Regions of Central Europe
This article addresses the migrant entrepreneurship in selected Central European regions by focusing on a general social and legislative framework, as well as migrants’ own perceptions of their challenges, needs, advantages and future prospects. It is based on the combination of secondary data and fieldwork material referring to the interviews and focus groups. The study shows that entrepreneurship is a successful strategy for effective integrati…
Meta-reflexivity for resilience against disinformation
The rise of digital media contributes to fake news and disinformation being circulated on a larger scale and pace. The central aim of the work is to consider the potentials of individuals to actively respond to disinformation and fake news. In that regard, the authors rely on Archer’s theoretical framework of reflexivity and its modes. It is argued that a specific mode of reflexivity, namely meta-reflexivity, can enable people to take a critical …
Sustainable development through morphogenetic analysis: The case of Slovenia
This article addresses Slovenia as a case of a post -communist country in terms of its sustainable development. It deploys an in -depth historical analysis and extensive empirical data while exploring Slovenian society through the analytical lens of morpho-static/morphogenetic approach (Archer 2017). The focus is on (1) the country’s structural and cultural settings in each selected period in order to explore whether there has been a mutual reinf…
Authoritarian and Populist Challenges to Democracy Correspond to a Lack of Economic, Social, and Cultural Capitals
We explore attitudes toward democracy in relation to social divisions by focusing on the European Union member states and the corresponding EU political field. Positioning in the European political field is addressed through the theory of social fields as provided by Bourdieu and further conceptualized by Fligstein and McAdam. Drawing on the data obtained from the European Social Survey, we conducted a principal component analysis of the attitude…
Parents' meta-reflexivity benefits media education of children
The paper explores the effects of the sociological concept of reflexivity to parents’ media education of preschool children. It draws upon the recommendations of the American Academy of Paediatrics referring to the restrictions of screen exposure based on different age groups, coviewing and discussing media content. It applies a social survey on the Slovenian national sample of parents to (1) review their media education practices, (2) identify t…
Sociology (11 works) · Social science (9 works) · Economics (8 works) · Political science (8 works) · Psychology (6 works) · Social and Cultural Dynamics (6 works) · Law (5 works) · Law (5 works) · Reflexivity (5 works) · Business (4 works)