Meta Novak
Biographic Data
| ID | 4396972 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Meta Novak |
| GIVEN NAMES | Meta |
| FAMILY NAME | Novak |
| SIGNATURE | NOVAK M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Ljubljana |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8436-3295 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 17 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 69 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 17 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
How European Do Young Slovenians Feel
The last two decades of European integration have been challenging for European identity for various reasons. First, the 2004 and subsequent enlargement (in 2007 and 2013) of the EU to Central and Eastern Europe have further extended the diversity of the integration. Second, concerns with European identity have become even stronger as the EU has faced a permanent period of crisis. Third, the growing populism and authoritative politics in Europe a…
Debating Europe: Politicization, Contestation, and Democratization
This thematic issue focuses on how Europe and the European Union are debated, politicized, and contested. A key focus is set on the question of whether and how these debates and politicizations help to democratize the EU, or not. This rationale is based on the assumption that debate is a key democratic activity, and accordingly, “Debating Europe” is one of the bases for a democratic Europe and a democratic EU. This is also the key assumption of t…
The 2024 European elections in Slovenia: National topics act to mobilize voters
Les élections européennes de 2024 en Slovénie: Les enjeux nationaux mobilisent les électeurs
Democratic Innovations in Central and Eastern Europe – The Perspective of Policymakers and Civil Society Organisations
Political representation and democracy in several European countries have faced considerable challenges in recent decades. Especially worrying are the decline in electoral turnout and party membership, along with the decline in political trust and growing dissatisfaction with the functioning of representative democracy. These are all linked to the quality of democracy. Many scholars believe that a possible solution to such problems is democratic …
New Kids on the Democracy Block: Europeanisation of Interest Groups in Central and Eastern Europe
The 2004 EU enlargement and related Europeanisation processes supported the development of stagnated interest group systems in many ways, including with respect to the professionalisation of mainly voluntary-based organisations in Central and Eastern Europe. In the pre-membership period and initial years after joining the EU, national interest groups from Central and Eastern Europe chiefly relied on EU-level interest groups for important informat…
Challenges Facing Organised Interests Under a Populist Right-Wing Government in Slovenia
The development of organised interests (OIs) during the socialist period in Central and Eastern Europe was considerably limited, if not frozen. This was also somewhat the case in Slovenia, where it was mainly OIs close to the government that could operate. In the early 1990s, the interest group system in the now independent country was already recognised as vibrant with the number of OIs growing each year ever since. Yet, Europeanisation processe…
Party Fragmentation, the Proportional System and Democracy in Slovenia
In Slovenia, political parties have been the key actors in opting for a proportional electoral system and constitutional choice of a parliamentary system, both of which are believed to help to develop a consensual type of democracy. However, a vicious circle involving a fragmented party system and a proportional electoral system has not only led to polarisation within the party system, but has also contributed to problems of democratic governabil…
The Comparative Interest Group-survey project: Design, practical lessons, and data sets
This article discusses the methodology and practice behind planning and executing the Comparative Interest Group-survey project (CIG-survey). The CIG-survey includes surveys among national populations of organized interests in 9 European countries and at the European Union level. Although surveys are a useful and reliable way to collect data on a variety of topics, there are also numerous pitfalls and challenges in surveying interest groups, espe…
Introduction: (De)democratisation in Slovenia and Montenegro: Comparing the Quality of Democracy
This paper creates a framework for the comparison of two similar and yet different democratisation cases – Slovenia and Montenegro. The two countries have obvious similarities: their geography and small population, as well as their common socialist Yugoslav heritage and common aspirations to join international organisations, most importantly the European Union. However, while Slovenia went through the democratisation process rather smoothly, Mont…
The organisational development of interest groups in Montenegro and Slovenia: Do they contribute to more inclusive democracy
Despite the joint history of Montenegro and Slovenia as republics of the former Yugoslavia, the development of the interest groups system has been different in these countries. While in Slovenia, these groups started to develop from the 19 th century, in Montenegro the interest groups system was almost non-existent in the pre-socialist period with only a few participative elements, such as the use of tribal assemblies. Socialism did not support a…
Achieving Democracy Through Interest Representation: Interest Groups in Central and Eastern Europe
Entering the Brussels arena: Slovenian interest groups and the pursuit of a dual strategy
In order to have a bigger impact on European Union public policy processes, national interest groups might choose to pursue a ‘dual strategy’ and promote their interests before national and EU institutions. However, being present at both levels is not necessarily the dominant strategy such groups follow. Relying on a survey of 97 Slovenian interest groups active in 11 different policy fields, this article analyses: (1) which factors determine use…
Slovenia: Interest group developments in a postsocialist‐liberal democracy
Slovenia has a rich tradition of associations and interest group activity dating back to the 19th century. To some extent, the development of the group system was stymied by the 60 years of authoritarian rule from the early 1930s to the late 1980s. However, the resilience of this tradition is evident in major developments in group activity since the return to democracy. In addition to influences from the past, including a neocorporatist tradition…
The Participation of Slovenian Civil Society Organisations in EU Policymaking: Explaining their Different Routes
While discussing the inclusion of civil society organisations (CSOs) in EU policymaking, academic research has chiefly focused on EU-level umbrella CSOs and activities organised at the EU level. In this article, we show that the activities of national CSOs involved in EU politics are also relevant when it comes to EU policymaking. Some scholars note that national CSOs may use different routes to advocate their interests in EU policymaking. In thi…
Who says what to whom? Alignments and arguments in EU policy-making
In the EU multilevel polity, domestic interest groups seek to shape EU legislation by accessing both national and EU institutions. Previous studies indicated that institutional and issue contexts as well as organisational characteristics shape their strategies of interest representation. However, we know much less about how alignments and arguments impact on their participation in EU and national policy consultations. Addressing this gap, we inve…
Europeanisation as a Factor of National Interest Group Political-Cultural Change: The Case of Interest Groups in Slovenia
Based on a social constructivist framing, this article seeks to address the gap in the literature on the impact of Europeanisation on the national interest group political culture in general and in the post-communist context in particular. The impacts of Europeanisation on interest group domestic policy behaviour, in terms of national interest groups networking with their European counterparts, their contacts with EU-level decision makers, and th…
The Comparative Interest Group-survey project: Design, practical lessons, and data sets
This article discusses the methodology and practice behind planning and executing the Comparative Interest Group-survey project (CIG-survey). The CIG-survey includes surveys among national populations of organized interests in 9 European countries and at the European Union level. Although surveys are a useful and reliable way to collect data on a variety of topics, there are also numerous pitfalls and challenges in surveying interest groups, espe…
Who says what to whom? Alignments and arguments in EU policy-making
In the EU multilevel polity, domestic interest groups seek to shape EU legislation by accessing both national and EU institutions. Previous studies indicated that institutional and issue contexts as well as organisational characteristics shape their strategies of interest representation. However, we know much less about how alignments and arguments impact on their participation in EU and national policy consultations. Addressing this gap, we inve…
Slovenia: Interest group developments in a postsocialist‐liberal democracy
Slovenia has a rich tradition of associations and interest group activity dating back to the 19th century. To some extent, the development of the group system was stymied by the 60 years of authoritarian rule from the early 1930s to the late 1980s. However, the resilience of this tradition is evident in major developments in group activity since the return to democracy. In addition to influences from the past, including a neocorporatist tradition…
Europeanisation as a Factor of National Interest Group Political-Cultural Change: The Case of Interest Groups in Slovenia
Based on a social constructivist framing, this article seeks to address the gap in the literature on the impact of Europeanisation on the national interest group political culture in general and in the post-communist context in particular. The impacts of Europeanisation on interest group domestic policy behaviour, in terms of national interest groups networking with their European counterparts, their contacts with EU-level decision makers, and th…
The Participation of Slovenian Civil Society Organisations in EU Policymaking: Explaining their Different Routes
While discussing the inclusion of civil society organisations (CSOs) in EU policymaking, academic research has chiefly focused on EU-level umbrella CSOs and activities organised at the EU level. In this article, we show that the activities of national CSOs involved in EU politics are also relevant when it comes to EU policymaking. Some scholars note that national CSOs may use different routes to advocate their interests in EU policymaking. In thi…
Challenges Facing Organised Interests Under a Populist Right-Wing Government in Slovenia
The development of organised interests (OIs) during the socialist period in Central and Eastern Europe was considerably limited, if not frozen. This was also somewhat the case in Slovenia, where it was mainly OIs close to the government that could operate. In the early 1990s, the interest group system in the now independent country was already recognised as vibrant with the number of OIs growing each year ever since. Yet, Europeanisation processe…
Introduction: (De)democratisation in Slovenia and Montenegro: Comparing the Quality of Democracy
This paper creates a framework for the comparison of two similar and yet different democratisation cases – Slovenia and Montenegro. The two countries have obvious similarities: their geography and small population, as well as their common socialist Yugoslav heritage and common aspirations to join international organisations, most importantly the European Union. However, while Slovenia went through the democratisation process rather smoothly, Mont…
The organisational development of interest groups in Montenegro and Slovenia: Do they contribute to more inclusive democracy
Despite the joint history of Montenegro and Slovenia as republics of the former Yugoslavia, the development of the interest groups system has been different in these countries. While in Slovenia, these groups started to develop from the 19 th century, in Montenegro the interest groups system was almost non-existent in the pre-socialist period with only a few participative elements, such as the use of tribal assemblies. Socialism did not support a…
Europeanisation as a Factor of National Interest Group Political-Cultural Change: The Case of Interest Groups in Slovenia
Based on a social constructivist framing, this article seeks to address the gap in the literature on the impact of Europeanisation on the national interest group political culture in general and in the post-communist context in particular. The impacts of Europeanisation on interest group domestic policy behaviour, in terms of national interest groups networking with their European counterparts, their contacts with EU-level decision makers, and th…
Who says what to whom? Alignments and arguments in EU policy-making
In the EU multilevel polity, domestic interest groups seek to shape EU legislation by accessing both national and EU institutions. Previous studies indicated that institutional and issue contexts as well as organisational characteristics shape their strategies of interest representation. However, we know much less about how alignments and arguments impact on their participation in EU and national policy consultations. Addressing this gap, we inve…
The Participation of Slovenian Civil Society Organisations in EU Policymaking: Explaining their Different Routes
While discussing the inclusion of civil society organisations (CSOs) in EU policymaking, academic research has chiefly focused on EU-level umbrella CSOs and activities organised at the EU level. In this article, we show that the activities of national CSOs involved in EU politics are also relevant when it comes to EU policymaking. Some scholars note that national CSOs may use different routes to advocate their interests in EU policymaking. In thi…
Entering the Brussels arena: Slovenian interest groups and the pursuit of a dual strategy
In order to have a bigger impact on European Union public policy processes, national interest groups might choose to pursue a ‘dual strategy’ and promote their interests before national and EU institutions. However, being present at both levels is not necessarily the dominant strategy such groups follow. Relying on a survey of 97 Slovenian interest groups active in 11 different policy fields, this article analyses: (1) which factors determine use…
Slovenia: Interest group developments in a postsocialist‐liberal democracy
Slovenia has a rich tradition of associations and interest group activity dating back to the 19th century. To some extent, the development of the group system was stymied by the 60 years of authoritarian rule from the early 1930s to the late 1980s. However, the resilience of this tradition is evident in major developments in group activity since the return to democracy. In addition to influences from the past, including a neocorporatist tradition…
The Comparative Interest Group-survey project: Design, practical lessons, and data sets
This article discusses the methodology and practice behind planning and executing the Comparative Interest Group-survey project (CIG-survey). The CIG-survey includes surveys among national populations of organized interests in 9 European countries and at the European Union level. Although surveys are a useful and reliable way to collect data on a variety of topics, there are also numerous pitfalls and challenges in surveying interest groups, espe…
Introduction: (De)democratisation in Slovenia and Montenegro: Comparing the Quality of Democracy
This paper creates a framework for the comparison of two similar and yet different democratisation cases – Slovenia and Montenegro. The two countries have obvious similarities: their geography and small population, as well as their common socialist Yugoslav heritage and common aspirations to join international organisations, most importantly the European Union. However, while Slovenia went through the democratisation process rather smoothly, Mont…
The organisational development of interest groups in Montenegro and Slovenia: Do they contribute to more inclusive democracy
Despite the joint history of Montenegro and Slovenia as republics of the former Yugoslavia, the development of the interest groups system has been different in these countries. While in Slovenia, these groups started to develop from the 19 th century, in Montenegro the interest groups system was almost non-existent in the pre-socialist period with only a few participative elements, such as the use of tribal assemblies. Socialism did not support a…
Achieving Democracy Through Interest Representation: Interest Groups in Central and Eastern Europe
Party Fragmentation, the Proportional System and Democracy in Slovenia
In Slovenia, political parties have been the key actors in opting for a proportional electoral system and constitutional choice of a parliamentary system, both of which are believed to help to develop a consensual type of democracy. However, a vicious circle involving a fragmented party system and a proportional electoral system has not only led to polarisation within the party system, but has also contributed to problems of democratic governabil…
Challenges Facing Organised Interests Under a Populist Right-Wing Government in Slovenia
The development of organised interests (OIs) during the socialist period in Central and Eastern Europe was considerably limited, if not frozen. This was also somewhat the case in Slovenia, where it was mainly OIs close to the government that could operate. In the early 1990s, the interest group system in the now independent country was already recognised as vibrant with the number of OIs growing each year ever since. Yet, Europeanisation processe…
New Kids on the Democracy Block: Europeanisation of Interest Groups in Central and Eastern Europe
The 2004 EU enlargement and related Europeanisation processes supported the development of stagnated interest group systems in many ways, including with respect to the professionalisation of mainly voluntary-based organisations in Central and Eastern Europe. In the pre-membership period and initial years after joining the EU, national interest groups from Central and Eastern Europe chiefly relied on EU-level interest groups for important informat…
How European Do Young Slovenians Feel
The last two decades of European integration have been challenging for European identity for various reasons. First, the 2004 and subsequent enlargement (in 2007 and 2013) of the EU to Central and Eastern Europe have further extended the diversity of the integration. Second, concerns with European identity have become even stronger as the EU has faced a permanent period of crisis. Third, the growing populism and authoritative politics in Europe a…
Debating Europe: Politicization, Contestation, and Democratization
This thematic issue focuses on how Europe and the European Union are debated, politicized, and contested. A key focus is set on the question of whether and how these debates and politicizations help to democratize the EU, or not. This rationale is based on the assumption that debate is a key democratic activity, and accordingly, “Debating Europe” is one of the bases for a democratic Europe and a democratic EU. This is also the key assumption of t…
The 2024 European elections in Slovenia: National topics act to mobilize voters
Les élections européennes de 2024 en Slovénie: Les enjeux nationaux mobilisent les électeurs
Democratic Innovations in Central and Eastern Europe – The Perspective of Policymakers and Civil Society Organisations
Political representation and democracy in several European countries have faced considerable challenges in recent decades. Especially worrying are the decline in electoral turnout and party membership, along with the decline in political trust and growing dissatisfaction with the functioning of representative democracy. These are all linked to the quality of democracy. Many scholars believe that a possible solution to such problems is democratic …
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