The Uncertain Future of Slovenian Exceptionalism
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12149479 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Igor Guardiancich (0000-0002-9255-0725, Max Weber Programme, European University Institute, San Domenico di Fiesole, Firenze, Italy, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2011 |
| Volume | 26 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 380-399 |
| Publication date | 2011-07-29 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | East European Politics and Societies and Cultures (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0888-3254 • E-ISSN: 1533-8371 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0888325411415518 |
| OpenAlex | W2163262614 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 20 |
| References cited | 3 |
The political-economy literature has so far almost unanimously regarded Slovenia as the social-democratic exception in Central and Eastern Europe, due to a combination of highly consensual democratic institutions, low party polarization, strong social partners, and developed social dialogue. However, the situation, since the fall of the Liberal Democracy of Slovenia (LDS), which governed in 1992–2004, seems to be swiftly changing. Polarization has increased, union legitimacy declined, and social dialogue—especially in the aftermath of the 2007–2009 financial crisis—has all but collapsed. The 2010 pension reform is an archetypical example of how Slovenia now much more resembles its quarrelsome Eastern neighbours than the idealized exception that political scientists usually point at
Exceptionalism · Geography · Political science · Politics · Electoral Systems and Political Participation · European Union Policy and Governance · History · Law · Political Conflict and Governance
Progress and Challenges of Nonfinancial Defined Contribution Pension Schemes
Democracy in Trouble
Reforming Pensions in Europe
The Politics of NDC Pension Scheme Diffusion
Energy and inflation crises in Romania and Slovenia
Weathering intermediated temporary labour mobility
Welfare State Change and Social Citizenship in the Post-Yugoslav States
Party System Change and Challenges to Democracy in Slovenia
When illiberalism looms-mortality anxiety and the perceived existential threat among Polish and Slovenian interest groups
Sustainable development through morphogenetic analysis
The Long-Term Governmental Parties in Post-Communist Democracies
Recent Developments in Democracy in Slovenia
Self-organisation and Development
Central and East European Bank Responses to the Financial ‘Crisis’
The Development of Pensioners’ Interest Organisations in Central and Eastern Europe
Slovenia
Slovenia in crisis
Stateness and democratic backsliding in the former Yugoslavia
Domestic interest groups and rights mobilization
Wither Diversity of Post-Socialist Welfare Capitalist Cultures? Crisis and Change in Estonia and Slovenia
| Citations per year | 1.54 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2013 - 2025 (13) |
| Highly cited | No |