Rise of xenophobic nationalism in Europe

A case of Slovenia

Bibliographic Data

ID7727239
AuthorsAlenka Kuhelj (0000-0002-2485-5228, Faculty of Administration, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia, corresponding author)
Year2011
Volume44
Issue4
Pages271-282
Publication date2011-12-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueCommunist and Post-Communist Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0967-067X • E-ISSN: 1873-6920
PublisherUniversity of California Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1016/j.postcomstud.2011.10.003
OpenAlexW2089026987
LanguageEN
Citations received6
References cited2

The article focuses on rise of nationalism and xenophobia in Slovenia. It starts by considering the issue of unrecognized minorities in Slovenia (former Yugoslavia nations) that have no minority rights, despite being large groups, as many international organizations for the protection of minorities have pointed out. A particular issue in this relation for Slovenia is the ‘Erased’ – the individuals who did not acquire Slovenian citizenship when Slovenia seceded from federal Yugoslavia – and despite the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) decision, the Slovenian state has still not recognized their rights, which were violated in the post-independence period. The article also examines two other minorities in Slovenia, the Jews and the Roma. The article finds Slovenia to be a closed, non-globalised society which, in spite of its constitutional declaration to protect the rights of minorities and other national communities, is seeking to retain a politically and culturally homogeneous nation state

Citizenship · Constitution · Declaration · Declaration of independence · Human rights · Immigration · Minority rights · Nationalism · Nationality · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Racism · Sociology · Xenophobia · Eastern European Communism and Reforms · Law · Populism, Right-Wing Movements

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