Projects / Programmes
The proccesses of ethnic differentation in Slovenia: confronting the perceptions
| Code |
Science |
Field |
Subfield |
| 5.03.00 |
Social sciences |
Sociology |
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| Code |
Science |
Field |
| S220 |
Social sciences |
Cultural anthropology, ethnology |
ethnicity and nationalism, national minorities, norms of minority protection, ethnic differentiation, ethnic boundaries
Researchers (12)
Organisations (2)
Abstract
For decades, it is the standard assumption in the various public spheres in Slovenia, as well as in the specialised ethnic studies, that Slovenia is a ethnically homogeneous, and therefore, unproblematic national space. This contention is further backed by the predominant research attitude within the nearly eight decades old special tradition of the so-called "Slovenian national question". This particular brand of ethnic studies insists on such identification of its research object as is in accord with state and legal definitions of "ethnic units", e.g. national minorities (Hungarians, Italians, Slovenians in neighbouring states) and other "autochthonous" communities (the Roma and Sinti). Until recently, this research, firmly grounded in affirmative nationalism, concerned itself with documenting the formal, organisational and politically representative aspects of these communities, and sought to evaluate the effects of national policies of normative protection. Quite excluded remained the actual, ongoing processes of ethnic diversifications in Slovenia, which are, especially in post-1991 Slovenia, marked by the presence of large numbers of people from ex-Yugoslav federal republics, the growing economic immigration of diverse provenance, and it most recent time, the refugees and asylum seekers from Near Eastern and African countries.
