Projects / Programmes
Minority ethnic communities and the integration of the Republic of Slovenia into the European Union
| Code |
Science |
Field |
Subfield |
| 5.11.00 |
Social sciences |
Ethnic studies |
|
| Code |
Science |
Field |
| S112 |
Social sciences |
Human rights |
Republic of Slovenia, European Union, EU enlargement, minorities, human rights, multi-cultural society, cross-border cooperation
Researchers (3)
| no. |
Code |
Name and surname |
Research area |
Role |
Period |
No. of publicationsNo. of publications |
| 1. |
09346 |
PhD Silvan Devetak |
Law |
Head |
2003 - 2005 |
652 |
| 2. |
11315 |
Jasmina Klojčnik |
Economics |
Researcher |
2003 - 2005 |
58 |
| 3. |
14947 |
PhD Jasna Murgel |
Law |
Researcher |
2003 - 2005 |
140 |
Organisations (1)
Abstract
Membership of Slovenia in the European union (EU) and the consequential removal of the classical role of borders as well as free movement of people within the Union open numerous new questions relating to the future status of Slovene minorities in the neighbouring states (in Austria, Italy and Hungary), and the constitutionally recognised (Italians, Hungarians and Roma) as well as the so-called new (Croats, Serbs, Bosniaks, Albanians, etc.) ethnic communities in Slovenia. Once Slovenia becomes an EU member a gradual alteration of ethnic, racial and religious structure of its society is expected due to 1) migrations within the EU itself and 2) the influx of people from other states, which are connected with the EU by the "accession and stabilisation" agreements - from the territory of the former Yugoslavia, as a consequence of a growing Slovene economy.In the new European circumstances entirely new possibilities for the development of unrestricted economic, cultural and other contacts will emerge within the future Slovene ethnic space. In such circumstances also Italian and Hungarian minorities will more than ever be integrated into two, in our terms, enormous ethnic, cultural and economic spaces; Roma people will, within "the new European home", have an opportunity to develop relations with their very sophisticated European and national political, cultural and informative structures.The basic aim of the research is to analyse and explain the state and the development trends within the EU, to propose theoretically founded new approaches in the Republic of Slovenia and to develop new theoretical and conceptual views relating to the issues analysed in this research. The research group will complement those aims with the new contents and will realise them through the research of the following sections (see the detailed description in point 2.4.):- forms and trends of the revival of ethnic question in Europe during the last decade and their influence on European international relations, problems relating to minority issues in the process of the fifth enlargement of the EU, possible ways for the development of human rights protection and the protection of the rights of persons belonging to minorities in the EU,- integral position of Slovenia within the EU and its relations with particular present and future EU members, and especially problems relating to its participation in the decision-making procedures within the EU and in the regulation of matters within the principle of subsidiarity as well as the consequences of social and other migrations of EU citizens across the open borders within the common European area (and form the third countries) for the status of the ethnic minorities, which are the subject of the research,- theoretical foundations and practical possibilities for the most efficient and rational implementation of the EU standards relating to the regulation of relations in the contemporary European multi-ethnical, multi-cultural and multi-religious community and the adequate new policies of Slovenia, especially in the field of culture, education and language, in accordance with the needs of the developing multi-ethnic and multi-cultural society, - international cooperation of the minority structures in the context of the new European circumstances, in this framework relations mother nation - minority with special emphasis on the Slovene minorities in the neighbouring states and on the constitutionally recognised as well as the so called new ethnic minorities in Slovenia.The Results of the previously described investigation in phases will be comparatively analysed, classified and in an adequate way arranged in the concluding text of the research. It will be necessary to develop new methods of inter-disciplinary approach towards the study of the problems in question.
