The author in this bilingual, English-Slovene monograph analyses the cultural heterogeneity/aesthetic wideness and at the same time the ideological dimensions/political consequences of motifs, which deal with the former Yugoslavia and its socialist system and appear in contemporary Slovenian popular music (from the folk genre and pop to alternative music). His major finding is that, on the one side, this became pure travesty and is completely incorporated into the ideological and commercial mainstream, while on the other, it offers political criticism and an ideological alternative to the existent condition.
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COBISS.SI-ID: 269058816The chapter examines several societal mechanisms intended to foster “socially robust” S&T through the strengthening of social capital within and among the main actors in the S&T production process. Building on developmental trends in the new technologies, expected to serve as the future economic drivers, it examines mechanisms such as codes of conduct and civil society organizations, which could promote socially beneficial and desired innovations, while increasing trust and reciprocity. Concluding, it affirms the need to strengthen social capital in various societal segments involved in the S&T production process as an important element of modern societal cohesion and resilience.
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COBISS.SI-ID: 31832925The article analyses the dynamics of religious pluralisation in Slovenia. Historical developments in various states have kept Slovenians almost exclusively within the Roman-Catholic Church, except for a short Reformation period. The socialist after-war secularisation of society has in many respects undermined the Catholic monopoly, but it failed to create an open religious market. In the transitional period the statistics of Catholics continued to drop, and at the same time ever more new religious movements emerged. These are mostly very small and at the time being do not show the potential for substantial growth. The article analyses in detail religious pluralisation in the regions of Ljubljana and Nova Gorica.
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COBISS.SI-ID: 31869277A significant minority of immigrants from the other former Yugoslavian republics lives in Slovenia. In research based on qualitative methodology, authors look for possible changes that happened to the immigrants' culinary practices in Slovenia, whereby they are primarily interested in the interpretative schemes that the immigrants employ when reflecting upon these changes. The results show a large amount of pragmatism in relation to the culinary choices, fatalism in respect to the limitations they are encountering in their newly adopted environment, almost complete absence of nationalist discourses, and an impressive amount of tolerance towards any kind of possible culinary differences.
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COBISS.SI-ID: 30691421In view of the drive for public participation: is there a role for national ethics committees in the governance of emerging biotechnologies? This presentation offers an examination of the appropriate role of national ethics committees (NEC) in view of the traditional role of expert bodies and the recent drive towards greater public involvement. Based on empirical data and normative analysis, an argument is made for an appropriate model for NEC to follow. There will be particular focus on whether and how NECs can be both representative of public opinion and hold an advisory role.
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