Corporatism has been an influential doctrine in the Slovenian polity since its beginning. After the onset of democratization in the early 1990s, its influence remains strong. Forms of corporatism are embodied in the National Council as the second chamber of parliament, in the chamber system, the system of social partnership and the RTVS (Public Television of Slovenia) Council. It is also present in certain socio-political priorities such as a higher value being placed on partnership over competition, on fairness over human rights, on community over individualism. Social pluralism has always been a part of Slovenian public life. Political pluralism emerged at the end of the 19th century and was never fully developed. There has always been a strong inclination in the political life of Slovenia to organize around interest groups and editorial boards of various publications, a tendency that reveals a plurality of voices but a general unwillingness to fight for political power. It could also be concluded that the development of pluralism in Slovenia relies heavily on corporatism because of the general lack of liberal foundations.
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December 2003
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December 01 2003
Corporatism packaged in pluralist ideology: the case of Slovenia
Igor Lukšiŭ
Igor Lukšiŭ
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Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana 1000, Slovenia
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* Tel.: +386-5805-100. E-mail address:igor.luksic@uni-lj.si (I. Lukšiŭ).
Communist and Post-Communist Studies (2003) 36 (4): 509–525.
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Igor Lukšiŭ; Corporatism packaged in pluralist ideology: the case of Slovenia. Communist and Post-Communist Studies 1 December 2003; 36 (4): 509–525. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.postcomstud.2003.09.007
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