Making a New Nation

Setting the scene - problems of transition, John R. Robbins; the origins of an independent Slovenia, Janko Prunk; the international recognition of Slovenia, Bojko Bucar; the defence of Slovenia, Anton Grizold; Slovenian political culture - paradoxes of democratization, Ivan Bernik et al; establishing state authority, Franci Grad; changes and adaptations of formal control, Igor Luksic; interest organizations in the policy-making process, Danica Fink-Hafner; the changing political system, Drago Zajc; the new electoral system, Franci Grad; local government and state administration, Janez Smidovnik; the public sector in transition, Marko Lah and Andrej Susjan; costs and benefits of secession, Joze Mencinger; re-shaping the labour market, Ivan Svetlik; the future of self-management - reflections, Ales Vahcic; from self-management to co-determination, Miroslav Stnaojevic; social structure and cleavages - changing patterns, Mitja Hafner-Fink; the role of the media in the transition, Sandra Basic Hrvatin; epilogue - the attainment of viability, John R. Robbins;