LEADER 04273nam 2200661 a 450 001 9910962191003321 005 20251117065416.0 010 $a1-299-13796-2 010 $a1-60344-543-9 035 $a(CKB)2670000000081179 035 $a(EBL)3037933 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000530036 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11345814 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000530036 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10561082 035 $a(PQKB)11398057 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3037933 035 $a(OCoLC)826658018 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse1269 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3037933 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10456025 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL445046 035 $a(OCoLC)923699526 035 $a(BIP)46503007 035 $a(BIP)13311427 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000081179 100 $a20051103d2006 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aUncertain path $edemocratic transition and consolidation in Slovenia /$fRudolf Martin Rizman ; foreword by Sabrina P. Ramet 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aCollege Station $cTexas A&M University Press$dc2006 215 $a1 online resource (267 p.) 225 1 $aEugenia and Hugh M. Stewart '26 series on Eastern Europe 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 08$a1-58544-423-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [195]-230) and index. 327 $aIntroduction: a theoretical understanding of the transition to democracy -- The making of a nation and political pluralism -- From a people to a nation-state -- The emergence of political pluralism -- The actors in democratic transition -- Intellectuals and politics -- The church and religion after communism -- The radical right challenge -- In lieu of a conclusion: toward democratic consolidation -- Appendix: chronology, 1974-2005. 330 $aIn this case study of the politics of transition in Eastern Europe, Rudolf Martin Rizman provides a careful, detailed sociological explanation and narrative on the emergence of independent statehood and democracy in Slovenia, a small state whose experience is of interest to policy makers, scholars, and serious students of Eastern Europe. In his focus on the transition from an authoritarian to a democratic regime, Rizman analyzes social processes and political issues in the context of the Third Wave of democratization, identifying "zones of certainty and uncertainty." Challenging many generally accepted ideas about small states and their transitions to democracy, this book places Slovenia's pattern of democratization in the wider regional context of eastern and central European post-communist transitions. Rizman shows, for example, that a country's size is merely one factor out of many, and while Slovenes considered the influence of larger states, their choices were not particularly circumscribed by them. Opening with a discussion of the relevant theoretical environment in sociology and political science, Rizman illuminates the complex processes of democratic transition and consolidation. From there, the book analyzes the internal and external processes and factors relevant for Slovenia's successful trajectory from existence as an ethnically defined sub-nation to an internationally recognized nation-state. After careful consideration of religious, political, military, intellectual, and other socio-political stakeholders in the region, including the somewhat disturbing evidence of the salience of a new "radical Right," Rizman concludes that Slovenia is irreversibly set on the course of democratization, with indications of having reached the early stages of consolidation. 410 0$aEugenia and Hugh M. Stewart '26 series on Eastern Europe. 606 $aPost-communism$zSlovenia 606 $aDemocratization$zSlovenia 607 $aSlovenia$xPolitics and government$y1990- 615 0$aPost-communism 615 0$aDemocratization 676 $a320.94973 700 $aRizman$b Rudi$01869619 701 $aRamet$b Sabrina P.$f1949-$0472014 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910962191003321 996 $aUncertain path$94477821 997 $aUNINA