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"We ourselves proudly chose death." The Concept of Heroic Partisan Suicide in Slovenia in the Yugoslav Context

Contributions to Contemporary History
The article focuses on the concept of heroic suicide among Yugoslav and especially Slovenian partisans during the Second World War. Partisan command expected fighters to commit suicide in extreme circumstances to avoid ignominious capture, torture and ...
Ivan Smiljanić
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Regulatory Talk About Climate Policies: National Plans or Commission Streamlining

JCMS: Journal of Common Market Studies, Volume 64, Issue 1, Page 125-151, January 2026.
Abstract National energy and climate plans (NECPs) are a cornerstone of European Union (EU) climate policy. As ‘hard’ soft governance instruments, NECPs allow comparison of member state policies and monitoring of whether they reach EU aims. My argument is that NECPs can be analysed as regulatory talk, with both member states and the Commission using ...
Simon Fink
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Reform Agendas in National Recovery and Resilience Plans: Partisan Politics and Domestic Usages of Europe

JCMS: Journal of Common Market Studies, Volume 64, Issue 1, Page 75-99, January 2026.
Abstract This article examines the agency of national executives in shaping the reform agendas within the National Recovery and Resilience Plans (NRRPs) under the EU's Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF). Through a comparative analysis of NRRPs drafting in Germany, France, Italy and Spain, and an in‐depth longitudinal study of Italy, we argue that ...
Enrico Borghetto, Lucia Quaglia, Igor Guardiancich   +2 more
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Learning Slovenian folk song in preschool music education

Pan-Art
Slovenian folk music is characterized by diversity, resulting from various historical and geographical influences, which are reflected in both vocal and instrumental music. Slovenian folk music plays a significant role in the preschool period.
Urban Prosen, Polona Prosen
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On the natural border: A bio‐geo‐political reading

Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers, Volume 50, Issue 4, December 2025.
Abstract This article engages in a critical analysis of the concept of the natural border. It highlights its inherently biopolitical nature by exploring how it intersects with biology, history and geography. In the last decades, critical border studies have deeply questioned the naturality of borders.
Matteo Proto, Francesco Buscemi
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‘My Name is Janez Janša’: The Curious Reiteration of the Slovenian Prime Minister

Contemporary Theatre Review
In 2007 three artists based in Slovenia – Davide Grassi, Emil Hrvatin, and Žiga Kariž – legally changed their names to that of the then-prime minister, Janez Janša.
Charlotte Young
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Socialist Entrepreneurship and Integrated Peasant Economy: Failed Collectivization in Yugoslavia (1949–1953)

Journal of Agrarian Change, Volume 25, Issue 4, October 2025.
ABSTRACT This article explores the specific features of collectivization in socialist Yugoslavia, focusing on Slovenia as one of its constituent republics. Through a bottom‐up approach, it examines selected cases from the countryside surrounding the Slovenian capital, Ljubljana, between 1949 and 1953.
Lev Centrih
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Toponyms and the Political and Ethnic Identity in Serbia [PDF]

, 2012
In the course of the last 150 years about 25 place-name changes have taken place in Belgrade. Some were more significant than others, and some of the renamed places have suffered as many as six name changes.
Ljubiša Rajić
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Grammar School Students’ Opinions on the Art Curriculum: An Estonian, Portuguese and Slovenian Comparative Study

Center for Educational Policy Studies Journal, 2015
The article presents the attitude of grammar school students towards the art curriculum. It first provides an overview of the characteristics of contemporary art education, with an emphasis on the postmodern art curriculum and on linking course content ...
Tomaž Župančič, Annely Köster, T. Eça   +2 more
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From agents of the people to agents of authority? How illiberal populism impacts interactions between regulatory agencies and external stakeholders

Regulation &Governance, Volume 19, Issue 3, Page 933-956, July 2025.
Abstract The decline in democratic quality and the increasing electoral popularity of illiberal populist parties are among the most notable global phenomena in the past 20 years. This article builds a bridge between the growing body of political science literature addressing how democratic backsliding impacts linkages between governments and organized ...
Michael Dobbins, Rafael Labanino
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