04966nam a22004935i 4500001001800000003000900018005001700027007001500044008004100059020001800100024003500118050001500153072001500168072001500183072002300198072001800221245013800239250001800377264006900395300004300464336002600507337002600533338003600559347002400595490003700619505143200656520175802088650003703846650002803883650003403911650002303945650002603968650003503994650003104029700007904060700008204139710003404221773002604255776003604281776003604317776003604353830003704389856004604426978-3-031-61605-1DE-He21320251030112649.0cr nn 008mamaa240725s2024 sz | s |||| 0|eng d a97830316160517 a10.1007/978-3-031-61605-12doi 4aJN1-9692.2 7aJP2bicssc 7a1D2bicssc 7aPOL0580002bisacsh 7aJPx1D2thema10aSlovenia and the EUh[electronic resource] :b20 Years of Membership in Perspective /cedited by Michael Kaeding, Boštjan Udovič. a1st ed. 2024. 1aCham :bSpringer Nature Switzerland :bImprint: Springer,c2024. aXIX, 115 p. 8 illus.bonline resource. atextbtxt2rdacontent acomputerbc2rdamedia aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier atext filebPDF2rda1 aThe Future of Europe,x2731-33870 a1. Introduction -- Part I: Economics -- 2. Has Twenty Years of Slovenia’s EU Membership Boosted Competitiveness and Foreign Direct Investments? -- 3. Financial Aspects of Slovenia’s Membership in the EU -- 4. Practice Makes Progress, Not Perfect: Twenty Years of Slovenian Participation in the EU Internal Market -- 5. Significant Improvement but Also Missed Opportunities: Slovenian Innovation Policy from 2004 to 2024 -- 6. A Proactive Approach to Co-creating the European Research Area: The Case of Slovenia in the Last Twenty Years -- Part II: CFSP -- 7. Twenty Years in the EU (CFSP): From “Now What?” to Finding a Distinct Voice for Slovenia’s Foreign Policy -- 8. All good-neighbourly? Bilateral relations with Croatia during 20 years of Slovenian EU membership -- 9. Slovenia and Common Security and Defence Policy: Is There a True North for Slovenia in the Strategic Compass? -- 10. A Good Pupil in an Unpredictable Classroom: The Impact of EU Membership on Human Rights Protection in Slovenia from 2004 to 2023 -- Part III: Europeanisation -- 11. Slovenian Public Opinion on Europe -- 12. European Elections in Slovenia: Who Ran and Who Was Elected in 2004, 2009, 2014, and 2019? -- 13. Gradual, Pragmatic and Flexible: The Europeanization of Institutions and the Coordination of EU Affairs -- 14. Slovenia(ns) in the European Union: Reflecting on Missed Opportunities and Lessons Learned Two Decades Later. aThis book addresses a range of aspects essential to a better understanding of Slovenia's 20 years in the EU and its exposure to the European integration process, including changes to its policies on e.g. competitiveness, industry, innovation, foreign policy and diplomacy, security and defense, but also its relations to neighboring countries, its experience with European elections, and different forms of Euroscepticism and citizens' trust in EU institutions. Subsequent chapters explore how Slovenia has been coping with the Maastricht criteria and EU law more generally in its polities and politics, benefitting from EU funds, and defending its language as an official language of the EU. In concise contributions, the authors – with diverse scholarly backgrounds and hailing from Slovenia and abroad – assess these aspects and share their perspectives on Slovenia's experiences after 20 years of full EU membership. The Editors Dr. Michael Kaeding is the Professor for European Integration and European Union Politics at the Institute of Political Science, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany. He is a senior research fellow at the University of Ljubljana and visiting fellow of the European Institute of Public Administration (EIPA) in Maastricht, member of the flying faculties of the College of Europe in Bruges, and the Turkish-German University in Istanbul. Dr. Boštjan Udovič is the Professor of Diplomacy at the Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia. He has been a guest professor at the Department of Political Sciences at the PLUS University of Salzburg (Austria), and for years member of the Strategic Council of Foreign Policy at the Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs of the Republic of Slovenia. 0aEuropexPolitics and government. 0aComparative government. 0aEuropexEconomic integration.14aEuropean Politics.24aComparative Politics.24aEuropean Economic Integration.24aComparative Public Policy.1 aKaeding, Michael.eeditor.4edt4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt1 aUdovič, Boštjan.eeditor.4edt4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt2 aSpringerLink (Online service)0 tSpringer Nature eBook08iPrinted edition:z978303161604408iPrinted edition:z978303161606808iPrinted edition:z9783031616075 0aThe Future of Europe,x2731-338740uhttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-61605-1