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In recent decades, climate change has increased the frequency of weather extremes, with devastating consequences for the natural environment, infrastructure, and human lives. Among the many natural disasters, floods are undoubtedly the most devastating, as they are highly unpredictable and often extremely intense. On the other hand, there has always been a constant “struggle” between people and high waters, as floods have repeatedly forced them to regulate inland waters, i.e. rivers and streams.

Zgodovina izobraževanja in zaposlovanja oseb s senzornimi ovirami na območju nekdanje Jugoslavije odraža družbene, gospodarske in politične spremembe. Po prvi svetovni vojni so bile, razen veteranov, večinoma marginalizirane, po drugi pa se je položaj začel izboljševati z razvojem socialnih, izobraževalnih in poklicnih ustanov za njihovo vključevanje na trg dela. Kljub temu je v petdesetih in šestdesetih letih še vedno prevladoval medicinski model obravnave oseb s posebnimi potrebami, ki je poudarjal oviranosti kot predmet zdravljenja. V sedemdesetih letih se je razvil socialni model, usmerjen v vključevanje, izobraževanje, zaposljivost in enakopravnost omenjenih oseb. 

Political Transformations in the Interwar Period: The Case of Slovenian Political Thought, edited by Isidora Grubački and Marko Zajc, is a scholarly reader produced within the Political History Program at the Institute of Contemporary History in Ljubljana. The volume presents English translations of sixteen primary sources of Slovenian political thought from the interwar period, selected by nine contributing authors. Each source is accompanied by a biographical note on the author and a contextual introduction situating the text within its historical, political, and intellectual setting.