INZ Publishing is a scientific publishing house that publishes only verified/reviewed latest research achievements in the field of humanities and social sciences. The publications are scientifically relevant and of high quality, meeting both technical standards and the editorial principles of an academic publisher. The Razpoznavanja/Recognitiones collection is intended for the publication of scientific monographs in the field of modern history, while the Vpogledi/Perspicacités collection is intended for the publication of thematic scientific collective monographs in the field of historiography. Since 1960, the publishing house has been publishing Prispevki za novejšo zgodovino (Contributions to Contemporary History), one of Slovenia's leading scientific historiography journals, which publishes topics in the field of contemporary history of the 19th, 20th, and 21st centuries in Central and Southeastern Europe.
Education and employment of individuals with sensory disabilities in the first and second Yugoslavia (1919–1991)
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. Do devetdesetih let je bil dosežen določen napredek, vendar ostaja vprašanje njegove dejanske uresničitve v praksi. Povedano potrjujejo pričujoči članki, ki za čas med obema vojnama izpostavljajo relacijo med Ljubljano in Zagrebom v kontekstu izobraževanja in zaposlovanja senzorno oviranih oseb, za čas po drugi svetovni vojni pa ponujajo vpogled v izobraževalne in zaposlitvene možnosti omenjenih oseb v novi socialistični Jugoslaviji. Dodana vrednost so intervjuji s senzorno oviranimi osebami, ki predstavljajo izpovedi o izkušnjah z državnimi inštitucijami za izobraževanje in zaposlovanje. Socialistična Jugoslavija je razvijala socialno varstvo na podlagi predvojnih institucij. Poudarek na izobraževanju in delu je omogočil, da je večina senzorno oviranih oseb pridobila osnovno izobrazbo in poklic, nekateri tudi plačano zaposlitev, pri čemer so obstajale velike razlike glede na potrebo po podpori. Avtonomija je bila razumljena predvsem kot sposobnost racionalnega odločanja in dela. Kljub temu je veliko oseb živelo dehumanizirano, njihova potreba po podpori pa je bila patologizirana, saj v institucijah ni bilo razvitega relacijskega pristopa k avtonomiji. V kontekstu zaposlovanja senzorno oviranih oseb prispevki, ki se osredotočajo na poklicno izobraževanje omenjenih oseb, ugotavljajo, da so se v socializmu možnosti pridobivanja poklicnih veščin razširile od zelo omejenih takoj po drugi svetovni vojni do možnosti dostopa do širše palete poklicev. S širjenjem poklicnih možnosti za osebe s senzornimi ovirami je istočasno potekalo tudi širše družbeno preoblikovanje v smer bolj vključujoče družbe, ki je spodbujala samostojno in neodvisno življenje omenjenih oseb. Vseeno pa nas prispevek o družbenem položaju žensk z okvarami vida v socialistični Jugoslaviji opozori, da so se še vedno soočale z oblikami izključevanja. Prispevek je raziskal vztrajanje patriarhalnih stereotipov ter ugotovil, da je izguba vida pri ženskah pogosto pomenila izgubo socialnega statusa, avtonomije in avtoritete tako v družini kot v širši družbi. Osebe s posebnimi potrebami so bile (pre)dolgo »nevidne« in spregledane, a kljub temu so za njihovo »vidnost« vseskozi skrbele posamezne kulturne ustanove, ki so poudarjale pomen razumevanja in sprejemanja oseb z ovirami. V prvi vrsti so bili to muzeji. Na to opozori članek o Tiflološkem muzeju v Zagrebu, ki od svojega nastanka leta 1953 velja za enega od pionirjev približevanja sveta oseb z okvarami vida širši javnosti. Vpogledi 31 tako odpirajo pomembna vprašanja o razvoju izobraževanja, zaposlovanja in širšega družbenega položaja senzorno oviranih oseb v jugoslovanskem prostoru. Prispevki pokažejo, da je bil napredek sicer zaznaven, vendar neenakomeren in pogosto omejen z družbenimi normami, institucionalnimi praksami ter vztrajajočimi stereotipi. Hkrati opozarjajo, da vključevanje teh oseb ni bilo zgolj rezultat zakonodajnih sprememb, temveč tudi del širših družbenih preobrazb in prizadevanj posameznikov ter institucij. Z zgodovinskim vpogledom v te procese monografija ne le osvetljuje preteklost, temveč odpira prostor za razmislek o sedanjih praksah ter prihodnjih izzivih na področju enakopravnega vključevanja oseb s senzornimi ovirami v družbo.
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Political Transformations in the Interwar Period: The Case of Slovenian Political Thought
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. The reader grew out of a collaborative workshop held in Ljubljana in April 2024, where specialists in the history of political thought in East Central Europe discussed possible source selections and their broader relevance. Rather than offering a comprehensive overview, the editors explicitly aimed to move beyond a simplified historiographic division of interwar Slovenian political thought into Catholic, liberal, and Marxist camps. Contributors were encouraged to contextualize the selected texts within wider Yugoslav and transnational frameworks and to reflect current research interests in the field. The resulting selection highlights political thought as a dynamic response to profound transformations brought about by the collapse of empires, the formation of new states, and the crisis of liberal parliamentary systems in the interwar years. The volume also reflects recent methodological trends, including an expanded definition of political thought, a broader range of source types, and attention to themes that have previously received limited attention in Slovenian national historiography. The sixteen annotated primary sources together map the diversity of Slovenian political thought in the interwar period and its entanglement with Yugoslav and transnational debates. The selection spans agrarian, socialist, communist, liberal, republican, Catholic, and feminist traditions, addressing central themes such as the agrarian and social questions (Jože Srebrnič, Dragotin Godina), republicanism and socialism (Albin Prepeluh, Etbin Kristan), and competing interpretations of the national and Yugoslav questions (Albert Hlebec, Ljubomir Dušanov Jurković, Andrej Uršič, Josip Vilfan). Several contributions foreground leftist and Popular Front contexts, including communist and left-Catholic engagements with nationalism and international politics (Angela Vode, Leopoldina Kos, Edvard Kocbek), while others broaden the scope of political thought through cultural, bodily, and gendered perspectives, such as Zofka Kveder’s Yugoslavist literary intervention, Viktor Murnik’s reflections on physical culture, and Minka Govekar’s feminist analysis of housework. Dr Maria Falina emphasizes the accessibility and research value of the reader, observing that it “introduces important texts to the reading public and makes them accessible not only through translation, but also by placing them in historical context and by providing short intellectual biography sketches of the authors.” She further praises the editors’ introduction as offering “an original and very convincing framing of how ‘national’ political thought can be conceptualised,” and welcomes the volume’s expanded approach to political thought, which she describes as “a model of how sources for political thought can be approached and analysed.” In Dr Marco Bresciani’s assessment, “perhaps the most important scientific achievement of this volume concerns the crucial link, which has been carefully investigated, between the contingent, situational transformation of political and geopolitical contexts, both regional and international, and the development of an ever-evolving political thought.” He also highlights the value of the essays that shed new light on key interwar debates, noting their contribution to understanding issues such as “the ‘women’s issue’, the ‘minority issue’, the ‘social issue’ and the ‘national issue’.”
Socialist Agricultural Policy: Origins and Implementations
In the fall of 2023, the Conference on Rural History in Cluj provided the setting for a panel discussion on the modalities of cooperativism as both a concept and a practice in socialist Eastern Europe after the Second World War. This discussion inevitably led to an examination of agricultural policy under socialism, given that the cooperative idea served as a key instrument for communist authorities in transforming the agricultural sector and imposing strict restrictions on private agriculture.
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Carniolan Savings Bank. Shaping Financial Landscape in Slovenian Territory
The book examines the historical significance and development of financial intermediation on Slovenian territory, with a focus on the Carniolan Savings Bank in Ljubljana, which was established in the early 19th century. Savings banks were financial institutions that emerged in the early 19th century. Their primary purpose was to collect money or savings deposits from the lower but captive classes of the population. These institutions were founded to encourage savings among the less affluent, promote thrift and financial inclusion, and ultimately contribute to local and regional economic growth. The study outlines the context in which savings banks emerged. It emphasises their role in capital formation and economic development when the financial needs of the lower classes were largely unmet. Motivated by a combination of Enlightenment principles and monetary incentives, the founders of the Carniolan Savings Bank created a financial institution to encourage the population of Carniola Province to save and invest.
The monograph comprehensively explores the village of Ig during the socialist period, i.e. from 1945 until the end of the 1980s. It presents various outlooks on socialist society, from the post-war measures implemented by the new authorities and the organisation and issues of the local economy to the selected segments of everyday life. The research is based mainly on archival and newspaper sources, as well as on some additional sources. In this regard, the lack of archival materials from the lowest level of government should be noted, as it has slightly impacted the reconstruction of the village’s overall development.
Suše v zgodovini in njihov vpliv na okolje, družbo in prebivalstvo
Znanstvena monografija Suše v zgodovini in njihov vpliv na okolje, družbo in prebivalstvo povezuje prispevke avtorjev, ki prihajajo iz na prvi pogled nepovezanih strok. Vpogled v posamezne prispevke pa nas privede do spoznanja, da so vsi vsebinska celota, ki se dopolnjujejo in predstavijo problematiko suše skozi zgodovino in njen vpliv ne samo na okolje, ampak tudi na ljudi in družbo kot celoto. Suša ni samo fizikalen pojav, saj se njen vpliv na družbo odraža v medsebojnem odnosu med sušo kot naravnim dogodkom in zahtevami ljudi po oskrbi z vodo. Razvoj suše je povečini počasen, zato je tudi škoda, ki jo povzroča, postopna. Suša je naravni pojav, a je kot »živ organizem«, ki ima svoj začetek, trajanje, intenzivnost, obseg in konec. Vseh omenjenih faz suše ni moč natančno določiti, kar daje suši značaj kompleksnosti v primerjavi z drugimi hidrometeorološkimi pojavi.
In the 20th century, the phenomenon of suicide transcended medical and psychiatric explanations and gradually became established as a historical and cultural symptom. Through various discourses – religious, legal, statistical, moral, and ideological – suicide has formed a significant part of the collective consciousness, as its interpretation reflects social tensions, turning points, and transformations of particular historical periods. During the 20th century in the Slovenian territory, suicide transcended personal tragedy: it became a means of political instrumentalisation, cultural introspection, and collective reflection on meaning, identity, and belonging. The monograph by Ivan Smiljanić, Meta Remec, and Marko Zajc thematises the historical complexity and ideological burden of suicide as a social phenomenon during various periods of the 20th century. Each author draws on a specific historical context – from the inter-war and post-war period, through the Partisan struggle, to late socialism. However, they examine suicide in broader terms: as a phenomenon in which individual distress, the collective emotional atmosphere, discourses of power, and attempts at controlling the meaning of death intersect.
Iz recenzije izr. prof. dr. Petra Mikše: Človek je bil v preteklosti vedno najbolj zadovoljen, ko je naravo kultiviral oziroma iz »divljine« naredil kulturno krajino. Narava je še nedavno veljala za lepo in prijetno le tam, kjer je bila »udomačena in zarisana s šestilom in ravnilom«. Avtorji v prispevkih z različnih zornih kotov poglobljeno in interdisciplinarno analizirajo, kako se v odnosu do gozda in človekovem dojemanju naravnega okolja odslikavajo vrednote in način razmišljanja vsakokratne družbe v prostoru in času, prikažejo poskuse prikrojevanja naravnega okolja človekovim potrebam in želji po dobičku ter posledice teh človekovih posegov in ukrepe za sanacijo nastale škode. Skupno delo strokovnjakov s področja gozdarstva, lesarstva in varstva okolja ter zgodovinarjev vse našteto osvetljuje z različnih plati in zornih kotov ter dopolnjuje medsebojne vrzeli v znanju. Iz recenzije znanstvenega svetnika, red. prof. Andraža Čarnija: Pričujoča monografija nas popelje v gozdove in prikazuje pretekle in sedanje načine upravljanja z njimi. Avtorji prihajajo z različnih področij znanosti in obdelujejo tematiko vsak s svojega zornega kota. Tako monografija osvetli različne vidike upravljanja z gozdovi, obravnava pa tudi različne načine njihovega izkoriščanja in varovanja. Takšen pristop zagotavlja bralcu celovit vpogled v odnose med ljudmi in gozdovi. Procesi, ki so potekali v preteklosti, pa se navezujejo na današnje stanje in jih lahko zasledimo še danes.
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Potenciali in upravljanje vodá. Med preteklostjo in sedanjostjo
Iz recenzije znanstvenega svetnika dr. Blaza Komaca: Monografija je pomembna za slovenski prostor, ker prinasa celovit odsev kompleksnega prepletanja tehnoloskega razvoja, gospodarskih potreb po energiji in vpliva političnih odločitev na oblikovanje prostora, v katerem so vsi ti dejavniki skozi čas oblikovali vodne pokrajine. Čeprav je poudarek monografije vendarle na zgodovinskem pristopu, je prehod iz tradicionalne v sodobno družbo prikazan skozi več vsebinskih leč. /.../ Poleg časovno in prostorsko široke zasnove dela je njegova odlika tudi multidisciplinarni pristop, ki omogoča celovito razumevanje tematike. Monografija je v tem pogledu pomembna tudi zato, ker omogoča ne le razumevanje sedanjega stanja, ampak tudi boljše načrtovanje in s tem prihodnje upravljanje vodnih virov. Iz recenzije doc. dr. Vilme Brodnik: Znanstvena monografija prinaša dragocene razprave s področja okoljske zgodovine, ki osvetljujejo različne vidike uporabe obnovljivih vodnih virov v zgodovinski perspektivi, pozitivne in negativne vidike človeških posegov v vodotoke in na Ljubljansko barje, začetke okoljskega osveščanja in zakonodaje od druge polovice 19. stoletja dalje ter aktualno situacijo s prizadevanji za celovito trajnostno ravnanje z vodotoki.
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Slovenian Political Transition (1989-2004)
The Slovenian political transition represents a multifaceted subject. It began when socialism was declining and gradually collapsing globally, and Yugoslavia was in the throes of an economic and political crisis. The ensuing transition could therefore be studied from many angles and with different emphases than the ones analysed in this book. The view it encompasses is nevertheless crucial. The book focuses on the level of the Slovenian republic: first as one of the Yugoslav socialist republics; after the dissolution of the federation and independence, as a nation-state that looked towards Europe; and, finally, as a republic that has once again transferred a part of its rights to a supranational entity, this time the European Union. In this respect, the central transition period is directly linked to the existence of Slovenia as an independent nation-state, a republic in which a certain political culture has developed and a specific political space has been shaped, both of which resulted from the processes, structures, and customs of the socialist era, especially in the initial years of the transition.
An Insight into the History of the Territorial Defence of the Municipality of Brežice
Between 1968 and 1991, the Slovenian Territorial Defence went from being a reserve army and a component of the Armed Forces of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, intended to operate in case of war and external threats to the Slovenian nation, to an armed force of the Slovenian nation and a state army, which successfully secured the plebiscitary decision of Slovenians regarding their independence and sovereignty in 1991 and won the war against the Yugoslav People’s Army.
Inštitut za novejšo zgodovino je javni raziskovalni zavod, ki se ukvarja z znanstvenoraziskovalno dejavnostjo že vse od svoje ustanovitve leta 1959. INZ tako ni le tista raziskovalna organizacija, ki se intenzivno ukvarja z raziskovanjem novejše zgodovine, temveč je v vseh teh desetletjih svojega delovanja tudi sam postal pomemben del novejše zgodovine slovenske znanstvenoraziskovalne dejavnosti. Zato je bilo za nas vedno zelo pomembno, da smo svojo dejavnost vestno beležili ne le za sodobnike, temveč tudi za prihodnje rodove.
*The research was created as part of the project J6-50189 Systems of Care and Education for Children with Sensory Disabilities in the First and Second Yugoslav State, funded by the Slovenian Research and Innovation Agency (ARIS). The Ljubljana Institute for the Deaf-Mute was built with the resources from various benefactors’ bequests. Dean Ignacij Holzapfel was the most generous of them. In his will, he dedicated his fortune to the construction of an institute for the deaf youth from Carniola, who were educated in German institutions and thus alienated from their homeland. This was another display of his patriotism, as were his previous unsuccessful attempts to publish the Slovenian weekly newspaper Slavinja. With the construction of the Institute in Ljubljana in 1900, the Slovenian deaf youth from Carniola were given the opportunity to receive education in the Slovenian language and live independently after the completion of their schooling.
From Conflict to Compromise: An outline of the relationship between the State and the Catholic Church in Slovenia 1966–1991
With the end of the Second World War and the takeover of power by the Communist Party, a period of several years of lawlessness began for the Catholic Church in Yugoslavia, in which the revolutionary regime tried to put an end to its social power and influence and to its independence in relation to totalitarian power with many repressive measures – first and foremost with the court convictions of church representatives and the nationalization of church property. The anti-church activity of the state authorities in the first post-war years was primarily aimed at annihilating or at least significantly reducing the influence of the Holy See on the functioning of the Catholic Church in Yugoslavia, because due to the international dimension of the church organization, the Communist Party, in its desire for a complete social monopoly, could not fully to subvert. The efforts of the communist authorities to subjugate the Catholic Church in Yugoslavia by establishing the so-called national Church, quickly proved unsuccessful due to the determined opposition of the Yugoslav bishops. The regime therefore tried to cause a split between the bishops and priests and thereby break the unity of the Catholic Church by establishing puppet priestly patriotic associations, torn between loyalty to the Church and the regime, which, even after the failure of this policy, served for a long time as the main means of the policy of differentiation. The Yugoslav authorities saw the Holy See as the biggest obstacle in regulating relations between the state and the Catholic Church, especially when, with his support, the Yugoslav bishops banned the regime‘s priestly associations. The announcement that the Archbishop of Zagreb Alojzije Stepinac, who was convicted in a staged trial, would be elevated to the cardinal honor, therefore served as a convenient excuse for the Belgrade to unilaterally sever diplomatic relations with the Holy See in December 1952.
“The More Determined Opponents of Semitism” - On Anti-Semitismand Slovenian Liberalsin Carniola
Based on the examined sources, one cannot avoid the conclusion that the attitude of Slovenian liberalism in Carniola towards Jews was, as a rule, multidimensional, occasionally contradictory, and (almost) always dismissive. Simultaneously, it also opposed the attitude towards Jews adopted elsewhere in Europe by the political orientations which the Carniolan liberalism shared its name with – albeit with reservations. Despite the nuances that emerged in the internal structure and ideological outlook of Carniolan liberalism in the long term, over the last decades of the 19th and the first decades of the 20th century, this attitude was always characterised by various aversions, antipathies, and outright hatred rather than positive feelings. The ideological dominance of the Catholic camp, the characteristics of the environment, and a common external enemy in the form of German liberalism were the circumstances that dictated a specific situation in which anti-Semitism in Slovenia was a common feature of both clericalist and liberal politics. Although anti-Jewish views did not become part of the official party political programmes, anti-Semitism represented a constant in the liberal camp’s ideological character: the Young Slovenians in the 1870s and 1880s, as well as the party-organised national progressives in the 1890s, both swore by it. The fact that even afterwards, things did not change, and the liberals and their central daily bulletin sometimes even surpassed the members of the clericalist camp in their anti-Semitic zeal is attested to by the words of the vice-president of the Jewish religious congregation in Zagreb, Lavoslav Šik. In 1919, he complained that “we, as Jewish people, face the spirit of hatred almost daily in the press of free democratic Slovenia, mainly from the editorship of the liberal newspaper ‘Slovenski narod’ /.../”
From a Complete Stranger to a Dear Friend
The monograph provides the first comprehensive overview of how Slovenians became acquainted with Japan, its people, customs, and culture. In the 1980s, Zmago Šmitek began researching peoples living very far away from Slovenia, focusing primarily on learning about nations and cultures from various parts of the world. Meanwhile, the book at hand, titled Od popolne neznanke do prisrčne prijateljice (From a Complete Stranger to a Dear Friend), focuses on how our ancestors came to know one particular people, in this case the Japanese, through media contributions, travelogues, reports from visitors to faraway places, school textbooks, and cultural goods.
»MY HEART BREAKS WITH SORROW« Everyday Life of the Bovec Region Inhabitants During the Great War
The present contribution about everyday life in the Bovec region begins in the first half of 1914 when the situation was still normal. However, with the assassination of Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo, everyday life in the Bovec region changed profoundly. As in the other parts of Austria-Hungary – at least those not on the front lines – life was determined by wartime absolutism. After the proclamation of war, men started to leave their homes to serve in the military. However, they kept in touch by sending letters or greetings to their families and friends through newspaper advertisements. Shortly after the war broke out, the soldiers were not the only victims: in Srpenica, Countess Lucy Cristalnigg was shot in a military incident and became one of the first civilian casualties of the Great War in the territory of present-day Slovenia. This incident announced the beginning of a total war. Schools soon closed, while the war occupied the children with various patriotic and charitable tasks. The first year of the Great War also significantly changed the local diet, which worsened further by the coming winter.
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The two main political forces that decisively defined the Slovenian history between the end of the 19th century and World War II in Slovenia – the side of the political Catholicism and the liberal side – shaped and implemented their ideological, political, national-cultural, and socio-economic principles through different historical positions and party organisations during this period. The Catholic side was permanently focused on a nationwide and monopolistic assertion of its values in all spheres of life and based on the exclusion of everything that was contrary to it. This was also the experience of the liberal side, which reacted to the Catholic side’s pursuit of the general domination by defending its identity principles.
Robovi, stičišča in utopije prijateljstva
Iz recenzije dr. Barbare Vodopivec Interdisciplinarni pristop k osvetlitvi vloge in pomena kulture v gibanju neuvrščenih, ki ponuja raznolike znanstveno utemeljene uvide v tematiko, je močna dodana vrednost monografije. Publikacija s tem temeljito poglablja naslovljeno raziskovalno polje in ga s kritično refleksijo obravnavane vsebine znotraj vsakega od prispevkov umešča v sodobne tokove postkolonialnih raziskovanj, ki med drugim na novo tematizirajo globalni jug in epistemološko zavračajo do nedavnega dominantne evropocentrične paradigme. Prinaša vrsto izvirnih znanstvenih spoznanj in interpretacij, ki so rezultat prepleta različnih metod in metodoloških pristopov, kot so kritična analiza arhivskega gradiva v domačih in tujih arhivih, empirična analiza likovnih del in teoretski razmisleki o umetnosti. Publikacija pomeni pomembno obogatitev poznavanja vloge in pomena kulture v obdobju gibanja neuvrščenih, ker s povezavo različnih ved poglablja večplastno razumevanje te tematike, ponuja podlage za nadaljnje raziskave in v času zaostrenih mednarodnih razmer prinaša pomembno simbolno sporočilo iz preteklosti o nujnosti preseganja meja v kulturi in znanosti.
In Slovenian national ideology, peasants represented the central social class until the communist system. This could not be otherwise, because Slovenia was an agrarian society in economic and social terms until the Second World War. The anchoring of peasants and agriculture in the ideological-political imaginary was connected with structural changes from the middle of the 19th century until the Second World War. The introduction of peasant issues into the social imaginary coincided with the entry of the masses into political life, which was due to the expansion of suffrage. This changed the balance of political forces, the perception of reality, and affected the shaping of political and social agendas. All these changes were summarized in the public discourse, which must not discriminate against the peasant masses, but put them at the center of the national ideology.
Inštitut za zgodovino delavskega gibanja v Ljubljani
Inštitut za zgodovino delavskega gibanja v Ljubljani je ustanovil Izvršni svet Skupščine SRS z odredbo z dne 10. julija 1959 in mu določil nalogo, »da znanstveno proučuje delavsko gibanje, delovanje komunistične partije in ljudsko revolucijo na slovenskem ozemlju ter socialistično graditev v Sloveniji«. Obenem naj bi inštitut opravljal tudi druge naloge, kot so: zbiranje in urejanje arhivskega in spominskega gradiva, čuvanje muzejskih predmetov, organizacija razstav, izdaja znanstvenih, strokovnih in poljudnih publikacij itd.
Institute for the History of the Workers' Movement
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Slovenski železničarji pod italijansko okupacijo v Ljubljanski pokrajini
V zgodovinopisju narodnoosvobodilnega boja v Sloveniji doslej še ni bilo kaj več napisanega o deležu delavcev iz posameznih gospodarskih panog kot npr. kovinarjev, tekstilcev, stavbincev, rudarjev, železničarjev in drugih v narodnoosvobodilnem boju in ljudski revoluciji. Železničarji so bili od začetka delavskega gibanja na Slovenskem številčna in pomembna veja delavskega razreda. Še v dobi Avstro-Ogrske so v okviru svojih strokovnih organizacij in društev z izkušenimi delavskimi zaupniki in pod neposrednim vplivom železničarjev, ki so tudi v Jugoslovanski socialnodemokratski stranki imeli pomembno mesto, pridobili, v primerjavi z drugim delavstvom, tedaj dokaj urejeno socialno zakonodajo. V zadnjih letih prve svetovne vojne (1917 in 1918), ob koncu vojne in v prvih letih na novo ustanovljene države SHS so železničarji, poleg rudarjev, sestavljali revolucionarno jedro slovenskega delavstva. V tem obdobju so s protestnimi shodi, zborovanji, mezdnimi in stavkovnimi gibanji - v generalni stavki aprila 1920 pa že pod vplivom na novo nastale komunistične stranke - zahtevali socialnoekonomske, posredno pa tudi politične pravice.
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Ključne značilnosti slovenske politike v letih 1929-1955
Državni zbor Republike Slovenije je zaprosil slovenske zgo­dovinarje, da pripravijo znanstveno poročilo o novejši zgodovini Slovencev. Besedilo naj bi bilo zgodovinopisna podlaga za opre­deljevanje državnega zbora do nekaterih odprtih vprašanj bližnje preteklosti. Težišče poročila je zato v prikazu prelomnih točk, ki so ključne za razumevanje in pojasnitev vzrokov za razcep v slovenski družbi. Zato obravnava predvsem politična vprašanja, vendar pa upošteva tudi druge vidike (gospodarske, socialne, kulturne), pomembne za razumevanje slovenske razcepljenosti. Časovno zajema slovensko zgodovino tridesetih let, ko sta polarizacija in idejna nestrpnost naraščali, drugo svetovno vojno, ko so nasprotja dosegla vrhunec in se končuje s petdesetimi leti našega stoletja, ko že popušča pritisk totalitarne države. Poročilo je napisano na podlagi do sedaj opravljenih raziskav in vedenja avtorjev ter je vsebinsko usklajeno. Besedilo je namreč skupinsko delo dvanajstih slovenskih zgodovinarjev, izbranih na podlagi njihovega dosedanjega znanstvenega dela. Vsa organizacijska in koordinacijska dela je opravil Inštitut za novejšo zgodovino. V avtorski skupini so bili: dr. Zdenko Čepič, znanstveni sodelavec Inštituta za novejšo zgodovino, prof. dr. Tone Ferenc, znanstveni svetnik Inštituta za novejšo zgodovino, dr. Aleš Gabrič, asistent-doktor Inštituta za novejšo zgodovino, dr. Bojan Godeša, znanstveni so­delavec Inštituta za novejšo zgodovino, mag. Boris Mlakar, asistent- magister Inštituta za novejšo zgodovino, prof. dr. Dušan Nećak, redni profesor na oddelku za zgodovino Filozofske fakultete univerze v Ljubljani, dr. Jože Prinčič, znanstveni sodelavec Inštituta za novejšo zgodovino, znanstveni svetnik Inštituta za novejšo zgodovino, dr. Božo Repe, docent Pedagoške fakultete univerze v Mariboru, dr. Anka Vidovič-Miklavčič, višja znanstvena sodelavka Inštituta za novejšo zgodovino, prof. dr. Peter Vodopivec, redni profesor na oddelku za zgodovino Filozofske fakultete univerze v Ljubljani, in prof. dr. Milan Zevart, redni profesor v pokoju.
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Pričujočih sedemnajst prispevkov in izbrano slikovno gradivo so avtorji, raziskovalci Inštituta za novejšo zgodovino pripravili za slovenski šolski prostor kot prikaz novejše slovenske zgodovine. Besedila ponujajo tehtnejši, manj znan vpogled v zgodovino predvsem mladim, generaciji gimnazijcev in učiteljem ter profesorjem zgodovine v osnovnih in srednjih šolah, ki se želijo na poljudnejši, a kljub vsemu na poglobljen način seznaniti z novostmi in novim načinom pisanja in opisovanja zgodovinskega dogajanja ter predstavljanjem vsebin iz slovenske pretekle in polpretekle stvarnosti. Cilj knjige je prikazati preteklost, ki je tudi nujnost naše gospodarske, kulturne, humanistične in politične slovenske sodobnosti.
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Iz recenzije prof. dr. Aleksandra Panjeka Pomemben znanstveni prispevek knjige je v tem, da so v njej zastopani različni poudarki in tematiziranja družbenih razlik z vidika države in ustanov ter skupin, ki tvorijo neprivilegirane plasti prebivalstva. Zato je na eni strani povsem primerna v naslovu podarjena dvojnost pristopa in percepcije tedanje družbe – sočutje in stigma. Na drugi pa nas avtorji seznanijo z različnimi rizičnimi skupinami in odnosi do njih. Tako srečamo berače in potepuhe, socialno marginalizacijo zaradi bolezni in hendikepa, delavce ter revščino v urbanem okolju in na podeželju. Hkrati smo seznanjeni s primeri odnosa do problema revščine z vidika različnih ustanov, kot so hiralnica, banka, občina in država. Iz recenzije dr. Jelke Piškurić Monografija naniza prispevke enajstih avtorjev, ki so fokus svojega raziskovanja večinoma usmerili na življenjske razmere tistih ljudi, ki so se znašli na spodnjem koncu družbene lestvice. Skozi njihova dela se sprehodimo od odnosa do marginaliziranih skupin in različnih oblik skrbi za reveže do razumevanja in merjenja družbene neenakosti v socializmu ter vprašanja, kako nam gre v Sloveniji danes in kakšen bo pomen socialne države v prihodnosti. Spremljanje revščine in družbenega razslojevanja skozi perspektivo dolgega trajanja, od 19. stoletja pa vse do današnjih dni, ki vključuje različna politična in gospodarska stanja ter zajame procese industrializacije, modernizacije in širših družbenih sprememb, je osrednjega pomena. Monografija bralcu celovito predstavi postopno preobrazbo pogleda na revnejše sloje prebivalstva in marginalizirane skupine ter prevzemanje družbene odgovornosti zanje – od individualne krivde za revščino do zavedanja, da družbeno neenakost pravzaprav dopušča družbenoekonomska ureditev. /…/ Monografija, ki odstira različne vidike družbenih razlik in revščine v slovenski novejši zgodovini, predstavlja pomemben doprinos k raziskavam slovenske gospodarske in socialne zgodovine.
Inštitut za novejšo zgodovino je letos poleti zaznamovala šestdeseta obletnica delovanja. Sredi dela, priprav na jesenske znanstvene prireditve in nastope, tik pred preselitvijo v nove prostore. Šestdesetletnica Inštituta za novejšo zgodovino je pa vendar tista postaja, s katere se je nadvse primerno za več kot le trenutek ozreti nazaj – ne le zaradi zgodovinopisja, ki smo mu poklicno zavezani, pač pa zato, da bi bolje videli naprej. Ni le nostalgija in ne le priložnost za razgrnitev, ovrednotenje in – zakaj ne – popularizacijo svojega dela in dosežkov, pač pa tudi izhodišče, ki nam lahko da ščepec vpogleda v tisto, kar bo prinesla prihodnost, kar bo v hitro spreminjajočem se okolju, tudi v raziskovanju, v humanističnih znanostih, kot je zgodovinopisje, lahko v oporo bodočemu razvoju inštituta, da bo v polni moči in s ponosom nad doseženim pogledal svojo sedemdesetletnico – in bodoče podobne obletnice
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Četrt stoletja Republike Slovenije - izzivi, dileme, pričakovanja
Četrt stoletja Republike Slovenije (1991-2016) je za mnoge relativen pojem. Nekaterim se obletnica ne zdi nič posebnega, drugi je zaradi številnih zavoženih poti v tem času sploh ne bi slavili, tretji bi spomin na 25 let od nastanka države posebej skrbno počastili. Ravno tako relativna je za zgodovinarje in slovensko zgodovinopisje; po eni strani leto 2016 ne predstavlja nikakršnega posebnega mejnika v zgodovini, po drugi pa 25 let obstoja slovenske države gotovo pomeni spodbudo za aktivnejši raziskovalni spopad s tem obdobjem. Razlogov za to - poleg že omenjenega jubilejnega - je več. V tem času se je podoba Slovenije, njene družbe in nas samih docela spremenila. Procesi, ki so se začeli konec osemdesetih let 20. stoletja, so pustili globoko in temeljito zarezo. Izgrajeval se je nov politični in gospodarski sistem, lastninilo in denacionaliziralo se je premoženje, dogajale so se prej nepojmljive afere, spreminjala se je vloga Cerkve in civilne družbe, spreminjali so se odnos do držav naslednic Jugoslavije, odnos do preteklosti, do druge svetovne vojne in do osamosvojitve ... spreminjale so se navade. Nekoč so na evropskem vzhodu tajne službe zrle v življenja ljudi (kot je čudovito prikazano v filmu Das Leben der Anderen), danes se prostovoljno razgaljamo sami na Facebooku in Twitterju. Spreminjal se je jezik, tudi politični jezik, nastajali in izginjali so najrazličnejši izrazi: nacionalni interes, razumnik, tajkun, kadrovski cunami... Pomlad ni le letni čas v tej državi niti ne politično prepričanje, je bolj državljanska drža, življenjski in svetovni nazor.
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»Dne 25. septembra 1969 je v Mariboru presenetila javnost nepričakovana vest, da je v bolnišnici umrl po operaciji znani odvetnik in javni delavec dr. Igor Rosina, star 69 let. Z dr. Rosino, sinom zaslužnega mariborskega rodoljuba dr. Frana Rosine, je odšel od nas izvrsten pravnik in globok mislec, ki je hodil vedno svojo pot in globoko posegal v narodno, kulturno in politično življenje slovenskega naroda ob severni meji ter tako nadaljeval tradicijo svojega očeta.« To so bile besede, ki so dr. Igorja Rosino ob njegovi smrti leta 1969 pospremile v slovenskem dnevniku Večer. Igor Rosina je bil tedaj res vse, kar je njemu naklonjeni pisec naštel v nekrologu, a še važnejše je tisto, kar je pogumno le nakazal – da je bil namreč Rosina nekdo, ki je vedno hodil svojo pot. In ta je bila zelo vijugasta. Pred drugo svetovno vojno je bil Igor Rosina dolga leta vidno družbeno in politično angažiran intelektualec, ob tem pa seveda odvetnik, dejaven v strokovnem tisku in zvest svojemu poklicnemu poslanstvu. Med kolegi je bil cenjen, kar se je takoj po koncu druge svetovne vojne pokazalo tudi tako, da je pomagal pri vzpostavljanju odvetništva v Mariboru. Prav Odvetniška zbornica se ga je ob njegovi smrti tudi dostojno spomnila z osmrtnico v časopisu Delo.
From dreams of "a second Switzerland" to capitalism without a human face
Three decades of an independent state are certainly a long enough period to give an opinion on the transition process, which formally ended with the country’s accession to the EU, even from a historical point of view. Until its formal conclusion, the Slovenian economic transition was described primarily as a story of success, but the period after 2004 was marked by everything but positive opinions and assessments. The book discusses the central processes of economic transition, which changed Slovenia’s economic structure, strengthening and modernizing it to such an extent that the country was able to catch up with the developed world much more quickly. The aims of the author’s historical search and inquiry are the path to transition, Slovenia’s entry into various international integrations, macroeconomic stabilization, privatization, and economic restructuring. He also sheds light on the issue of regional development and identifies the reasons why the intended reduction of interregional disparities did not take place in the period under examination. Special attention is paid to economic crime, which caused enormous financial damage to citizens, companies, and the state as a whole. In a substantiated narrative, the author also presents the characteristics and achievements of the process of economic transformation in Croatia, Serbia, the Czech Republic, Hungary, and Poland. Copublished by Inštitut za novejšo zgodovino and Slovenska matica.
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The role of Slovenian Carinthia in the independence efforts 1989-199
Knjiga »Koroški boj za samostojno in neodvisno Slovenijo 1989 – 1991« obravnava razvoj in delovanje slovenskih varnostnih in obrambnih struktur na območju Koroške v obdobju osamosvajanja, v osrednjem delu pa bojno delovanje slovenskih obrambnih sil na Koroškem v vojni za obrambo neodvisnosti Slovenije junija in julija 1991 in čas do izteka moratorija.
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