The Participation of Slovenian Civil Society Organisations in EU Policymaking: Explaining their Different Routes

Novák, Miroslav; Lajh, Damjan

doi:10.30950/jcer.v14i2.871

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“…In addition, the fact that Montenegrin interest groups contact EU affair officers more often than groups from Slovenia do illustrates the non -democratic elements of their political culture and the need to seek external legitimacy, which, in Montenegro, is stimulated by both the lack of trust in institutions and the role of international community in building democracy. On the other hand, Slovenian interest groups, operating in an EU member state, may take advantage of other access points in the multi -level system of the EU when they try to influence EU policymaking, so they do not rely only on EU affairs officers (Novak -Lajh 2018). Indeed, in their involvement in national policy making, Slovenian interest groups turn more towards national civil servants working for departmental ministries.…”

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The organisational development of interest groups in Montenegro and Slovenia: Do they contribute to more inclusive democracy?

Novák

Komar

2020

Politics in Central Europe

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Despite the joint history of Montenegro and Slovenia as republics of the former Yugoslavia, the development of the interest groups system has been different in these countries. While in Slovenia, these groups started to develop from the 19th century, in Montenegro the interest groups system was almost non-existent in the pre-socialist period with only a few participative elements, such as the use of tribal assemblies. Socialism did not support associational life, since most of the organizations that were founded at the time were under some form of government control. As a consequence, the interest groups system in Slovenia shrank during socialist rule, while in Montenegro it remained at the same level. During the 1980s and after the collapse of the socialist regime the interest group system in Montenegro finally starts to develop, being heavily influenced by international donor and assistance programmes, while in Slovenia the system had a new opportunity to flourish. In this article we are in particularly interested in how the interest group system contributes to the quality of democracy. Although Montenegrin interest groups have been a tool of influence and democratisation primarily on behalf of the international community, their internal democracy is less sophisticated than is the case in Slovenia. The results show that the origin of the interest groups system and the distinct histories of the specific political cultures seem to be embedded in the functioning of contemporary interest groups. This in turn, determines the strength or weakness of these groups in facing the challenges of de-democratisation.

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The organisational development of interest groups in Montenegro and Slovenia: Do they contribute to more inclusive democracy?

Novák

Komar

2020

Politics in Central Europe

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“…Source: (Kranjc, ; Fink‐Hafner, ; Črnak‐Meglič & Vojnovič, ; Hvalič, Ramovš, & Ramovš, ; Kolarič, Črnak‐Meglič, & Vojnovič ; Krašovec & Lajh, ; Črnak‐Meglič & Rakar, ; Fink‐Hafner & Hafner‐Fink, ; Fink‐Hafner et al, ; Lajh & Novak, ; Novak & Lajh, ; and Novak & Lajh, ).…”

Section: The Role Of Interest Groups In Slovenia's Political Developmentunclassified

“…Source: (Kranjc, 1986;Fink-Hafner, 1992;Črnak-Meglič & Vojnovič, 1997;Hvalič, Ramovš, & Ramovš, 2001;Kolarič, Črnak-Meglič, & Vojnovič 2002;Krašovec & Lajh, 2004;Črnak-Meglič & Rakar, 2009;Fink-Hafner & Hafner-Fink, 2009;and Novak & Lajh, 2018).…”

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Slovenia: Interest group developments in a postsocialist‐liberal democracy

Novák

Fink‐Hafner

2019

Journal of Public Affairs

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Slovenia has a rich tradition of associations and interest group activity dating back to the 19th century. To some extent, the development of the group system was stymied by the 60 years of authoritarian rule from the early 1930s to the late 1980s. However, the resilience of this tradition is evident in major developments in group activity since the return to democracy. In addition to influences from the past, including a neocorporatist tradition, is the impact of Slovenia's process of integration into the European Union. This article considers the extent to which the modern nature of the interest group system is both constrained by hangovers from the past but enhances by European integration, both of which have affected the development of Slovenia's majoritarian democracy.

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“…There has also been a notable shift in the scholarly literature from a focus on Brusselsbased CSOs towards domestic civil society mobilization in Europe (Sánchez-Salgado and Demidov 2018;Wunsch 2018;Novak and Lajh 2018;Odasso 2018;Buzogány 2018). Indeed, we posit that the domestic context plays a fundamental role for the transnational mobilization of CSOs.…”

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Europeanization as Pragmatic Politics: Italy’s Civil Society Actors Operating in the Face of Right-Wing Populism

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Chiodi,

Schmidtke

2024

Social Sciences

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This article examines how and under what conditions Italy’s civil society organizations (CSOs) have resorted to transnational activism and to what extent these efforts translate into impactful political advocacy. The analysis focuses on the action strategies of these civil society actors that have come under considerable pressure through the resurgence of populist–nationalist actors in the domestic arena. Developing an actor-centred perspective from below, this article draws on a series of 27 interviews conducted with these organizations’ representatives working primarily on issues related to migration and refugees in Italy. The empirical study examines some key initiatives that see domestic CSOs as protagonists in the transnational realm and explicates their motivations, approaches, and experiences. Conceptually, the article distinguishes between the vertical and horizontal Europeanization of CSOs. While there are notable opportunities for CSOs to engage in Brussels-centred governance and policy making, the effectiveness of horizontal Europeanization in the form of cross-border networking is—at first sight paradoxically—limited by the EU’s system of multi-level governance. The central argument about Europeanizing civil society activism is that these processes are primarily driven by a pragmatic pursuit of solutions to concrete political challenges that could not be properly addressed in an increasingly hostile domestic environment.

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The Participation of Slovenian Civil Society Organisations in EU Policymaking: Explaining their Different Routes

Cited by 9 publications

References 13 publications

The organisational development of interest groups in Montenegro and Slovenia: Do they contribute to more inclusive democracy?

The organisational development of interest groups in Montenegro and Slovenia: Do they contribute to more inclusive democracy?

Slovenia: Interest group developments in a postsocialist‐liberal democracy

Europeanization as Pragmatic Politics: Italy’s Civil Society Actors Operating in the Face of Right-Wing Populism

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