Integration Concepts and Praxis in Slovenia

Lazarević, Žarko (2022) Integration Concepts and Praxis in Slovenia. In: The Development of European and Regional Integration Theories in Central European Countries. Central European Academic Publishing, Miskolc; Budapest, pp. 137-155. ISBN 9786156474049

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Abstract

The chapter deals with the political, economic, and social integration strategies and practices of the modern period that were developed to integrate the Slovene ethnic territory. The concepts discussed represent the different political realities in the periods of the Habsburg monarchy, Yugoslavia, and the independent state. The concept of ‘United Slovenia’ formed the basis of national ideology in the first period. Toward the end of the 19 th century, the idea of ‘United Slovenia’ was combined with the idea of Yugoslavism. The goal was to increase the relative importance of Slovenes and improve the chances of realizing the maximalist goal of the national ideology. The 20 th century was marked by the idea of Yugoslavism as a space for preserving and strengthening Slovenian identity. Later, in the period of the communist authorities during the second part of the 20 th century, a new concept of integration was developed, that of the ‘Unified Slovenian cultural space.’ The aim of this concept was to unite the ethnic area on a cultural level, regardless of state borders. In the late 1980s, during a profound political, economic, and social crisis, a new integration concept emerged that aimed at full statehood for Slovenia and integration of the ethnic territory through incorporation into the European Union.

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