{"product_id":"smiling-slovenia-political-dissent-papers-vladislav-bevc-9781433103445","title":"Smiling Slovenia; Political Dissent Papers","description":"\u003ci\u003eSmiling Slovenia\u003c\/i\u003e's collection of articles and essays on Slovenia's current political scene boldly declares its dissenting view from the political mainstream beginning with a declaration of a dozen prominent intellectuals presenting their views of Slovenia's political situation. Topics range from recent Slovenian history, Slovenia's role in the breakup of Yugoslavia, foreign policies, including liaisons with the Islamic terrorists to modern-day Slovenian-American relations and Slovenia's admission into the European Union. This book shows that Slovenia, although outwardly westernized, is still deeply rooted in its communistic legacy. However, prominent intellectuals and democratic politicians strive to hold Slovenia to the highest European cultural, ethical, political, legal, and economical standards in public life - a goal that may take several generations to achieve. Some authors observe that transparency achieved by the present conservative coalition government has already established a state of affairs where return to the old ways of a crypto government would be impossible even if the leftist parties returned to power.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Vladislav Bevc\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1433103443\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781433103445\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Peter Lang Us\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/06\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 364\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.44lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.81d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eReference and Research Bk News\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/2008 pg. 204","brand":"Vladislav Bevc","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48065565819135,"sku":"9781433103445","price":136.9,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_94869243-7977-4a16-8de1-dea6e970c390.jpg?v=1768675815","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/smiling-slovenia-political-dissent-papers-vladislav-bevc-9781433103445","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}