Publication Publication Social and Economic Justice The Media in South-East Europe – A Comparative Media Law and Policy Study The media are of outstanding importance for our European democracies – and certainly also beyond them. They are considered to be of the highest relevance for the formation of opinion, both individually and collectively, and a basis on...
Publication Publication Social and Economic Justice European Media Law Policy Framework The benchmark applicable to numerous aspects of media law and policy at the national level is mainly set by the standards which can be derived from binding legal requirements and additional instruments issued at the Council of Europe as...
Publication Publication Social and Economic Justice Equity vs. Efficiency – Possiblities to Lessen the Trade-Off in Social, Employment and Education Policy in South-East Europe With the end of socialism, South East European societies experienced a most dramatic increase in poverty and socio-economic inequality. Some might have hoped that the transition from the generalized inefficiency of bureaucratic socialism...
Publication Publication Social and Economic Justice Welfare States in Transition – 20 Years after the Yugoslav Model of Welfare When the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung started its regional project in South-Eastern Europe in the year 2000, one issue was at the top of the agenda – the social dimension of the post-Yugoslav and post-war transition process. Neglected by...
Publication Publication Social and Economic Justice Albanian Youth 2011 "The Albanian Youth 2011" is a novel study trying to shed light on the Albanian youth stances vis-à-vis the current Albanian society values. This publication is an initiative of the German "Friedrich Ebert" Foundation (FES), supported...
Publication Publication Social and Economic Justice Western Balkans' Accession to the EU: Mission (Im)Possible After the successful research projects “Bulgaria in Europe and the World” and “Europe Looks to the East: Тhe Eastern Partnership One Year Later”, the Centre for European and International Studies (CEIS), together with the Friedrich Ebert...
Publication Publication Social and Economic Justice Are the EU and the Balkans drifting apart? The entry into force of the Lisbon Treaty on 1.12.2009 was hailed as a milestone of the European Union, ending almost a decade of discussions and putting the Union on a firmer institutional basis. And also where the enlargement of the...
Publication Publication Social Democratic Politics and Values Social Democratic Parties in Central and Southeast Europe According to Max Weber, political parties are voluntary associations whose supreme goal is to control the resources of the state (power, jobs, money) through their leaders. However, Weber considered northern and western Europe to...
Publication Publication Progressive Peace Policy Publication Social and Economic Justice Social Inclusion in South-East Europe – National and Regional Policy Priorities for a Social Europe With the end of socialism, South-East European societies experienced a most dramatic increase in poverty and socio-economic inequality. Sloveniawas the only country that escaped this generalized societal trauma. In the other countries...
Publication Publication Social Democratic Politics and Values Social dialogue, workers’ rights and freedom of association in the western Balkans For almost two decades, the ten new EU member states in eastern Europe, and also the current and future accession candidates in the western Balkans, have been going through a process of transformation which has had far-reaching...
