Publication Publication Social Democratic Politics and Values History of Social Democracy The Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung is committed to the goals of social democracy and the ideals of the labour movement. The 150th anniversary of the SPD on 23 May 2013 provides the occasion for the Academy for Social Democracy to look back on...
Publication Publication Progressive Peace Policy Monitoring Regional Cooperation in Southeast Europe Currently, it is difficult to understand and to assess the progress made in regional cooperation in South East Europe. The Regional Cooperation Council (RCC), launched in 2008 as a successor to the Stability Pact for South Eastern ...
Publication Publication Social and Economic Justice Balkan Media Barometer - Albania 2013 The Balkan Media Barometer (BMB) is an in-depth and comprehensive description and measurement system for national media environments in South East Europe. Unlike other press surveys or media indices the BMB is a self-assessment exercise...
Publication Publication Social and Economic Justice Slovenian Youth 2013 – Living in Times of Dissillusionment, Risk and Precarity Youth is not a universal human condition. A number of scholars have previously argued that childhood and youth cannot be comprehended as a unique period (Aries, 1962); nor can youth be considered as a special, homogeneous social...
Publication Publication Social and Economic Justice Major Trends of Media Development During Post-Communist Transition Since 1990, following decades of government control over media, the Albanian media faced horizons of freedom. The advent of independent media, quite naturally, was duly characterised by the mounting political pressure on them and a...
Publication Publication Social Democratic Politics and Values Welfare State and Social Democracy For social democrats the welfare state is not a side issue, but a requirement of democracy. It ensures equal freedom – full freedom. It is in the welfare state that social democratic ideas about freedom are made real. It encompasses not...
Publication Publication Social and Economic Justice Open Parliaments 2012 – Transparency and Accountability of Parliaments in South-East Europe The present comparative volume of case studies provides a snapshot and analysis of the existing normative regulation, practices, and public debates regarding the openness and transparency of parliaments in the Balkans. On the basis of...
Publication Publication Social and Economic Justice Employment Policies 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 generalised inefficiency of bureaucratic socialism...
Publication Publication Social and Economic Justice Kosovo Youth Study Already a while ago, the idea was developed - in cooperation with the Friedrich Ebert Foundation – to conduct a youth study in the countries of former Yugoslavia, following the model of the Shell youth study which is renowned and widely...
Publication Publication Social Democratic Politics and Values Economics and Social Democracy The financial and economic crisis was a turning point. The problems that con- front us go beyond mere coping with the particular consequences of the crisis, and concern the very foundations of our society. We have to decide today how we...
