Publication Publication Social and Economic Justice New Perspectives on a Longer Working Life in Croatia and Slovenia The 27 member states of the European Union are facing, among other structural challenges, a new reality of demographic changes to a dramatic degree. At present, a much higher percentage of the population has a life expectancy exceeding...
Publication Publication Social and Economic Justice Reframing Social Policy - Actors, Dimensions and Reforms Like elsewhere in the region of Southeast Europe, the support for future membership in the EU among the population of Macedonia is very high, about 80–90%. The citizens’ aspirations are focusing a lot on the economic and social prospects...
Publication Publication Progressive Peace Policy Monitoring the Implementation of Minority Rights on the Local Level During the ongoing process of European integration or, in other words, as a result of their striving for accession to the European Union, all states in Southeast Europe have been subjected to specific sets of monitoring their...
Publication Publication Progressive Peace Policy The Balkans, On War, Peace and Europe The larger the European Union becomes, the fewer are the countries left outside its borders cherishing the hope of membership. For the Western Balkans, the question is what kind of European future lies ahead. The accession of Romania and...
Publication Current News from Southeast Europe The divided situation in the region has not substantially been improved over the past few years. This applies to both sides of the social partnership. On the trade-union side there is but little change. In Albania, the two trade union...
Publication Publication Progressive Peace Policy The Western Balkans on the Road towards European Integration The enlargement* of the EU from 15 to 25 states, on 1 May 2004, has been a spectacular success, pointing to the enormous transformative power of the prospect of European integration. Now that the Central and East European Countries...
Publication Social Democratic Politics and Values Organizational Structures and Internal Party Democracy in South Eastern Europe The enhancement and development of internal party democracy and democratically functioning party organizational structures are burning issues within the consolidating democracies of South Eastern Europe. Autocratic political leaders and...
Publication Publication Social and Economic Justice Reforming Local Public Administration The regional office of Friedrich Ebert Stiftung (FES) in Zagreb, in cooperation with the office of FES in Bulgaria, organized a workshop in Sofia inApril 2004 on the issue of public administration on the local and regional level. The...
