Od egalitarnega k blaginjskemu sindromu

Preživetveni model Republike Slovenije je utemeljen na štirih mehanizmih uravnavanja družbenih tveganj. Osnovni mehanizem predstavlja zaposlitev v uradni ekonomiji, ki jo dopolnjujejo dohodki na področju sive ekonomije, socialni transferji, ki jih zagotavlja država, ter transferji v okviru družinskih in sorodstvenih omrežij. V članku predstavljam podatke, ki pričajo o visoki ravni blaginje v RS, ki je bila dosežena v zadnjih desetih letih. Nadaljujem s predstavitvijo geneze "tradicionalnega slovenskega preživetvenega modela". Postavljam tezo, da predstavlja vzdrževanje dostopa do vseh štirih preživetvenih virov, s tem pa vzdrževanje sorazmerno visoke ravni blaginje, temelj upravičenja privilegijev političnih in gospodarskih elit, ki so si jih prisvojile v procesu demokratizacije in privatizacije. Zato demokracija v RS ni moralni, pač pa je zgolj instrumentalni projekt, ki ga upravičuje predvsem blaginja večine prebivalstva, ne pa demokratična načela ali \u27morala\u27.The subsistence model of the Republic of Slovenia (\u27RS\u27) is based on four mechanisms of the regulation of social risks. The basic mechanism is represented by employment in the official economy, supplemented by incomes in domain of the shadow economy, social transfers guaranteed by the state, and transfers between individuals, family networks and kinship. In the article, some data are presented that indicate the high level of well-being in the RS that has been achieved in the last ten years. The data are followed by an outline of the genesis of the "traditional Slovenian subsistence model". A thesis is put forward that enabling the population to access all four subsistence sources, leading to a relatively high level of well-being, justifies the privileges of political and economic elites arrived at in the processes of democratisation and privatisation. Therefore, we should not treat democracy in the RS as a moral project since it boils down to an instrumental project, justified by the well-being of the majority of the population, and not democratic principles or \u27morals\u27

Kakovost vladanja v starih in novih članicah Evropske unije

Avtorja obravnavata problematiko kakovosti vladanja v državah Evropske unije, v povezavi z dejavniki, kot sta ekonomske performance in socialni kapital. Visoko raven kakovosti vladanja razumeta kot značilnost stabilizirane, visoko razvite demokracije. Kakovost vladanja sestoji iz treh komponent: obstojnosti sistema, inkluzivnosti in efektivnosti. Na podlagi tega modela opravita (s pomočjo indikatorjev iz izbranih mednarodnih raziskav) primerjalno analizo kakovosti vladanja med državami EU, pri čemer je poudarek na primerjavi med \u27starimi\u27 (EU-15) in \u27novimi\u27 (EU-10) članicami Unije. Očitno je, da nove članice EU glede kakovosti vladanja v splošnem še vedno zaostajajo za večino etabliranih evropskih demokracij. Ugotovljena je precejšnja stopnja premo sorazmerne povezanosti med različnimi komponentami kakovosti vladanja termed kakovostjo vladanja na eni strani in socialnim kapitalom in ekonomskimi performancami na drugi strani.In the article, the authors deal with the problem of quality of governance in the European Union and its relation to factors like social capital and economic performance. For that, they see high quality of governance as a property of stabilised, i.e. highly developed democracy. Quality of governance consists of three dimensions: system persistence, inclusiveness and effectiveness. On the basis of this model, a comparison of the quality of governance (through a number of indicators used in different international research surveys) within the EU, especially between the \u27old\u27 (EU-15) and \u27new\u27 (EU-10) EU member-states, is conducted. It is evident that, in general, the \u27new\u27 EU members, regarding quality of governance, still lag behind \u27old\u27 European democracies. Authors establish that different components of governance are interconnected and interrelated. That also holds true for the quality of governance and both social capital and economic performance