Pierwsza mapa Słowenii

The first map of Slovenia was published only in 1861; it was the work of Peter Kozler, Slovenian lawyer and self-taught cartographer. If we analyze it in context of contemporary cartography, its novelty appears clearly. Kozler’s map was based on the principle of ethnicity, and not on a historical and juridical tradition of the Habsburg lands as it was the usage. The border of Slovenian territory crossed historical provinces. The map is presented in the paper as a visual realization of the principles of United Slovenia (Zedinjena Slovenija), first Slovenian political movement in 1848, which claimed unity and autonomy of the Slovenian nation. The performative and constructivist character of the document is strengthened, as far as it didn’t describe an existing state of matters, but was rather postulating a non-existing yet political entity of Slovenes. Thus, the form and function of the map, on the example of Kozler’s one, seem support a political idea of Slovenian national emancipation.The first map of Slovenia was published only in 1861; it was the work of Peter Kozler, Slovenian lawyer and self-taught cartographer. If we analyze it in context of contemporary cartography, its novelty appears clearly. Kozler’s map was based on the principle of ethnicity, and not on a historical and juridical tradition of the Habsburg lands as it was the usage. The border of Slovenian territory crossed historical provinces. The map is presented in the paper as a visual realization of the principles of United Slovenia (Zedinjena Slovenija), first Slovenian political movement in 1848, which claimed unity and autonomy of the Slovenian nation. The performative and constructivist character of the document is strengthened, as far as it didn’t describe an existing state of matters, but was rather postulating a non-existing yet political entity of Slovenes. Thus, the form and function of the map, on the example of Kozler’s one, seem support a political idea of Slovenian national emancipation

Gradec in Slovenci

Gradec je bil vse do prve svetovne vojne upravno, kulturno, gospodarsko in politično središče Štajerskega, v katerem so Slovenci predstavljali tretjino prebivalstva. Tako kot Trst na zahodu slovenskega etničnega ozemlja je bil vabljivo mesto za družbeni vzpon in kariere številnih Slovencev. Do 1919, tj. do ustanovitve univerze v Ljubljani, je bila graška univerza ob Dunaju in manj Zagrebu tudi glavno univerzitetno središče Slovencev. Gradec je bil mesto, v katerem so se porajale in uresničevale številne nove zamisli. *** Until the First World War, Graz was the administrative, cultural, economic, and political center of Styria, in which Slovenians represented one third of the population. Thus, like Trieste on the west of Slovenian ethnic territory, the city attracted many Slovenians interested in advancing themselves socially and building careers. Until the founding of the University of Ljubljana in 1919, alongside the universities in Vienna and (to a lesser extent) Zagreb, the University of Graz was also a major university center for Slovenians. Graz was a city in which many new ideas were engendered and came to fruition

Differences in Regional Economic Prosperity: Do State Policies Matter? – An Empirical Investigation of Data from the German States

Different regional economic theories come to different conclusions with regard to the impact of (state) policies on the economic prosperity of regions. This article provides empirical evidence that determinants like geography, urbanization, industrial mix and social capital explain 68 percent of the variation in GDP per worker among West German regions. One element that all these factors have in common is that they cannot, at least in the short run, be influenced by state policies. Determinants like infrastructure and human capital, both of which can be influenced by state policies, only account for another 11 percent of the variation in GDP

Valvasor in prihodnost

Valvasorja lahko na ve\u10d ravneh pove\u17eemo s pojmom \ubbprihodnost\uab. Izhodi\u161\u10de je nekaj znanih podatkov iz njegovega \u17eivljenjepisa, nekaj listin, s katerimi razpolagamo, in seveda to, kar nam o sebi razkriva on sam, predvsem skozi svoje glavno delo Slavo vojvodine Kranjske. Na podlagi omenjenega sku\u161am dojeti njegovo gledanje na svojo osebno prihodnost in na tisto ljubljene de\u17eele Kranjske. Iz vsega se poraja slika \u10dloveka, ki intenzivno prou\u10duje preteklost in se \u17eivahno udele\u17euje sedanjosti, hkrati pa ima pri vseh svojih odlo\u10ditvah - bodisi s podro\u10dja zasebnega \u17eivljenja bodisi v zvezi s svojim raziskovanjem - pogled uperjen v prihodnost. Prispevek se zaklju\u10di z nekaj citati iz njegovega opusa, ki nam lahko nudijo razmislek o na\u161i lastni prihodnosti