Demokrácia, pártok, piac Szlovéniában
Democracy, Parties, Market in Slovenia

Summary/Abstract: There are two extremes in the democratic transformation of the East-Central-European countries that commenced in the 1990s. One is typified by Hungary where elections have always taken place at the given time as prescribed in the Constitution (no early elections) and each time the respective opposition party won the elections. The other extreme is Serbia where – until 2000 – politicians of the previous regime remained in power. In the case of Slovenia, a new political elite came to power in 1990, 1992 and 2004 respectively, and the same party headed the coalitions in the interim period, but always formed a coalition with different parties. Thus, a strange mixture of continuity and change emerged. It is also specific to Slovenia that in spite of the privatisation of about 50% of companies and the relative low presence of foreign capital, the economy is thriving and the economic indicators are favourable too. In the context of the Tamas Fricz’s typology (exclusive and inclusive) we discover that while there are serious conflicts in Slovenian democracy and some elements of exclusive democracy are present, basically the model of consensual democracy is preferred and this applies to political practices too. The author of the study came to this conclusion after scrutinising past events and the activities of the government, which came to power at the end of 2004.

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