Patriotism among Slovenian Youth: Empirical Research-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Patriotism among Slovenian Youth: Empirical Research

Published:2024-06-01 Issue:2 Volume:20 Page:253-270
ISSN:2787-9038
Container-title:Politics in Central Europe
language:en
Short-container-title:

Author:

Kukovič Simona¹^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Simona Kukovič, PhD, is Associate Professor in political science at Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Ljubljana , Slovenia . Her area of expertise is political and administrative leadership at the local level. She also conducts research in the areas of comparative regional and local government, local democracy and participation, public administration, and administrative and political processes and institutions.

Abstract

Abstract Research in Slovenia shows a low level of expression of patriotism among young people, which points to the fact that we are unable to express this value because we are not convinced of its quality and necessity. The belief that we will love and respect our homeland, which has also been a state since 1991, is based on completely false assumptions. Those who were emotionally present at the founding of our country naturally have a keener sense of patriotism, but the younger generations see the emergence of an independent and sovereign Slovenia as a historical fact, and therefore without any emotional overtones. Therefore, the results on the poor knowledge of the facts related to the establishment of an independent and sovereign Slovenian state, analysed in this article, are not really surprising.

Publisher

Walter de Gruyter GmbH

Link

https://www.sciendo.com/pdf/10.2478/pce-2024-0011

Reference25 articles.

1. Altikulaç, A. (2016): Patriotism and Global Citizenship as Values: A Research on Social Studies Teacher Candidates. Journal of Education and Practice, 7(36): 26–33.

2. Anderson, B. (1983): Imagined communities. London: Verso Books.

3. Archard, D. (1999): Should We Teach Patriotism? Studies in Philosophy and Education, 18(3): 157–173.

4. Armstrong, D. G. (1980): Social Studies in Secondary Education. New York: Macmillan Publishing.

5. Berger, P. L. & Luckman, Thomas (1966): The Social Construction of Reality: A Treatise in the Sociology of Knowledge. New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc.