Contemporary Slovenian History

The course deals with socio-political, economic, social and cultural history of Slovenians from the end of WWI at the entire ethnic area. Chronologically, the problem area is divided into five basic sets: the period between the two wars, the period of WWII, the period after WWII, the period of Slovenian independence and the period after the independence. The content sets equally include political, military, economic, social and cultural history, everyday life, scientific development and technological improvement and with it the changes in society. In political history the emphasis is on each social organization and inner political conditions and relations among political forces in Slovenia. The course is related to the history of Southeast Europe and general history.