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9. 11. 2018

We want foreigners to integrate but we do everything to see them fail

Elena G. Kriglerová in her interview for Slovak Spectator talks about our project KapaCity-supporting integration of foreigners on the local level but also about how municipalities perceive foreign nationals and what needs to be done for integration to be successful.Read the fulltext interview here or in pdf: We want foreigners to integrate...

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26. 11. 2010

Exploring Cultural Diversity as a Justification of Minority Rights in the Context of Slovakia

Treaty of Lisbon, amending the Treaty on European Union and the Treaty Establishing the European Community, in its article 2.3, declares that the EU “shall respect its reach cultural and linguistic diversity, and shall ensure that Europe‟s cultural heritage is safeguarded and enhanced”. One of the main purposes of this...

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20. 06. 2010

Advancing Empowerment of the Roma in Slovakia through a Non-territorial National Autonomy

The existing integrationist approach to addressing the plight of the Roma in Slovakia has been delivering ambiguous results, often promoting Roma assimilation or simply perpetuating their exclusion. This paper proposes an alternative approach: a variant of the national cultural autonomy (NCA) combined with aspects of a joint governance model called...

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