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Selected publications - Simona Kukovič

  • Haček, Miro and Simona Kukovič. 2020. Deliberative democracy: the case of Slovenia. Political Preferences, no. 27, pp. 5-24,
  • Haček, Miro, Kukovič, Simona and Bojan Dobovšek. 2019. La rémunération du travail politique en Slovénie: des mandats politiques financièrement peu attractifs. In: Le Saout, Rémy (ed.). La rémunération du travail politique en Europe, (Au fil du débat). Boulogne-Billancourt: Berger-Levrault. pp. 221-229.
  • Kukovič, Simona and Miro Haček. 2019. Comparative local governments in Europe. In: Futó, Péter (ed.), Contemporary drivers of local development. Maribor: Institute for Local Self-Government, pp. 75-93.
  • Kukovič, Simona, Copus Colin and David Sweeting. 2019. Local democracy in comparative perspective. In: Futó, Péter (ed.), Contemporary drivers of local development. Maribor: Institute for Local Self-Government, pp. 157-177.
  • Kukovič, Simona and Haček, Miro. 2018. Lokalno politično vodenje: glas svetnikov (Local Political Leadership: The Voice of Councilors). Ljubljana: Faculty of Social Sciences.
  • Kukovič, Simona. 2018. Coping with demographic challenges: case of Slovenian local communities. Journal of comparative politics, vol. 11, no. 2, pp. 83-100.
  • Kukovič, Simona and Aiste Lazauskiene. 2018. Pre-mayoral career and incumbency of local leaders in post-communist countries: evidence from Lithuania and Slovenia. Political Preferences, no. 18, pp. 5-22.
  • Kukovič, Simona. 2018. Unique type of Slovenian local leaders: where executive mayors have Mediterranean strength. Studia politica: Romanian political science review, vol. 18, no. 2, pp. 173-192.
  • Kukovič, Simona and Miro Haček. 2018. Cross-border cooperation as a tool of escaping crisis conditions in Slovenia. Transylvanian review of administrative sciences, no. 53 E, pp. 54-66.
  • Kukovič, Simona. 2018. Planning for shrinkage? Battle between the Slovenian state and the municipalities. 4Liberty.eu review, Oct. 2018, no. 9, pp. 57-71.
  • Kukovič, Simona. 2017. How to lead a locality: evidence from local political leaders in Slovenia. Croatian and Comparative Public Administration, vol. 17, no. 2, pp. 167-187.
  • Haček, Miro, Simona Kukovič and Marjan Brezovšek. 2017. Slovenian Politics and the State. Lanham: Lexington Books.
  • Kukovič, Simona and Miro Haček. 2016. Continuity of leadership in Slovenian local government. Annales Universitatis Mariae Curie-Skłodowska. Sectio K, Politologia, vol. 23, no. 1, pp. 97-108.
  • Brezovšek, Marjan, Haček, Miro and Simona Kukovič. 2016. Slovenska država in politika (Slovenian state and politics). Ljubljana: Faculty of Social Sciences.
  • Kukovič, Simona, 2016. The distinctions of local political leadership in Slovenia: the mayoral political career. In: Turska-Kawa, Agnieszka and Miro Haček (eds.), Democratisation processes in Poland and Slovenia: comparative study. Maribor: Lex Localis Press, pp. 203-219.
  • Kukovič, Simona. 2016. Public Leadership in Future: Leading without Leaders. In: Waslekar, Sundeep (ed.), Big questions of our time: the world speaks. Mumbai: Strategic Foresight Group, pp. 16-17.
  • Kukovič, Simona, Copus, Colin, Haček, Miro and Blair, Alasdair. Direct mayoral elections in Slovenia and England: traditions and trends compared. Lex localis, June 2015, vol. 13, no. 3, pp. 697-718.
  • Kukovič, Simona. New forms of participatory democracy at local level: eCitizens? Journal of comparative politics, July 2015, vol. 8, no. 2, pp. 27-37.
  • Brezovšek, Marjan, Haček, Miro and Kukovič, Simona. Javna uprava (Public Administration). Ljubljana: Faculty of Social Sciences.
  • Kukovič, Simona and Haček, Miro. The distribution of e-democracy and eParticipation tools in Slovenian municipalities. World political science review, Jan. 2014, vol. 10, no. 1, pp. 25-44.
  • Kukovič, Simona and Haček, Miro. The processes of economic consolidation in countries of former Yugoslavia. Journal of comparative politics, Jan. 2014, vol. 7, no. 1, pp. 36-51.
  • Brezovšek, Marjan and Kukovič, Simona. Koncept lokalne demokracije, lokalno vladovanje in lokalna demokratična oblast v Sloveniji (The concept of local democracy, local governance and local democratic government in Slovenia). In: Bačlija, Irena (ed.). Koncept in prakse lokalnega vladovanja (The concept and practice of local governance). Zagreb: Friedrich Ebert Stiftung; Ljubljana: Fakulteta za družbene vede, 2013, pp. 27-62.
  • Haček, Miro, Brezovšek, Marjan and Kukovič, Simona. Slovenian democratic evolution and praxis. Zagreb: Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung; Ljubljana: Faculty of Social Sciences, 2013.
  • Haček, Miro and Kukovič, Simona. Quality of democracy in Slovenia: the (dis)trust in political institutions and rule of law. In: Ágh, Attila (ed.). European futures : the perspectives of the new member states in the new Europe, (Together for Europe series, no. 16). Budapest: Budapest College of Communication and Business, 2013, pp. 301-323.
  • Haček, Miro and Kukovič, Simona. Razširjenost orodij e-demokracije in e-participacije v slovenskih občinah (The distribution of e-democracy and eParticipation tools in Slovenian municipalities). Teorija in praksa, Sep.-Dec. 2013, vol. 50, no. 5/6, pp. 736-752.
  • Haček, Miro, Kukovič, Simona and Brezovšek, Marjan. Problems of corruption and distrust in political and administrative institutions in Slovenia. Communist and Post-Communist Studies, Jun. 2013, vol. 46, no. 2, pp. 255-261.
  • Haček, Miro, Kukovič, Simona and Grabner, Anja. Odnosi med organi oblasti v slovenski lokalni samoupravi (Relations between authorities in the Slovenian local self-government system). Družboslovne razprave, Apr. 2013, vol. 29, no. 72, pp. 45-63.
  • Kukovič, Simona. (Dis)trust in political institutions: comparisons between new democracies of Central and Eastern Europe. Journal of comparative politics, Jul. 2013, vol. 6, no. 2, pp. 20-30.
  • Kukovič, Simona and Haček, Miro. The re-election of mayors in the Slovenian local self-government. Lex localis, 2013, vol. 11, no. 2, pp. 87-99.
  • Prebilič, Vladimir, Haček, Miro and Kukovič, Simona. Odnos mladih do domoljubja (The attitude of young people to patriotism). Ljubljana: Fakulteta za družbene vede, 2013.
  • Prebilič, Vladimir and Kukovič, Simona. Mayor, director of municipal administration and deputy mayor: a love triangle. Hrvatska i komparativna javna uprava, 2013, vol. 13, no. 1, pp. 231-258.
  • Brezovšek, Marjan, Haček, Miro, Kukovič, Simona and Zver, Milan. Political system of Slovenia. Calcutta: Sampark, 2012.
  • Brezovšek, Marjan and Kukovič, Simona. Organizacija lokalne oblasti v Sloveniji (The Organization of Local Government in Slovenia). Ljubljana: Fakulteta za družbene vede, 2012.
  • Brezovšek, Marjan and Kukovič, Simona. Demokracija in participacija na lokalni ravni: (konceptualni vidik) (Democracy and participation at local level: (conceptual aspect)). In: Bačlija, Irena (ed.). Lokalna demokracija. 4, Aktualni problemi slovenske lokalne samouprave (Local Democracy IV: Recent Problems of Slovenian Local Self-Government), (Lex localis). Maribor: Inštitut za lokalno samoupravo in javna naročila, 2012, pp. 19-37.
  • Haček, Miro and Kukovič, Simona. Analiza ponovne izvoljivosti županov v slovenskih občinah (The analysis of re-election of mayors in Slovenian municipalities). Teorija in praksa, Jul.-Oct. 2012, vol. 49, no. 4/5, pp. 670-681.
  • Haček, Miro and Kukovič, Simona. Analiza raziskav upravljavske sposobnosti slovenskih občin (Analysis of researches of administrative capacity of Slovenian municipalities). In: Haček, Miro (ed.). Upravljavska sposobnost slovenskih občin: primeri dobrih praks (Administrative capacity of Slovenian municipalities: best practices). Ljubljana: Fakulteta za družbene vede; Zagreb: Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, 2012, pp. 89-111.
  • Kukovič, Simona and Brezovšek, Marjan. Modeli strukturiranja oblasti na lokalni ravni (Models of Structuring of Power on Local Level). In: Bačlija, Irena (ed.). Lokalna demokracija. 4, Aktualni problemi slovenske lokalne samouprave (Local Democracy IV: Recent Problems of Slovenian Local Self-Government), (Lex localis). Maribor: Inštitut za lokalno samoupravo in javna naročila, 2012, pp. 151-170.
  • Kukovič, Simona and Haček, Miro. Sistem javnih uslužbencev: izzivi med reorganizacijo in racionalizacijo (System of civil servants: the challenges between reorganization and rationalisation). In: Pevcin, Primož (ed.). Razumen in razumljen javni sektor - izzivi med reorganizacijo in racionalizacijo: mednarodna znanstvena konferenca (Reasonable and understood public sector – the challenges between reorganization and rationalisation: international scientific conference). Ljubljana: Fakulteta za upravo, 2012.
  • Kukovič, Simona, Haček, Miro and Brezovšek, Marjan. Anti-corruption tools and trust in politico-administrative institutions in Slovenia. In: Papers presented during the working groups sessions = Papiers présentés pendant les sessions de travail. Bruxelles: IASIA: = AIEIA, 2012.
  • Kukovič, Simona, Haček, Miro and Grabner, Anja. Mayor: the strongest player in Slovenian local government?. Politologický časopis, 2012, vol. 19, no. 3, pp. 218-233.
  • Kukovič, Simona and Prebilič, Vladimir. The relationship between the mayor and deputy-mayor in the Slovenian local self-government system. Uprava, Dec. 2012, vol. 10, no. 4, pp. 73-89.
  • Haček, Miro and Kukovič, Simona. Nestrankarski kandidati in liste na lokalnih volitvah v obdobju 1994-2010 (Non-partisan candidates and lists at Slovenian local elections, 1994-2010). Teorija in praksa, Mar.-Apr. 2011, vol. 48, no. 2, pp. 376-392.
  • Kukovič, Simona and Haček, Miro. Non-partisan candidates and lists at Slovenian local elections, 1994-2010. World political science review, 2011, vol. 7, no. 1.
  • Kukovič, Simona. Naloge in pristojnosti pokrajin: decentralizacija ali dekoncentracija? (Duties and competencies of regions: decentralisation or deconcentration?). In: Haček, Miro (ed.). Lokalna demokracija. 3, Ob petnajsti obletnici ponovne uvedbe lokalne samouprave v Republiki Sloveniji (Local democracy III: 15 years after re-institution of local self-government in Slovenia). Ljubljana: Fakulteta za družbene vede, 2009, pp. 139-155.