This paper addresses identity issues in Europe in the context of the free fl ow of people within the EuropeanUnion and therefore the creation and reinforcement of complex parallel individual and also collectiveidentities. The authors’ premises are current EU perspectives on migration and the interconnectionof migration and identity issues. Based on the substantial body of literature on the topic, the authorsconfront various theorisations of collective identities with the political project on European identity,emphasising in particular European nationalisms, social and other identities in relation to Europeanidentity and the (ab)use of the latter as a political instrument. In the conclusion, the authors suggest keyresearch issues to orient the scientifi c research in this fi eld in the future.
KEY WORDS: Europe, identity, European Union

This paper addresses identity issues in Europe in the context of the free fl ow of people within the EuropeanUnion and therefore the creation and reinforcement of complex parallel individual and also collectiveidentities. The authors’ premises are current EU perspectives on migration and the interconnectionof migration and identity issues. Based on the substantial body of literature on the topic, the authorsconfront various theorisations of collective identities with the political project on European identity,emphasising in particular European nationalisms, social and other identities in relation to Europeanidentity and the (ab)use of the latter as a political instrument. In the conclusion, the authors suggest keyresearch issues to orient the scientifi c research in this fi eld in the future.
KEY WORDS: Europe, identity, European Union

The paper discusses the persistence of the essentialist understanding of national populations whenconsidering their demography. Such debates have emerged in response to the evidence on below-replacementfertility. Academic and political discussions about its negative socio-economic consequencesand likely resolution scenarios, particularly through migration, have revealed various understandingsof the notion of national populations. The paper elucidates the main background of such debates,and discusses the move away from the essentialist comprehension of national populations through ananalysis of the fertility/migration debate in the Slovenian print media.
KEY WORDS: migration, fertility, Slovenian print media, national population, essentialism

The paper discusses the persistence of the essentialist understanding of national populations whenconsidering their demography. Such debates have emerged in response to the evidence on below-replacementfertility. Academic and political discussions about its negative socio-economic consequencesand likely resolution scenarios, particularly through migration, have revealed various understandingsof the notion of national populations. The paper elucidates the main background of such debates,and discusses the move away from the essentialist comprehension of national populations through ananalysis of the fertility/migration debate in the Slovenian print media.
KEY WORDS: migration, fertility, Slovenian print media, national population, essentialism

Book Review is published on SLO pages.

Book Review is published on SLO pages.

Contemporary documents and guidelines, at both the national and EU levels, emphasize the importance of implementing the concept of inclusiveness, which also involves the principle of interculturalism. This paper provides insights into the attitudes of present and future teaching staff and towards intercultural education. The sample included 763 professional teachers and 411 students. Students expressed less negative attitudes toward immigrant children and more positive attitudes toward cultural diversity and helping immigrant children. The reasons for the negative attitudes and possible ways of promoting a change in the attitudes of the professional educational staff are discussed.
KEYWORDS: attitudes, intercultural education, immigrant children, inclusiveness

Contemporary documents and guidelines, at both the national and EU levels, emphasize the importance of implementing the concept of inclusiveness, which also involves the principle of interculturalism. This paper provides insights into the attitudes of present and future teaching staff and towards intercultural education. The sample included 763 professional teachers and 411 students. Students expressed less negative attitudes toward immigrant children and more positive attitudes toward cultural diversity and helping immigrant children. The reasons for the negative attitudes and possible ways of promoting a change in the attitudes of the professional educational staff are discussed.
KEYWORDS: attitudes, intercultural education, immigrant children, inclusiveness

In the paper, the author addresses how Slovenian newspapers reported on the Slovenian colony in Bistrenica (Macedonia) in the period from 1930–1940. In this period, the national question stood at the center of Slovenian politics and culture. This question is also visible in the concurrent ideologically-torn newspapers that reported about the colony. The liberal press, steadfast in their support of centralism and Yugoslavdom, mostly wrote positively about the colony. Conversely, the press on the side of the Catholic camp, writing in favor of the autonomic stance and speaking out against Yugoslavdom in this cultural war, remained lukewarm or even unsupportive of the colony. In the 1930s, several other newspapers began to appear, becoming the center of political and ideological movements and offering different writing on the colony.
KEYWORDS: colonists, newspapers, Kingdom of Yugoslavia, Bistrenica, nationality

In the paper, the author addresses how Slovenian newspapers reported on the Slovenian colony in Bistrenica (Macedonia) in the period from 1930–1940. In this period, the national question stood at the center of Slovenian politics and culture. This question is also visible in the concurrent ideologically-torn newspapers that reported about the colony. The liberal press, steadfast in their support of centralism and Yugoslavdom, mostly wrote positively about the colony. Conversely, the press on the side of the Catholic camp, writing in favor of the autonomic stance and speaking out against Yugoslavdom in this cultural war, remained lukewarm or even unsupportive of the colony. In the 1930s, several other newspapers began to appear, becoming the center of political and ideological movements and offering different writing on the colony.
KEYWORDS: colonists, newspapers, Kingdom of Yugoslavia, Bistrenica, nationality