Technology and Social Choices in the Era of Social Transformations

Matej Makarovič, PhD, is a professor of sociology at the School of Advanced Social Studies (Nova Gorica, Slovenia) and Jean Monnet Chair in the field of governance for sustainable development. He is the co-chair of the Research Network for Sociology of Social Transformations of the European Sociological Association (ESA) and the president of the National Committee of the Management of Social Transformations Programme (MOST) at the Slovenian National Commission for UNESCO. He was a visiting scholar at several universitiesand research centres in the United States of America, Lebanon, Ireland, Czech Republic and Romania.Borut Rončevič, PhD, is a professor of sociology at the School of Advanced Social Studies (Nova Gorica, Slovenia) and Faculty of Information Studies (Novo mesto, Slovenia). He is the fellow of Regional Studies Association. He is Jean Monnet Chair of Cultural Political Economy of Europe 2030 and the head of Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence “Technologies and Innovations in Regional Development” (2017–2020) and Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence “Strategic Observatory for Europe 2030.” He was a visiting scholar at academic institutions in United States of America, United Kingdom, Germany, Ireland, Russia, Denmark, Lebanon and Croatia.

• Inseparability of Technology and Society: An Introduction Part 1: Challenging IndividualsMateja RekDigital Gap: Media Habits of Youth and Senior Citizens in Slovenia Tea Golob and Matej MakarovičDoes Digitalization Make Slovenian Youth More Reflexive? Jana Krivec, Primož Rakovec and Tjaša Stepišnik PerdihThe Role of ICT in Adolescents Dealing with Psychosocial Problems Part 2: Challenges of Learning and EntrepreneurshipPetra Kleindienst in Andrej RasporThe Effectiveness of E-learning for Students’ Acquiring OnlinePresentation Competence Frane Adam, Maruš Gorišk, Matej MakarovičAcademic Entrepreneurship in the Framework of CognitiveMobilisation Part 3: Challenges of GovernanceJanja Mikulan KildiDemocratization and Authoritarianism in the Middle East: DominantParadigms and New Perspectives Frane Adam, MatevžTomščRoots and Manifestations of Populism in Contemporary Democracies Dadiana ChiranThree Decades of Electoral Participation Between Fragmentationand Contingency: A Survey of the Literature on Economic Voting inEastern Europe