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Male države se z namenom povečanja svojega vpliva v mednarodni skupnosti in krepljenja varnosti vključujejo v zavezništva. Tudi Slovenija se je kmalu po osamosvojitvi odločila, da bo zasledovala članstvo v različnih mednarodnih organizacijah – med drugim se je leta 2004 priključila politično-obrambnemu zavezništvu Nato. V času njenega priključevanja in tudi samega članstva, so se v javnosti velikokrat pojavljale polemike tako za kot proti članstvu, ki smo jih, poleg pregleda političnega, vojaškega in ekonomskega vidika članstva, strnjeno obravnavali v nalogi. Ker akademiki poudarjajo, da se sploh varnostno-obrambne politike lahko oblikujejo le do sprejemljivih mej, ki jih postavlja javno mnenje, nas je sicer najbolj zanimalo prav to – torej kakšno je slovensko javno mnenje v odnosu do Nata. Razumevanje javnega mnenja je kompleksno in široko, zato smo ga v nalogi izenačili z javnomnenjskimi raziskavami in preverili, kako se je v tem pogledu spreminjalo skozi čas – kakšne so bile spremembe v raziskovanju in javnem mnenju samem skozi čas. Preko pogovorov z raziskovalci javnega mnenja pa smo poskušali dognati, zakaj se je bistveno zmanjšala tako frekventnost kot vsebinska raznolikost raziskav, ki smo jih vključili v vzorec. Small countries join alliances in order to increase their influence in the international community and strengthen their security. So shortly after declaring its independence, Slovenia has decided to pursue membership in various international organizations and among others, it joined the NATO political and defence alliance in 2004. At the time of its accession, as well as during the membership, there have been many controversial arguments raised in the public, both in favour of the membership and against it. These arguments, in addition to the review of the political, military, and economic aspects of the membership, are briefly discussed in the thesis. However, since academics emphasize that security and defence policies in general can only be formed up to acceptable limits set by public opinion, we were most interested in the Slovenian public opinion in relation to NATO. As the concept of public opinion is complex and broad, we have equated it with opinion polls, and checked how it has changed over time by examining the changes in the methods of research and in public opinion itself over time. In addition to that, we have interviewed public opinion researchers to find out why the frequency and content diversity of the analysed surveys decreased significantly. |
