Priseljevanje in društveno delovanje Slovencev v drugih delih jugoslovanskega prostora

Immigration of Slovenians to other areas of the former Yugoslavia and their organization of ethnic societies there is a subject of research that became interesting for researchers in the field of international migration studies only after the disintegration of the former Yugoslavia. Compared to the research into Slovenian immigration to other countries and continents, this subject had been neglected for decades. The book ('Slovenian Immigration and Society Activities across the Former Yugoslavia: Historical Outline and the Present') is divided into three chronological parts: Historical Outline, Between the Past and the Present, and The Current Situation. In this book, the data and findings of previous research are revised, upgraded and completed by the results of the authors' own archival and statistical research as well as extensive fieldwork (questionnaire, half-structured interviews, meetings/roundtables, informal interviews, observation with participation), carried out in the framework of two research projects.

Tematika priseljevanja Slovencev v prostor nekdanje Jugoslavije in delovanja kulturnih društev, ki so jih ustanavljali tamkajšnji Slovenci v različnih obdobjih novejše zgodovine, je šele po razpadu skupne države postala zanimivejša za obširnejšo obravnavo raziskovalcev s področja mednarodnih migracij. Dotlej je bila ta tematika v primerjavi z raziskavami slovenskega izseljenstva v drugih delih sveta dolgo časa zapostavljena. Knjiga je razdeljena v tri kronološko zasnovane dele: Zgodovinski oris, Med preteklostjo in sedanjostjo ter Pregled aktualnega stanja~vsi trije deli v kar največji meri upoštevajo tudi dosedanje raziskovalne rezultate drugih avtorjev. Podatki in raziskovalna spoznanja preteklih raziskav pa so v tej knjigi korigirani, nadgrajeni in dopolnjeni z rezultati obsežne raziskave arhivskih in statističnih virov ter kompleksne terenske raziskave (slednja med drugim vključuje anketo, polstrukturirane intervjuje, strokovne ter informativno-strateške posvete, neformalne pogovore in opazovanje z udeležbo), ki so jo avtorji pričujoče knjige opravili v okviru dveh sočasno potekajočih raziskovalnih projektov.