Slaven Ravlić (born 1 April 1951) is a Croatian

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, politologist and sociologist. He was born in Slivno near

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. He graduated in 1974 and received his PhD in 1998 at the Faculty of Political Sciences in Zagreb on a thesis titled "Liberalism and democracy in the political theory of

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". He was the editor of the book series (1980–84) and magazine '' Naše teme'' (1977–82). Since 1992 he is employed at the Miroslav Krleža Lexicographical Institute, where, among other things, he served as the deputy editor (2001–05) of ''

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'', and since 2005 as the Editor-in-Chief. He teaches sociology at the

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since 2005.

Works

* ''Poredak slobode: Politička misao Johna Stuarta Milla'' (in Croatian), Zagreb: Croatian Philosophical Society, 2001, * ''Suvremene političke ideologije'' (in Croatian), Zagreb: Politička kultura, 2003, * ''Eponimi u znanosti i politici'' (in Croatian), Zagreb: Super velika akcija, 2007, * ''Svjetovi ideologije. Uvod u političke ideologije'' (in Croatian), Zagreb: Politička kultura, 2013, * ''Liberalna demokracija: izazovi i iskušenja'' (in Croatian), Zagreb: Plejada, 2017,

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ravlic, Slaven 1951 births Living people Croatian lexicographers Academic staff of the University of Zagreb