Slovenska smer is a Slovene book containing collected papers from Slavoj à ½ià ¾ek, Dimitrij Rupel, Tine Hribar, Peter Vodopivec, Joà ¾e Mencinger, Duà ¡an Keber, Lojze Ude and Veljko Rus, edited by Marko CrnkoviÃÂ. It was published at Cankarjeva zaloà ¾ba (Cankar's Publishing), Ljubljana, in 1996. It first has an introduction written by the editor titled Being smart as a political conviction, then a conversation between the authors about different topics (Nation, Church, Ethics, etc.), then 8 essays follow (A report about Slovenia, Third way between universalism and fundamentalism, Legal state and public interest, The advantages and disadvantages of a small economy, Autonomy and integration of the university, The problem of a small state, etc.) and then a short summary at the end (How it was, how it is, and how to go on).