1st Edition

Civic and Uncivic Values Serbia in the Post-Milo¿evic Era

Edited By Sabrina P. Ramet, Ola Listhaug, Dragana Dulic Copyright 2011
468 Pages
by Central European University Press

Discusses Serbia’s struggle for democratic values after the fall of the Miloševic regime provoked by the NATO war, and after the trauma caused by the secession of Kosovo. Are the value systems of the post-Miloševic era true stumbling blocks of a delayed transition of this country? Seventeen contributors from Norway, Serbia, Italy, Germany, Poland and some other European countries covered a broad... Read more
Preface, Part One – Introduction 1. Serbia’s Corrupt Path to the Rule of Law, Sabrina P. Ramet 2. Serbia after Miloševic, Dragana Dulic Part Two – Political and Social Values 3. Serbian Civic Values in a European Context, Ola Listhaug, Kristen Ringdal, and Albert Simkus 4. The EU in the Values and Expectations of Serbia, Stefano Bianchini 5. Orthodox Values and Modern Necessities, Klaus Buchenau 6. The Social Values of Serbian Youth, Nebojša Petrovic Part Three – Media and Films 7. The Post-2000 Media Situation in Serbia, Izabela Kisic and Slavija Stanojlovic 8. Serbian Cinema and Changing Values in Post-Yugoslavia, Andrew Horton Part Four – Schools, Gender, and Nationalism 9. Value Changes in the Interpretations of History in Serbia, Dubravka Stojanovic 10. Nationalism as a Religion, Ivan Colovic 11. Engendering Transitional Justice, Daša Duhacek Part Five – Kosovo as Myth and as Politics 12. Dead Kings and National Myths, Sabrina P. Ramet 13. Discursive Practices and Semiotic Representations, Maciej Czerwinski 14. Kosovo in Serbian Politics since Miloševic, Hilde Katrine Haug 15. Inter-ethnic Dialogue between Serbs and Albanians in Serbia/Kosovo, 1996–2008, Steinar Bryn Part Six – Conclusion 16. The Power of Values (A conclusion), Sabrina P. Ramet,List of Contributors, Index of Names, Subject Index

Biography

Sabrina P. Ramet is a Professor of Political Science at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim, Norway. She is also a member of the Royal Norwegian Society of Sciences and Letters, a member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters, and a Research Associate of the Science and Research Center of the Republic of Slovenia, Koper. She is the author of 13 scholarly books.

Ola Listhaug is a Professor of Political Science in the Department of Sociology and Political Science, at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, and research group leader at the Centre for the Study of Civil War at the International Peace Research Institute (PRIO).

Dragana Dulic is a Professor of Ethics and Social and Human Sciences at the Faculty of Security, University of Belgrade, editor of the journal Ljudska bezbednost / Human Security, and member of the Legal Council of the President of Serbia.