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Record Nr.

UNINA9910793251903321

Autore

Vetta Theodora

Titolo

Democracy struggles : NGOs and the politics of aid in Serbia / / Theodora Vetta

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York ; ; Oxford : , : Berghahn, , 2019

ISBN

1-78920-100-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (240 pages)

Collana

Dislocations ; ; Volume 25

Disciplina

327.111

Soggetti

Democratization - Serbia

Non-governmental organizations - Serbia

Serbia Social conditions 21st century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- PART I Civil Society in the Making -- Chapter 1 – Empowerment, Fast-Track -- Chapter 2 – NGOingng and the Donor Effect -- PART II The Politics of Culture -- Chapter 3 – The “Democrats” Salon NGOs in Belgrade -- Chapter 4 – The “Nationalists” Radikali and Privatization -- PART III Good Governance -- Chapter 5 – Revitalizing Communities, Decentralizing the State -- Chapter 6 – NGO s vs. State Clash or Class? -- Conclusion -- References -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

Tracing the boom of local NGOs since the 1990s in the context of the global political economy of aid, current trends of neoliberal state restructuring, and shifting post-Cold War hegemonies, this book explores the “associational revolution” in post-socialist, post-conflict Serbia. Looking into the country’s “transition” through a global and relational analytical prism, the ethnography unpacks the various forms of dispossession and inequality entailed in the democracy-promotion project.