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Record Nr.

UNINA9910824450803321

Autore

Mikuš Marek

Titolo

Frontiers of civil society : government and hegemony in Serbia / / Marek Mikus

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York ; ; Oxford : , : Berghahn Books, , [2018]

©2018

ISBN

1-78533-891-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (358 pages)

Collana

Dislocations ; ; Volume 22

Disciplina

949.7103/2

Soggetti

Civil society - Serbia

Post-communism - Serbia

Democratization - Serbia

Serbia Politics and government 2006-

Serbia Politics and government 1992-2006

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Historicizing 'civil society' : hegemonic struggles and state transformation after Tito -- 'Europeanization' and the liberal civil society -- The counterhegemonic project of the nationalist civil society -- The rise of 'partnerships' and the politics of transparency -- Welfare restructuring and 'traditional' organizations of people with disabilities -- Philanthropy development : indigenizing 'civil society', reshaping the public realm -- Public advocacy: engaging actually existing local politics.

Sommario/riassunto

In Serbia, as elsewhere in postsocialist Europe, the rise of “civil society” was expected to support a smooth transformation to Western models of liberal democracy and capitalism. More than twenty years after the Yugoslav wars, these expectations appear largely unmet. Frontiers of Civil Society asks why, exploring the roles of multiple civil society forces in a set of government “reforms” of society and individuals in the early 2010s, and examining them in the broader context of social struggles over neoliberal restructuring and transnational integration.