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Welcome to the desert of post-socialism : radical politics after Yugoslavia / edited by Srecko Horvat, Igor Štiks.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Social conditions.
- Social conflict.
- Nationalism.
- Ethnicity.
- Identity politics.
- Post-communism.
- Politics and government.
- Former Yugoslav republics--Politics and government.
- Former Yugoslav republics.
- Post-communism--Former Yugoslav republics.
- Identity politics--Former Yugoslav republics.
- Ethnicity--Former Yugoslav republics.
- Nationalism--Former Yugoslav republics.
- Social conflict--Former Yugoslav republics.
- Former Yugoslav republics--Social conditions.
- Balkan Peninsula--Politics and government--1989-.
- Balkan Peninsula.
- Physical Description:
- 280 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Brooklyn, NY : Verso, 2015.
- Contents:
- Part I From Self-management to Disaster Capitalism
- 1 Self-management, Development and Debt: The Rise and Fall of the 'Yugoslav Experiment' / Vladimir Unkovski-Korica Unkovski-Korica, Vladimir 21
- 2 From the Market... to the Market: The Debt Economy After Yugoslavia / Andreja Zivkovic Zivkovic, Andreja 45
- 3 Workers and Unions After Yugoslavia / Marko Grdešic Grdešic, Marko 65
- Part II Re-imagining the Post-Socialist Balkans
- 4 Re-imagining the Balkans / Maria Todorova Todorova, Maria 85
- 5 On the Way to Europe: EU Metaphors and Political Imagination of the Western Balkans / Tanja Petrovic Petrovic, Tanja 103
- 6 Children of Post-communism / Boris Buden Buden, Boris 123
- Part III Two Decades After Yugoslavia: Bitter Fruits of Transition
- 7 The Silence of Lamb-eaters: Transition as a Post-war Crime / Andrej Nikolaidis Nikolaidis, Andrej 143
- 8 Kosovo: The Long Independence Day / Agon Hamza Hamza, Agon 157
- 9 Mapping Nostalgia for Tito: From Commemoration to Activism / Mitja Velikonja Velikonja, Mitja 173
- Part IV Towards a Balkan Spring? New Political Subjectivities
- 10 Insurrections in the Balkans: From Workers and Students to New Political Subjectivities / Michael G. Kraft Kraft, Michael G. 199
- 11 'They had sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll; we'll have mini-jobs and loans to pay': Transition, Social Change and Student Movements in the Post-Yugoslav Region / Jana Bacevic Bacevic, Jana 223
- 12 Women's Struggles and Political Economy: From Yugoslav Self-management to Neoliberal Austerity / Ankica Cakardic Cakardic, Ankica 243.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781781686201
- 1781686203
- 1781686211
- 9781781686218
- OCLC:
- 891001525
- Online:
- Cover image
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