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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mikuš, Marek, author.

Contributor:

Class of 1932 Fund.

Series:

Dislocations ; v. 22.

Dislocations ; volume 22

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Democratization.

Post-communism.

Civil society.

Serbia--Politics and government--1992-2006.

Serbia.

Politics and government.

Serbia--Politics and government--2006-.

Civil society--Serbia.

Post-communism--Serbia.

Democratization--Serbia.

Physical Description:

xv, 339 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : Berghahn Books, 2018.

Summary:

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.

Contents:

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Class of 1932 Fund.

Other Format:

Online version: Mikuš, Marek. Frontiers of civil society.

ISBN:

9781785338908

1785338900

OCLC:

1012519047

Publisher Number:

40028431005