Publication Publication Social Democratic Politics and Values Party Politics and the State of Emergency The Coronavirus crisis has laid bare both the strengths as well as the weaknesses of political systems, democratic institutions and the political parties throughout the region, mirroring the real state of democracy on the ground. The...
Publication Publication Social Democratic Politics and Values Foreign Policy Making in Southeast Europe in Times of the Pandemic A snapshot of relations among neighbours over the course of nine months shows that vulnerability caused by COVID-19 has not been exploited against neighbours. It also, however, has not engendered significant solidarity, except in cases...
Publication Publication Social Democratic Politics and Values (Unheard) Calls for Democracy from Bellow: Social and Protest Movements and Potentials for Democratic Renewal Activism in Southeast Europe takes a unique path, that is not an imitation of the Western patterns of activism. Moreover, local contexts in a specific way encourage the expression of activism in the community, providing truly innovative...
Publication Publication Social Democratic Politics and Values Education and Reconciliation in Southeast Europe: Problems and Challenges In the long run, an education approach based more on how than about what to learn would help enable the students to critically approach their own in group wrong doings and historical delusions and build critical thinking about the past. ...
Publication Publication Political Trends & Dynamics Political Trends & Dynamics: Challenges to the Rule of Law in the Western Balkans Our last issue in 2020 introduces this topic, in the context of the Western Balkans and the EU's attempts to encourage substantive reforms in the region's judicial and law enforcement communities. With contributions from Nedim Hogić and...
Publication Socijalna Dimenzija Procesa Pristupanja Srbije Europskoj Uniji Ključni zakoni i mere donose se bez neophodnih konsultacija sa socijalnim partnerima, a u planu je donošenje novog zakona o radu, zakona o štrajku, zakona o socijalnoj zaštiti. Siromaštvo i brojne posledice siromaštva glavni su problem...
Publication Radical Political Engagement in Southeast Europe The level of divisiveness and polarization we are witnessing today demands a more careful consideration of the social processes driving the radical forms of political engagement, of the dynamics of radicalization and its embeddedness in...
Publication Publication Political Trends & Dynamics Political Trends & Dynamics: The Far-Right in the EU and the Western Balkans The growing popularity and influence of reactionary, far-right movements represent an acute threat to regional and collective security and democracy in the 21st century. The rising tide of such movements has put great pressure on...