Contentious politics in the European (post-socialist)(semi-)periphery: Mapping rebellion and social protests in southeast and eastern Europe
This essay takes a critical and reflective look at two recently published books on contentious politics in the Balkans and Eastern Europe: Social Movements in the Balkans (ed. by F. Bieber and D. Brentin, Routledge 2018) and Ideology and Social Protests in Eastern Europe (V. Stoyanova, Rout...
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description | This essay takes a critical and reflective look at two recently published
books on contentious politics in the Balkans and Eastern Europe: Social
Movements in the Balkans (ed. by F. Bieber and D. Brentin, Routledge 2018)
and Ideology and Social Protests in Eastern Europe (V. Stoyanova, Routledge
2018). Focusing on regions somewhat neglected in scholarly analyses of the
recent global upsurge of protests, these books aim to fill the gap by
highlighting some contextual and regional specificities: a position of
economic and geo-political (semi)periphery, weak or unconsolidated
democratic institutions, post-socialist and transitional environments,
societal (ethnic) divisions, etc. By critically assessing both
contributions, in a manner that looks for their complementarity, this essay:
examines the characteristics of popular mobilizations and grievances in
Southeast and Eastern Europe; questions dominant narratives of political and
economic transition and EU integration; re-evaluates socialist heritage and
post-socialist political trajectories; discusses the (im) possibilities of
articulating political alternatives to representative democracy and free
market economy; and addresses the burden of conflicting memories and
attitudes towards the region’s socialist past (and, in case of post-Yugoslav
states, ethnic conflicts from the 1990s). [Project of the Serbian Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development, Grant no. 43007] |
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spelling | doaj.art-6c8cb6b07d964bc790d1d308b6eeda462022-12-22T02:32:13ZdeuInstitute for Philosophy and Social Theory, BelgradeFilozofija i Društvo0353-57382334-85772018-01-0129461562610.2298/FID1804615V0353-57381804615VContentious politics in the European (post-socialist)(semi-)periphery: Mapping rebellion and social protests in southeast and eastern EuropeVasiljević Jelena0Institute for Philosophy and Social Theory, BelgradeThis essay takes a critical and reflective look at two recently published books on contentious politics in the Balkans and Eastern Europe: Social Movements in the Balkans (ed. by F. Bieber and D. Brentin, Routledge 2018) and Ideology and Social Protests in Eastern Europe (V. Stoyanova, Routledge 2018). Focusing on regions somewhat neglected in scholarly analyses of the recent global upsurge of protests, these books aim to fill the gap by highlighting some contextual and regional specificities: a position of economic and geo-political (semi)periphery, weak or unconsolidated democratic institutions, post-socialist and transitional environments, societal (ethnic) divisions, etc. By critically assessing both contributions, in a manner that looks for their complementarity, this essay: examines the characteristics of popular mobilizations and grievances in Southeast and Eastern Europe; questions dominant narratives of political and economic transition and EU integration; re-evaluates socialist heritage and post-socialist political trajectories; discusses the (im) possibilities of articulating political alternatives to representative democracy and free market economy; and addresses the burden of conflicting memories and attitudes towards the region’s socialist past (and, in case of post-Yugoslav states, ethnic conflicts from the 1990s). [Project of the Serbian Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development, Grant no. 43007]http://www.doiserbia.nb.rs/img/doi/0353-5738/2018/0353-57381804615V.pdfsocial protestscrisis of representative democracyradical democracyBalkansSoutheast EuropeEastern Europe |
spellingShingle | Vasiljević Jelena Contentious politics in the European (post-socialist)(semi-)periphery: Mapping rebellion and social protests in southeast and eastern Europe Filozofija i Društvo social protests crisis of representative democracy radical democracy Balkans Southeast Europe Eastern Europe |
title | Contentious politics in the European (post-socialist)(semi-)periphery: Mapping rebellion and social protests in southeast and eastern Europe |
title_full | Contentious politics in the European (post-socialist)(semi-)periphery: Mapping rebellion and social protests in southeast and eastern Europe |
title_fullStr | Contentious politics in the European (post-socialist)(semi-)periphery: Mapping rebellion and social protests in southeast and eastern Europe |
title_full_unstemmed | Contentious politics in the European (post-socialist)(semi-)periphery: Mapping rebellion and social protests in southeast and eastern Europe |
title_short | Contentious politics in the European (post-socialist)(semi-)periphery: Mapping rebellion and social protests in southeast and eastern Europe |
title_sort | contentious politics in the european post socialist semi periphery mapping rebellion and social protests in southeast and eastern europe |
topic | social protests crisis of representative democracy radical democracy Balkans Southeast Europe Eastern Europe |
url | http://www.doiserbia.nb.rs/img/doi/0353-5738/2018/0353-57381804615V.pdf |
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