Civic and Uncivic Values
Serbia in the Post-Milošević Era

Edited by Ola Listhaug, Sabrina P. Ramet, Dragana Dulić

Discusses Serbia’s struggle for democratic values after the fall of the Milosevic regime provoked by the NATO war, and after the trauma caused by the secession of Kosovo. Are the value systems of the post-Milosevic era true stumbling blocks of a delayed transition of this country? Seventeen contributors from Norway, Serbia, Italy, Germany, Poland and some other European countries covered a broad range of topics in order to provide answers to this question. The subjects of their investigations were national myths and symbols, history textbooks, media, film, religion, inter-ethnic dialogue, transitional justice, political party agendas and other related themes.

The authors of the essays represent different scholarly disciplines whose theoretical conceptions and frameworks are employed in order to analyze two alternative value systems in Serbia: liberal, cosmopolitan and civic on the one hand, and traditional, provincial, nationalist on the other.

Contents
Preface
Part One – Introduction
1. Serbia’s Corrupt Path to the Rule of Law, Sabrina P. Ramet
2. Serbia after Milošević, Dragana Dulić
Part Two – Political and Social Values
3. Serbian Civic Values in a European Context, Ola Listhaug, Kristen Ringdal, and Albert Simkus
4. The EU in the Values and Expectations of Serbia, Stefano Bianchini
5. Orthodox Values and Modern Necessities, Klaus Buchenau
6. The Social Values of Serbian Youth, Nebojša Petrović
Part Three – Media and Films
7. The Post-2000 Media Situation in Serbia, Izabela Kisić and Slavija Stanojlović
8. Serbian Cinema and Changing Values in Post-Yugoslavia, Andrew Horton
Part Four – Schools, Gender, and Nationalism
9. Value Changes in the Interpretations of History in Serbia, Dubravka Stojanović
10. Nationalism as a Religion, Ivan Čolović
11. Engendering Transitional Justice, Daša Duhaček
Part Five – Kosovo as Myth and as Politics
12. Dead Kings and National Myths, Sabrina P. Ramet
13. Discursive Practices and Semiotic Representations, Maciej Czerwiński
14. Kosovo in Serbian Politics since Milošević, Hilde Katrine Haug
15. Inter-ethnic Dialogue between Serbs and Albanians in Serbia/Kosovo, 1996–2008, Steinar Bryn
Part Six – Conclusion
16. The Power of Values (A conclusion), Sabrina P. Ramet
List of Contributors
Index of Names
Subject Index

2011
468 pages
ISBN 978-963-9776-98-2 cloth $55.00 / €45.00 / £40.00

"The contributors to this volume demonstrate how traditional, provincial and nationalist values, referred to as uncivic, still obstruct the European aspirations of the biggest republic of the former Yugoslavia. In that respect, the authors adopt an analytical approach to examine the impact of civic and uncivic values in a variety of Serbian societal and political contexts... It seems reasonable to assume that the book will be of interest to an audience beyond just academia. I most warmly recommend this volume as an extremely useful and engaging addition to the literature in the field." - International Affairs