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Politički identitet Srbije: Pristup ustavnog patriotizma
Political Identity of Serbia: Constitutional Patriotism Approach

Author(s): Nikola Beljinac
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences
Published by: Fakultet političkih nauka Univerziteta u Beogradu
Keywords: political identity; constitutional patriotism; liberal nationalism; liberal multiculturalism; national minorities

Summary/Abstract: In this text I examine a possible direction of reconciliation of ethno-cultural pluralism and democratic legitimacy, using the case of Serbia. The theory of constitutional patriotism is in the centre of this normative solution. The first part provides a critical review of the most influential liberal modes of political integration in multicultural states: liberal proceduralism, liberal nationalism and liberal multiculturalism. Later on, I explore dynamic of state and nation building in Serbia in historical perspective. In the final chapter I defend the thesis that political identity of Serbia should be embedded in political structures of society, rather then ethno-cultural characteristics of majority.

  • Issue Year: 2012
  • Issue No: 08
  • Page Range: 15-27
  • Page Count: 15
  • Language: Serbian