SERBIA BETWEEN ISOLATION AND INTEGRATION: “ECONOMIC CULTURE” AND ACTION DETERMINED BY INTEREST Cover Image

СРБИЈА ИЗМЕЂУ ИЗОЛАЦИЈЕ И ИНТЕГРАЦИЈЕ: „ЕКОНОМСКА КУЛТУРА“ И ИНТЕРЕСНО УСЛОВЉЕНО ДЕЛОВАЊЕ
SERBIA BETWEEN ISOLATION AND INTEGRATION: “ECONOMIC CULTURE” AND ACTION DETERMINED BY INTEREST

Author(s): Gordana Tripković, Milan Tripković
Subject(s): Government/Political systems, Political economy, Evaluation research
Published by: Српско социолошко друштво
Keywords: transition; Serbia; elites; economic culture; integration; isolation;

Summary/Abstract: The basic goal of this paper is an attempt to offer relatively complete and rational sociological answer to the question of why the transition in Serbia has been so long, painful, unsuccessful and with an uncertain outcome, in other words, why Serbia has been hesitating between isolation from the rest of the world and integration with it. In order to achieve that, the first step is questioning the role of cultural factor, especially cultural dimension of economic life (Francis Fukuyama), or the so called “economic culture” (Peter Berger) in modern important social changes, such is transition. Transition is an important change of basic structural and functional aspects of the former “socialist society”, in a relatively limited period of time, and it is directed towards permanent establishing of consolidated democracy and developed social agreement market.

  • Issue Year: 41/2007
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 73-95
  • Page Count: 23
  • Language: Serbian