TEMPTATIONS OF DEMOCRACY IN THE "THIRD YUGOSLAVIA"
TEMPTATIONS OF DEMOCRACY IN THE "THIRD YUGOSLAVIA"

Author(s): Vladimir Goati
Subject(s): Governance, Electoral systems, Transformation Period (1990 - 2010), Post-Communist Transformation
Published by: Foruma za etničke odnose
Keywords: Yugoslavia; Democratization; decentralized political system;
Summary/Abstract: Yugoslavia's unique features, such as its decentralized political system and elements of market socialism, distinguished it from other Eastern Bloc states but ultimately failed to prevent its transformation into a variant of "real socialism." Unlike the mass mobilizations in Poland or Hungary, Yugoslavia's transition lacked broad-based civil resistance, with political conflicts playing out mainly between republican elites competing for power rather than between the regime and its citizens. The irregular 1992 elections in the newly declared Federal Republic of Yugoslavia exposed the lack of democratic legitimacy in Serbia and Montenegro, deepening political tensions and reinforcing the perception of an authoritarian continuity under the guise of electoral reform.

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