PARTIJE I AKTERI CIVILNOG DRUŠTVA U SRBIJI
PARTIES AND ACTORS OF CIVIL SOCIETY IN SERBIA

Author(s): Vladimir Goati
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, Politics, Civil Society, Electoral systems
Published by: CEDET Centar za demokratsku tranziciju
Keywords: civil society; interest groups; privatized state; parastatal cartel
Summary/Abstract: Parties, as organizations that connect civil society and the state, inevitably suffer from the influences of both society and the state. In Serbia, the weaknesses of civil society during the Milošević era (underdevelopment, weak organizational structure of interest groups, spread of organizations fighting for illegal goals, etc.) and the state (arbitrary decision-making, association with crime) had a negative impact not only on the ruling SPS, but also on the opposition parties. After the October upheaval, DOS is trying to expand the sphere of civil society and democratize the state through privatization.

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