POLITICAL PARTIES AND CIVIL SOCIETY ACTORS IN SERBIA
POLITICAL PARTIES AND CIVIL SOCIETY ACTORS IN SERBIA

Author(s): Vladimir Goati
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, Politics, Civil Society, Governance, Government/Political systems, Electoral systems, Corruption - Transparency - Anti-Corruption
Published by: CEDET Centar za demokratsku tranziciju
Keywords: civil society; interest groups; privatized state; para-state cartel
Summary/Abstract: Political parties, as organizations that connect civil society and the go­vernment, inevitably experience the influence of both the society and the state. In Serbia, the weaknesses of civil society during the Milošević era (underdeve­ lopment, poor organizational structure of interest groups, spreading of organiza­tions fighting for illegal objectives etc.) and of the state (arbitrary decision making, connections with the crime), had a negative effect not only on the ruling SPS, but on the opposition parties as well. After the October 2000 turnabout, the DOS coalition tried to use privatization to expand the sphere of civil society and democratize the country.

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