Nationalism of an Impossible State: A Framework for Understanding the Unsuccessful Transition to Legitimacy in Serbia
Nationalism of an Impossible State: A Framework for Understanding the Unsuccessful Transition to Legitimacy in Serbia

Author(s): Vesna Pešić
Subject(s): Sociology, Nationalism Studies, Transformation Period (1990 - 2010), Post-Communist Transformation
Published by: CEDET Centar za demokratsku tranziciju
Keywords: legitimacy; Serbian nationalism; pluralism; resistance to change; modernization; democracy
Summary/Abstract: In this article, attempts to change nationalism as the basis of legitimacy in Serbia after October 5, 2000 are examined, and a possible explanation is suggested as to why Serbia failed to replace the nationalistic matrix with a rationallegal basis of legitimacy. After an analysis of the attempts after October 5 to change the paradigm of legitimacy in Serbia, and the resistance to change that led to the assassination of the first Serbian democratic Prime Minister, a perception of Serbian nationalism is outlined, providing an explanation for Serbia’s lack of success in becoming a stable modern and democratic state.

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