Vrednosne orijentacije u postsocijalističkoj Srbiji – zakasnela modernizacija?
Value Orientations in Post-socialist Serbia – Late Modernization?

Author(s): Milica S. Joković Pantelić, Vladimir S. Mentus
Subject(s): Politics and society, Transformation Period (1990 - 2010), Post-Communist Transformation
Published by: Институт друштвених наука
Keywords: value orientations; post-socialist change; modernization; Serbia
Summary/Abstract: This paper analyses the value orientations in post-socialist Serbia. Relying on the value theories by Inglehart and Schwartz, first the dominant value orientations among the Serbian population were analysed, followed by the value trends in the period of post-socialist change and, finally, the prevalence of values in Serbia as compared to other European countries. Both theoretical frameworks enable the analysis of the range of modernization processes in the society, in the light of dominant value orientations, based on the presence of (post)materialist values, i.e., values of openness to change. The analysis uses quantitative and qualitative methods. The results of the quantitative (European Values Study, World Values Survey and European Social Survey) and qualitative (in-depth interviews with politicians, entrepreneurs, professors, journalists and actors from the non-governmental sector in Serbia) methods indicate a relative absence of post-materialist values and values of openness to change, as well as a rather slight increase, close to stagnation, of the post-materialist values in Serbia during its post-socialist change. The findings point to the late modernization process in the contemporary Serbian society that affects the type of cultural change.

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