POPULIZAM I DEMOKRATIJA U SRBIJI
POPULISM AND DEMOCRACY IN SERBIA

Author(s): Zoran Lutovac
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, Politics, Political Theory, Sociology of Politics
Published by: Институт друштвених наука
Keywords: Populism; Elite; Nation; Serbia; Democracy; Public Opinion Research
Summary/Abstract: The subject of this paper is the attitude of the political elite towards citizens and representative democracy, on the one hand, and the attitude of the citizens towards representative democracy and political elite, on the other side. This paper aims to show on the case of Serbia what is the attitude of political elites toward democracy in general, democratic procedures and institutions, and what is the attitude of citizens towards political elites, democracy and its institutions, on the basis of public opinion polls. The structure of the paper is the determination of terms, the definition of a theoretical framework, the place and role of political elites, democracy and democratic institutions in the society and the perception of citizens of these concepts through the prism of empirical research. Public opinion research (June-July 2017) confirms that the gap between citizens and their elected representatives is profound and conventional politics increasingly have difficulties to reach citizens. Also, the lack of confidence in political parties has influence on the all spheres of representative democracy.

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