Kriza zapadnog liberalizma i njene refleksije na Srbiju
CRISIS OF WESTERN LIBERALISM AND ITS IMPLICATIONS ON SERBIA

Author(s): Ognjen Pribićević
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, Politics, EU-Approach / EU-Accession / EU-Development
Published by: Институт друштвених наука
Keywords: democracy; liberalism; EU; US; Serbia
Summary/Abstract: As it is the case in the greater part of democratic world, the traditional democratic values, such as trust in democratic institutions, freedom of media, civilised relations between government and opposition, and tolerance are in Serbia in crises as well. The purpose of this paper is to research the connection between the crises of Western liberalism and weakening of European system of values in Serbia and region of the Western Balkan. The majority of democratic changes that Serbia has achieved in last two decades would not be possible without the help of EU. This support is not only about donations and investments but more about difficult fight for implementation of European system of values. After big economic crises in 2008, failed wars in the Middle East, economic and political crises of EU and finally Brexit and Tramp’s victory in US, the Western Balkan are not any more in the focus of the West. Occupied by its own problems the US and EU almost completely lost the interest for the promotion of state of low, democracy, freedom of media in the Western Balkan region. Author concludes that Serbia does not have enough social and political strength to fight alone the challenges of democratization and modernisation and that its future depends mainly on the outcome of big changes which are happening in the world politics since Brexit and Tramp’s victory in the USA. Furthermore, Europeanisation of Serbia will be endangered with the additional West political pressure on Serbia because of rising influence of Russia in the whole region.

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