Corruption in Interwar Yugoslavia, 1918-1941 (Research Brief)

What I discovered in my research and through conversations with more senior scholars is that while corruption was certainly an important appearance during this time, it formed part of a much larger story that has yet to be told in Yugoslav historiography, namely the impact of the First World War on the development of Yugoslav state and society. I came to understand that a great deal still remains unclear about the post-war state of the Yugoslav state, society and culture, which forms the context for the appearance of corruption in state and society.

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Jovana Lazic, of Yale University, was a 2002-03 Individual Advanced Research Opportunities (IARO) fellow.