The Social Basis of Party Politics and Elite Recruitment in Serbia (Research Brief)

I began the field trip with the assumption that one of the main reasons of democratic instability in Serbia lay in the fragmented character of its abstract elite. By this I meant that the democratic elite gathered in the Democratic Opposition of Serbia (DOS) that unseated Milošević in October 2000 was recruited from a variety of status groups with a variety of ideological orientations, life experiences, and cultural outlooks. The question is of obvious significance for theories of democracy as well as of practical relevance for policy makers.

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Veljko Vujačić, of Oberlin College, was a 2005-06 Short-Term Travel Grants (STG) fellow.