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Imagining and managing the nation: tracing citizenship policies in Serbia

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Vasiljević, Jelena
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This paper explores the most salient features of the reshaping of the state–territory– nation triangle in Serbia over the last 20 years, through the lenses of citizenship regime. It looks at the ways in which the dominant political narrative in Serbia has imagined political community and accordingly managed its members. During the period of violent Yugoslav break-up and Milosˇevic ́’s rule, the Serbian citizenship regime was surprisingly ‘civic’, while post-2000 liberalisation has introduced ethnic elements which are likely to be further strengthened. This apparent contradiction can be explained by the specific goals of Serbian political elites to maintain control over population and territory in changing political circumstances. I will argue that the legacy of different attempts at defining the relation between the Serbian state and the Serb people, coupled with the wider context of Yugoslav conflicts and post-conflict developments in the region, led to an unconsolidated citizenship r...egime in Serbia with varying and contested conceptions about how to achieve congruence of state, territory and nation.

Keywords:
citizenship / citizenship regimes / Serbia
Source:
Citizenship Studies, 2012, 16, 3-4, 323-336
Publisher:
  • Abingdon-on-Thames : Routledge
Projects:
  • CITSEE - The Europeanisation of Citizenship in the Successor States of the Former Yugoslavia (EU-230239)
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  • This is the peer reviewed version of the article: Jelena Vasiljević (2012): Imagining and managing the nation: tracing citizenship policies in Serbia, Citizenship Studies, 16:3-4, 323-336 http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13621025.2012.683162

DOI: 10.1080/13621025.2012.683162

ISSN: 1362-1025

WoS: 000306827000002

Scopus: 2-s2.0-84864700784
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