Unleashing the Potential for Change through Social Movements and Civic Initiatives
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The past decade in the Western Balkans has seen a proliferation of civic initiatives and protest. They have focused on a variety of issues, ranging from the destruction of urban space, environmental destruction, to corruption scandals, and even unresolved murders. Whereas their success has varied, they showed that many citizens in the region are deeply dissatisfied with the lack of accountability of the ruling regimes, and ready to actively engage in their societies. Local civic initiatives and new forms of civic engagement prove to be worthy of further attention for exploring democratization potentials in the region. With their focus on tangible and concrete issues affecting that are affecting the daily lives of citizens, they have a high mobilization potential and ability to cut across ethnic divides and enhance citizens’ sense of agency. Even with limited impact achieved or fast dissipation, they nevertheless create a new momentum in the public discourse and collective memory, from ...which the new opportunity structures emerge for future possible changes.
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civic engagement / Western Balkans / social movementsSource:
https://biepag.eu/publication/unleashing-the-potential-for-change-through-social-movements-and-civic-initiatives/, 2022Publisher:
- The Balkans in Europe Policy Advisory Group
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IFDTTY - GEN AU - Vasiljevic, Jelena AU - Džihić, Vedran AU - Djolai, Marika AU - Vračić, Alida PY - 2022 UR - https://biepag.eu/publication/unleashing-the-potential-for-change-through-social-movements-and-civic-initiatives/ UR - http://rifdt.instifdt.bg.ac.rs/123456789/2795 AB - The past decade in the Western Balkans has seen a proliferation of civic initiatives and protest. They have focused on a variety of issues, ranging from the destruction of urban space, environmental destruction, to corruption scandals, and even unresolved murders. Whereas their success has varied, they showed that many citizens in the region are deeply dissatisfied with the lack of accountability of the ruling regimes, and ready to actively engage in their societies. Local civic initiatives and new forms of civic engagement prove to be worthy of further attention for exploring democratization potentials in the region. With their focus on tangible and concrete issues affecting that are affecting the daily lives of citizens, they have a high mobilization potential and ability to cut across ethnic divides and enhance citizens’ sense of agency. Even with limited impact achieved or fast dissipation, they nevertheless create a new momentum in the public discourse and collective memory, from which the new opportunity structures emerge for future possible changes. PB - The Balkans in Europe Policy Advisory Group T2 - https://biepag.eu/publication/unleashing-the-potential-for-change-through-social-movements-and-civic-initiatives/ T1 - Unleashing the Potential for Change through Social Movements and Civic Initiatives UR - https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_rifdt_2795 ER -
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Vasiljevic, J., Džihić, V., Djolai, M.,& Vračić, A.. (2022). Unleashing the Potential for Change through Social Movements and Civic Initiatives. in https://biepag.eu/publication/unleashing-the-potential-for-change-through-social-movements-and-civic-initiatives/ The Balkans in Europe Policy Advisory Group.. https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_rifdt_2795
Vasiljevic J, Džihić V, Djolai M, Vračić A. Unleashing the Potential for Change through Social Movements and Civic Initiatives. in https://biepag.eu/publication/unleashing-the-potential-for-change-through-social-movements-and-civic-initiatives/. 2022;. https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_rifdt_2795 .
Vasiljevic, Jelena, Džihić, Vedran, Djolai, Marika, Vračić, Alida, "Unleashing the Potential for Change through Social Movements and Civic Initiatives" in https://biepag.eu/publication/unleashing-the-potential-for-change-through-social-movements-and-civic-initiatives/ (2022), https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_rifdt_2795 .