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Abstract: This paper aims to describe the situation of women in Serbia, a former socialist country undergoing transition, and ways in which their traditional and modern roles collided in the period immediately following the fall of Communism/Socialism. Furthermore, this paper examines political and social circumstances, cultural implications, sexuality, and domestic violence, in an attempt to demystify the ways in which women were and continue to be presented in the domestic and public arena in Post-communist Serbia.

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Abstract: Who says you can't run the same election twice? I analyze data from the Serbian presedential elections, where low voter turnout forced a repeat of the same election four times.

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Abstract: When it comes to the study of how people join armed conflict violence, analysis suffers from three major biases. First, it is usually collateral to bigger issues, such as armed conflict aetiology, or war violence's causes. Second, and consequently, militiamen's participation in mass violence is considered either as driven by greed and grievances, or by nationalism, ethnic hatred or religion. Third, militias are often considered as central authority and political leader's puppets and instrument, hence pursuing a “plausible deniability” principle. Yet, some evidence gathered from the Yugoslav wars reveal alternative mechanisms that are not accounted by such explanations requiring therefore an alternative paradigm. Based on four former executioners' trajectories and experience in mass crimes in Croatia and Bosnia-Herzegovina, I show that one must think in terms of sequences of mechanisms. As such, the articulation of social or political opportunities; attitudes; contextual dynamics on the killing fields and finally, local social networks and former criminal activities lead to a better understanding of both how these individuals got involved in mass crimes, and how the group got institutionalized throughout all that sequence as well.

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Abstract: This study identifies cultural and communication issues influencing Serbian women�s hysterectomy experience and the experience of their partners; explains the role of social community, especially other women, in influencing the attitudes of women with the lived experience of hysterectomy; and addresses the necessity for improving health services offered to women with hysterectomy experience, especially the significance of establishing support groups to help women cope with hysterectomy-related issues such as fears, anxieties, communication problems, and impaired gender identity.

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Abstract: A number of European countries are experiencing an ominous rise in the blue collar and ethnic majority vote for the ultra-nationalist far right. Nowhere is the situation more threatening than in Serbia. Five years after the fall of the Milosevic regime, the Serbian far right is enjoying a surprising resurgence of electoral support, coming close to capturing the Serbian presidency in 2004. This study analyses the results of six post-Milosevic elections and finds support for the argument that the majority's economic vulnerability and a sense of "ethnic threat" are the major contextual predictors of the support for the far right. It finds that in light of the demonstrated ability of the Serbian far right to mobilize economically vulnerable sections of the population, implementation of neo-liberal economic reforms might unintentionally bring far right ultra-nationalists back to power in Serbia. The study further implies that the development and maintenance of the welfare state in Eastern European countries might play a decisive role in the reduction of the electoral appeal of authoritarian ultra-nationalists.

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