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The scholarship on ‘movement parties’ – parties originating from social movements – shows great variation among them in terms of origin, ideological profile, organizational forms and adopted strategies. Typically, they depart from participatory practices and contribute to participatory turns in politics. However, there is scant research on how movement parties maintain those principles and procedures once they enter the institutional arena. Moreover, the question of intra-party democracy (IPD) is itself rarely researched, particularly in Southeast Europe (SEE), a region dominated by authoritarian centralized parties. Therefore, this chapter aims to contribute to the growing literature on party movements by focusing on SEE and looking into their party movements’ internal democracy practices. We take examples of two ideologically similar democratic movement parties, MOŽEMO! (We Can) from Croatia and Zeleno-levi front (Green-Left Front) from Serbia. Both originated as bottom-up green-left movements within political settings dominated by right-wing political narratives but in differing national contexts regarding the quality of democracy. This chapter presents an analysis of MOŽEMO! and Zeleno-levi front statutory documents, focusing primarily on their articulation of participatory principles for IPD.

The scholarship on ‘movement parties’ – parties originating from social movements – shows great variation among them in terms of origin, ideological profile, organizational forms and adopted strategies. Typically, they depart from participatory practices and contribute to participatory turns in politics. However, there is scant research on how movement parties maintain those principles and procedures once they enter the institutional arena. Moreover, the question of intra-party democracy (IPD) is itself rarely researched, particularly in Southeast Europe (SEE), a region dominated by authoritarian centralized parties. Therefore, this chapter aims to contribute to the growing literature on party movements by focusing on SEE and looking into their party movements’ internal democracy practices. We take examples of two ideologically similar democratic movement parties, MOŽEMO! (We Can) from Croatia and Zeleno-levi front (Green-Left Front) from Serbia. Both originated as bottom-up green-left movements within political settings dominated by right-wing political narratives but in differing national contexts regarding the quality of democracy. This chapter presents an analysis of MOŽEMO! and Zeleno-levi front statutory documents, focusing primarily on their articulation of participatory principles for IPD.

It is probably best assumed that the passage of time has been an important part of human reality for as long as humanity has existed. The notion of time, although likely not understood and measured by early hominids as it is today, was a self-evident fact of the cycles of life that each of us undertakes, from the moment of birth to the day of death. It became even more important to understand and measure when humans first attempted to understand their environment, to put it under their control. Perhaps at first, it was enough to realise when it was a period of cold or hot weather, a time of bounty and scarcity but as the complexity of human livelihood began to emerge with the onset of the Neolithic, the concept of time must have started to matter even more. Time, an intangible concept that cannot be rewound, renewed or traded, is an intricate part of daily lives governing our actions and cycles. The realisation that we can measure and organise it in the order of the occurrence of events to establish its flow was as important to the humans of the past as much as the concept of growing your own food resources and living in organised societies settled in specific environments. Certain authors (Aveni 1989) argue that the perception of time is inborn to living beings, evidenced through behaviours regulated by circadian cycles, but the measurement of time is surely a cultural product. Mankind, most likely even before the time of the Homo Sapiens, must have been aware of the biological time, evidenced in the individual phases of life that each living being goes through from birth to death. But the motion beyond that realisation, one that would cause the development of the concept of physical time; the time that exists as an external, measurable entity, must have demanded more than the inborn quality...

Water is an essential determinant of natural, social and landscape characteristics. It generates opportunities and limitations, chances and threats, negative and positive phenomena and processes including environmental, economic, political, social as well technical aspects. Problems relating to water security, water protection, equitable access to water as well as upstream and downstream interests are increasingly present from micro to macro level. Such trends are recognized in Southeastern Europe, with regional and local specificities conditioned by natural, social, geopolitical and other characteristics. Although relatively rich in water resources, the region shows a high degree of sensitivity and vulnerability. The causes are numerous, and most often they are recognized in the unfavorable natural regime of waters, poor ecological status, geopolitical and interest driven fragmentation of space, climate changes, and lack of development of water management infrastructure. Unfortunately, floods (May-June) and droughts (July-August) are almost regular seasonal occurrences in Serbia, often with catastrophic consequences. Floods are frequent, from overflowing rivers with predominantly transboundary waters (Tamiš – 2005, Danube 2006 and 2013) as well as domestic ones (Velika Morava – 2005, Nišava, Vlasina and Jablanica – 2007, Zapadna Morava and Veliki Rzav – 2009, Timok – 2010 etc.). The floods in 2014 were particularly disastrous, with estimated economic damage of 1.7 billion euros, and also in 2023. Floods, as a rule, cause landslides that threaten population, settlements, infrastructure, agricultural areas and crops. Droughts are a frequent phenomenon during summers (2000, 2003, 2009, 2011, 2015, 2021, 2022), causing serious disruption of agricultural and manufacturing industries, drinking water supply, energy and, in extreme cases, inland waterway transportion system. As for Serbia, the state and assessment of water resources are a basic segment of quality and capac

This study investigates the linkages between the antecedents of the extended unified theory of acceptance and use of technology (UTAUT2) model and an individual demographics in four developing countries in Southeast Europe. Three unexplored linkages are introduced, such as employment status, living settlement and financial experience. The article applies the partial least square and non-parametric methods to examine the proposed associations from a dataset of 959 individuals. Evidence reveals that those individuals who are employed, live in urban areas, and have financial experience scored higher in the UTAUT2 constructs. The article suggests the inclusion of additional moderating factors into the UTAUT2 model, which gives a better understanding of the individuals’ technology adaption to scholars and practitioners. © 2021 International Management Institute, New Delhi.

An agreement of cooperation and transmission of knowledge regarding the nomination for the European Green Capital Award (EGCA) was signed between the mayors of Belgrade and Ljubljana (EGCA 2016 winner) in September 2018. The candidacy of Belgrade was finally realized in October 2019. Great hope was placed in this endeavour because internationally recognized awards, such as the EGCA, represent enormous capital for both the city and the state. The EGCA requires serious preparation and significant fulfilment of preconditions. Many economically strong and environmentally responsible cities competed for the award, but did not win. On the other hand, the capital of Serbia does not appear to be an obvious winning candidate, especially as it is differentiated from the previous winners by being a non-EU city and by the fact that it is still undergoing an intense urban transformation, characteristic of transitional countries. Therefore, the main aim of this article is to present a review of the current state of Belgrade’s environmental qualities and its comparison with the EGCA criteria and with Grenoble as one of the winning competitors. The article gives a full overview of the EGCA requirements with certain details on required indicators, gives relevant insight into the procedure, which could be of use for any future candidacy, and discusses potential benefits for winners, losers and repeat candidacies.

This article belongs to a forthcoming special cluster, "Contention Politics and International Statebuilding in Southeast Europe" guest-edited by Nemanja Dzuverovic, Julia Rone and Tom Junes.

This thesis analyzes Russia’s geopolitical objectives in Southeast Europe by focusing on natural gas pipelines and energy security. Natural gas is a crucial soft power asset that Russia utilizes to maintain its sphere of influence in the region. When defining Southeast Europe, this thesis focuses on the following countries of the region: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, North Macedonia, and Serbia. The empirically driven research explores Russia’s role as the main natural gas supplier in Southeast Europe and the geostrategic implications of the region’s potential to become a vital entry point into Europe for Russian natural gas. This thesis applies the theory of defensive realism to the study of gas-infrastructure developments and to the impact of new pipelines on Russia’s dominant energy role within the region. Further on, Russia faces various challenges to its control of the regional gas market, including European Union’s energy policies, LNG from the United States, natural gas from Azerbaijan, and other complex factors that play into the regional geopolitical and energy arena. With the analysis of the empirical data, this thesis assesses how each of the Southeast European countries respond to new gas-infrastructure projects and to Russia’s effort to leverage its gas assets. These developments, including Russia’s gas projects, could provide opportunities for positive, regional cooperation, while creating commercial value by transforming this region into an important natural gas hub.

Od početka 2021. godine primetan je rast cena prirodnog gasa na evropskom tržištu, ali je tek od druge polovine godine cena dostigla rekordan nivo. Tome je doprinelo nekoliko faktora od kojih su neki političke, drugi ekonomske ili tehničke prirode, ali treba uzeti u obzir i uticaj vremenskih prilika koje, takođe, igraju značajnu ulogu. U središtu razmatranja će biti i, naizgled, paradoksalna situacija da se Evropa suočava sa problemom snabdevanja prirodnim gasom u trenutku kada su dovršeni novi infrastrukturni projekti, poput Transjadranskog gasovoda, Turskog toka (Balkanskog toka) i Severnog toka 2. Cilj rada je da ukaže na značaj infrastrukture i regionalne saradnje kao neophodnih preduslova za sigurno i nesmetano snabdevanje energijom. Naročita pažnja biće posvećena regionalnoj saradnji na prostoru Jugoistočne Evrope., Natural gas prices have risen on the European market since the beginning of 2021, but only in the second half of the year prices have reached record levels. Several factors have contributed to this situation, some of which are political, others economic or technical in nature, but the weather conditions should also be taken into account. At first glance, we have a paradoxical situation that Europe is facing a problem of natural gas supply at the moment when new infrastructure projects are completed, such as Trans-Adriatic Pipeline, TurkStream (Balkan Stream) and Nord Stream 2. The paper aims to highlight the importance of infrastructure and regional cooperation as necessary preconditions to ensure a stable energy supply. Special attention will be paid to the regional cooperation in Southeast Europe.

An agreement of cooperation and transmission of knowledge regarding the nomination for the European Green Capital Award (EGCA) was signed between the mayors of Belgrade and Ljubljana (EGCA 2016 winner) in September 2018. The candidacy of Belgrade was finally realized in October 2019. Great hope was placed in this endeavour because internationally recognized awards, such as the EGCA, represent enormous capital for both the city and the state. The EGCA requires serious preparation and significant fulfilment of preconditions. Many economically strong and environmentally responsible cities competed for the award, but did not win. On the other hand, the capital of Serbia does not appear to be an obvious winning candidate, especially as it is differentiated from the previous winners by being a non-EU city and by the fact that it is still undergoing an intense urban transformation, characteristic of transitional countries. Therefore, the main aim of this article is to present a review of the current state of Belgrade’s environmental qualities and its comparison with the EGCA criteria and with Grenoble as one of the winning competitors. The article gives a full overview of the EGCA requirements with certain details on required indicators, gives relevant insight into the procedure, which could be of use for any future candidacy, and discusses potential benefits for winners, losers and repeat candidacies.

This article belongs to a forthcoming special cluster, "Contention Politics and International Statebuilding in Southeast Europe" guest-edited by Nemanja Dzuverovic, Julia Rone and Tom Junes.

This study investigates the linkages between the antecedents of the extended unified theory of acceptance and use of technology (UTAUT2) model and an individual demographics in four developing countries in Southeast Europe. Three unexplored linkages are introduced, such as employment status, living settlement and financial experience. The article applies the partial least square and non-parametric methods to examine the proposed associations from a dataset of 959 individuals. Evidence reveals that those individuals who are employed, live in urban areas, and have financial experience scored higher in the UTAUT2 constructs. The article suggests the inclusion of additional moderating factors into the UTAUT2 model, which gives a better understanding of the individuals’ technology adaption to scholars and practitioners. © 2021 International Management Institute, New Delhi.

This thesis analyzes Russia’s geopolitical objectives in Southeast Europe by focusing on natural gas pipelines and energy security. Natural gas is a crucial soft power asset that Russia utilizes to maintain its sphere of influence in the region. When defining Southeast Europe, this thesis focuses on the following countries of the region: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, North Macedonia, and Serbia. The empirically driven research explores Russia’s role as the main natural gas supplier in Southeast Europe and the geostrategic implications of the region’s potential to become a vital entry point into Europe for Russian natural gas. This thesis applies the theory of defensive realism to the study of gas-infrastructure developments and to the impact of new pipelines on Russia’s dominant energy role within the region. Further on, Russia faces various challenges to its control of the regional gas market, including European Union’s energy policies, LNG from the United States, natural gas from Azerbaijan, and other complex factors that play into the regional geopolitical and energy arena. With the analysis of the empirical data, this thesis assesses how each of the Southeast European countries respond to new gas-infrastructure projects and to Russia’s effort to leverage its gas assets. These developments, including Russia’s gas projects, could provide opportunities for positive, regional cooperation, while creating commercial value by transforming this region into an important natural gas hub.

This edited collection is a result of the scientific project Identities of Serbian Music Within the Local and Global Framework: Traditions, Changes, Challenges (No. 177004, 2011–2019), funded by the Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development of the Republic of Serbia, and implemented by the Institute of Musicology SASA (Belgrade, Serbia). It is also a result of work on the bilateral project carried out by the Center for International Relations (Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Ljubljana) and the Institute of Musicology SASA (Belgrade, Serbia) entitled Music as a Means of Cultural Diplomacy of Small Transition Countries: The Cases of Slovenia and Serbia (with financial support of ARRS). The process of its publishing was financially supported by the Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development of the Republic of Serbia., Culture and cultural artefacts have been an important instrument of establishing and maintaining political relations between different peoples and states since the emergence of diplomatic practice in the 17th century, and some authors date this practice as far back as the period of ancient civilizations. Despite the long history of using culture for different political purposes and interests, particularly in relation to bonding peoples and states or increasing their influence, it was not until the creation of nation-states and, above all, the development of modern mass media such as widespread newspapers and journals, and regional and national radio and TV stations that this practice flourished and gained prominence. Therefore, it is no coincidence that researchers of this topic mainly on the last two centuries, particularly the Cold War era as one of the peak moments when it comes to creatively employing cultural products to achieve an array of nationally and internationally oriented political goals. Apart from revealing how diverse cultural actions contributed to the promotion of the countries of both the Western and the Eastern Bloc, along with their dominant values and ideology, a large number of studies published in the recent decades have also served to indirectly point to the necessity of thorough examination of the cultural part of foreign policy making and international relations, to providing it a stronger theoretical foundation and to the importance of including in the analyses different cases from different periods. Academics active in this area emphasize the need for greater clarity in defining key concepts and classificatory schemes in the analysis of cultural segments of international relations. For instance, Ang, Isar Ray and Mar highlight the popularity and, at the same time, the obscurity of the concept of cultural diplomacy, which has been given a dominant place in debates starting from the beginning of the 21st century. As these authors observe

This research covers an evaluation of the impact of education system, educational, scientific and other institutions on the economic growth in nine countries of Southeast Europe (SEE). The main hypothesis is the following: GDP pc growth is significant and positively correlates with the indicators of the state of education system. In addition to educational institutions, there are other social and economic indicators on which education and science depend, namely the budget and fiscal system, corruption and protection of intellectual property rights, which also have positive and significant impact on GDP pc. The stated fields are interactive. Besides GDP pc, the analysis includes another 11 variables. Factor analysis for the variables grouped into two factors shows high significance. The F-test result shows significance of the regression model. ANOVA test, too, confirms the aforementioned significance. Both variables (the first and second factor) have positive direction with GDP pc. The results show significance of the institutional-educational variable, while the impact of educational population in the model is not sufficiently significant. Econometric analysis has mainly confirmed the initial hypotheses.

This research covers an evaluation of the impact of education system, educational, scientific and other institutions on the economic growth in nine countries of Southeast Europe (SEE). The main hypothesis is the following: GDP pc growth is significant and positively correlates with the indicators of the state of education system. In addition to educational institutions, there are other social and economic indicators on which education and science depend, namely the budget and fiscal system, corruption and protection of intellectual property rights, which also have positive and significant impact on GDP pc. The stated fields are interactive. Besides GDP pc, the analysis includes another 11 variables. Factor analysis for the variables grouped into two factors shows high significance. The F-test result shows significance of the regression model. ANOVA test, too, confirms the aforementioned significance. Both variables (the first and second factor) have positive direction with GDP pc. The results show significance of the institutional-educational variable, while the impact of educational population in the model is not sufficiently significant. Econometric analysis has mainly confirmed the initial hypotheses.

This research covers an evaluation of the impact of education system, educational, scientific and other institutions on the economic growth in nine countries of Southeast Europe (SEE). The main hypothesis is the following: GDP pc growth is significant and positively correlates with the indicators of the state of education system. In addition to educational institutions, there are other social and economic indicators on which education and science depend, namely the budget and fiscal system, corruption and protection of intellectual property rights, which also have positive and significant impact on GDP pc. The stated fields are interactive. Besides GDP pc, the analysis includes another 11 variables. Factor analysis for the variables grouped into two factors shows high significance. The F-test result shows significance of the regression model. ANOVA test, too, confirms the aforementioned significance. Both variables (the first and second factor) have positive direction with GDP pc. The results show significance of the institutional-educational variable, while the impact of educational population in the model is not sufficiently significant. Econometric analysis has mainly confirmed the initial hypotheses.

This edited collection is a result of the scientific project Identities of Serbian Music Within the Local and Global Framework: Traditions, Changes, Challenges (No. 177004, 2011–2019), funded by the Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development of the Republic of Serbia, and implemented by the Institute of Musicology SASA (Belgrade, Serbia). It is also a result of work on the bilateral project carried out by the Center for International Relations (Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Ljubljana) and the Institute of Musicology SASA (Belgrade, Serbia) entitled Music as a Means of Cultural Diplomacy of Small Transition Countries: The Cases of Slovenia and Serbia (with financial support of ARRS). The process of its publishing was financially supported by the Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development of the Republic of Serbia., Culture and cultural artefacts have been an important instrument of establishing and maintaining political relations between different peoples and states since the emergence of diplomatic practice in the 17th century, and some authors date this practice as far back as the period of ancient civilizations. Despite the long history of using culture for different political purposes and interests, particularly in relation to bonding peoples and states or increasing their influence, it was not until the creation of nation-states and, above all, the development of modern mass media such as widespread newspapers and journals, and regional and national radio and TV stations that this practice flourished and gained prominence. Therefore, it is no coincidence that researchers of this topic mainly on the last two centuries, particularly the Cold War era as one of the peak moments when it comes to creatively employing cultural products to achieve an array of nationally and internationally oriented political goals. Apart from revealing how diverse cultural actions contributed to the promotion of the countries of both the Western and the Eastern Bloc, along with their dominant values and ideology, a large number of studies published in the recent decades have also served to indirectly point to the necessity of thorough examination of the cultural part of foreign policy making and international relations, to providing it a stronger theoretical foundation and to the importance of including in the analyses different cases from different periods. Academics active in this area emphasize the need for greater clarity in defining key concepts and classificatory schemes in the analysis of cultural segments of international relations. For instance, Ang, Isar Ray and Mar highlight the popularity and, at the same time, the obscurity of the concept of cultural diplomacy, which has been given a dominant place in debates starting from the beginning of the 21st century. As these authors observe

This article belongs to a forthcoming special cluster, “Contention Politics and International Statebuilding in Southeast Europe” guest-edited by Nemanja Džuverovic, Julia Rone and Tom Junes., SCOPUS: ar.j, DecretOANoAutActif, info:eu-repo/semantics/published

The paper discusses possible evidence for cereal food from seven Bulgarian archaeological sites spanning theEarly Neolithic to the Early Iron Age (6th millennium BC – 1st millennium BC). It aims to increase the awarenessof excavators towards such finds and to present the methods for collecting and extracting such remains fromarchaeological layers and their laboratory analysis. The studied remains are mainly cereal fragments, agglomerationsof fragments or amorphous/ porous masses with or without visible plant tissues. They were directlycollected from vessel contents or derived by means of flotation from bulk samples taken from floor layers closeto fireplaces/ cooking installations. The microscopic structure of the food remains is observed and described atplant tissue level under low magnification binocular, microscope with reflected light and Scanning Electron Microscope(SEM). These optical examinations were applied in order to detect alterations of the microstructure ofthe possible food remains and hence to trace the possible ways of food preparation. All the cereal food remainsfrom the Neolithic/Chalcolithic period represent coarsely ground cereals, while the later ones (Late Bronze Ageand Early Iron Age) have characteristics of finely ground cereal products and may suggest the introductionof new cooking/ baking techniques as well as shifts in food processing practices. Based on their field experienceand research results the authors strongly recommend careful sampling and documentation of any charredcrusts recognisable as such in vessel contents, and deposits around installations like ovens and fireplaces, whichcould be related to daily food preparation or ritual offerings. Such systematic study of archaeological food remainswill facilitate obtaining reliable information about food preparation and consumption in the past., PLANTCULT ‘Identifying the Food Cultures of Ancient Europe”, conducted under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Program (Grant Agreement no. 682529), Consolidator Grant 2016-2021

The paper discusses possible evidence for cereal food from seven Bulgarian archaeological sites spanning theEarly Neolithic to the Early Iron Age (6th millennium BC – 1st millennium BC). It aims to increase the awarenessof excavators towards such finds and to present the methods for collecting and extracting such remains fromarchaeological layers and their laboratory analysis. The studied remains are mainly cereal fragments, agglomerationsof fragments or amorphous/ porous masses with or without visible plant tissues. They were directlycollected from vessel contents or derived by means of flotation from bulk samples taken from floor layers closeto fireplaces/ cooking installations. The microscopic structure of the food remains is observed and described atplant tissue level under low magnification binocular, microscope with reflected light and Scanning Electron Microscope(SEM). These optical examinations were applied in order to detect alterations of the microstructure ofthe possible food remains and hence to trace the possible ways of food preparation. All the cereal food remainsfrom the Neolithic/Chalcolithic period represent coarsely ground cereals, while the later ones (Late Bronze Ageand Early Iron Age) have characteristics of finely ground cereal products and may suggest the introductionof new cooking/ baking techniques as well as shifts in food processing practices. Based on their field experienceand research results the authors strongly recommend careful sampling and documentation of any charredcrusts recognisable as such in vessel contents, and deposits around installations like ovens and fireplaces, whichcould be related to daily food preparation or ritual offerings. Such systematic study of archaeological food remainswill facilitate obtaining reliable information about food preparation and consumption in the past., PLANTCULT ‘Identifying the Food Cultures of Ancient Europe”, conducted under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Program (Grant Agreement no. 682529), Consolidator Grant 2016-2021

Човекова природна средина јесте историјски феномен, који, као не- сумњиви, основни и трајни фактор бивствовања, није непроменљив. Пос- матране из глобалне и историјске перспективе, промене које настају услед деловања природних појава и сила најчешће се манифестују повремено и на релативно мањем простору без обзира да ли се ради о дуготрајним про- цесима или о кратким али катастрофалним појавним облицима. Промене које човек узрокује и производи свесним деловањем, у мањим временским исечцима не производе веће последице али, дугорочно посматрано, његове активности на промени простора (природног окружења) све више узрокују трајне промене. У историјској перспективи човек је на (микро)простор по- чео да утиче онда када је почео да прави прве насеобине а, у ширем смислу, онда када почиње да гради саобраћајнице, дуге одбрамбене зидине, аква- дукте, мостове, бране, канале и друге грађевине које нису настајале само из елементарних животних потреба. Мењајући природу човек је долазио у ситуацију да се сукобљава са њом самом и са последицама својих делатнос- ти. Истовремено, што су његова дела бивала већа она су све више постајала део те природе.

Предмет истраживања докторске дисертације „Албански и мађарски сепаратизам као генератори политичког насиља у Југоисточној Европиˮ односи се на анализу сепаратизма, изучавање његових узрока, природе и врста, као и појавних облика политичког насиља који овај феномен генерише. У фокусу нашег истраживања су сепаратистичке идеје које представљају јаку покретачку снагу и фактор националне мобилизације, али и основ јачања националног идентитета и веза припадника једног народа са обе стране границе-како у матичној држави тако и на територијама других држава у окружењу настањених својим сународницима. Сепаратизам, као есенцијални елемент експанзионистичке политике, гради специфичну везу између групе и државе, афирмише национализам и мотивише припаднике групе на највеће жртве како би се коначни циљ постигао, а то је често уједињење свих етничких територија у једну матицу. Сепаратизам је значајан феномен у светској политици, а с обзиром на драматичне ефекте које изазива како на унутрашње структуре, тако и на међународне односе, свакако заслужује додатну истраживачку пажњу. Оно што је нарочито значајно, у раду се настојало да се кроз компаративну анализу албанског и мађарског сепаратизма докаже веза између сецесионистичких настојања и политичког насиља, као једног од појавних облика социјалног насиља који представља примену силе у сфери политике, The research subject of the dissertation Albanian and Hungarian separatism as generators of political violence in Southeastern Europe relates to analysis of separatism, studying its causes, nature and types, as well as manifestation forms of the political violence which this phenomenon generates. At the focus of the research are separatist ideas which represent a strong moving force and a factor of nationalist mobilization, but also a foundation of strengthening national identity and the bonds of the people of one ethnical group from both sides of the border – both in a motherland and in the territories of the other countries in the environments settled by its compatriots. Separatsim, as an essential element of expansionist politics, builds a specific bond between a group and a country, aspires nationalism and motivates the members of a group to make the ultimate sacrifice to achieve the final goal, and that is often to unite all ethnical territories into one motherland. Separatism is a significant phenomenon in world politics, and considering the dramatic effects it causes on the internal structures and on the international relations as well, certainly deserves an additional research attention. The thing that is particularly significant, in this work there is a tendency to prove, by the comparative analysis of Albanian and Hungarian separatism, the link between separatist endeavour and political violence, as one of the manifestation forms of the social violence which represents the appliance of force in the sphere of politics

Arheološko nalazište Belo brdo u Vinči iskopavano je u nekoliko serija terenskih kampanja. Pre inicijalnih istraživanja, lokalitet, odnosno njegov arheološki sadržaj bili su manje-više poznati samo žiteljima sela, odnosno predgrađa Vinča. Prva istraživanja odigrala su se početkom 20. veka i proslavila su lokalitet. Ti najraniji radovi na terenu i spektakularna otkrića privukli su pažnju lokalnih i inostranih časopisa onog vremena i zahvaljujući tome široka publika je mogla da dobije prvi uvid u arheologiju Vinče te prepozna značaj ovog nalazišta. Arheološkom timu su se tada priključili pojedinci izvan struke, a njihov angažman bio je ključan za obezbeđivanje finansijskih sredstava za istraživanje, pre svega onih iz inostranih izvora. Uprkos tome što je, s jedne strane, važnost lokaliteta isticana u javnosti, a s druge - uočena šteta koju su nalazištu nanosili reka Dunav i širenje savremenog naselja na areal lokaliteta, nikakav trud nije uložen u fizičku i pravnu zaštitu ovog arheološkog nasleđa. Istraživanja u drugoj polovini 20. veka odvijala su se u uslovima pojačanog interesovanja za arheologiju, te su imala primetno veći publicitet. To je bila glavna prednost, koja je omogućila da se šira javnost edukuje u pogledu karakteristika i načina života u praistorijskom naselju u Vinči, a istovremeno i da se istaknu uloga i relevantnost arheološkog istraživačkog rada. Tadašnji istraživači Vinče bili su svesni potrebe (i prednosti) približavanja lokaliteta i naučnog rada različitoj publici. Zahvaljujući njihovom zalaganju na ovom planu, nalazište je proglašeno za kulturno dobro od nacionalnog interesa i stavljeno pod pravnu zaštitu. U 21. veku, arheolozi-istraživači Vinče su uložili znatnu količinu energije u javnu prezentaciju i promociju nalazišta i naučnog rada. Osnovni cilj bio je da se oprobaju nove metode popularizacije arheoloških nalazišta i rezultata, a da se pritom javnost uključi u arheologiju preko neposredne komunikacije sa arheolozima i kroz zajedničke aktiv, Science outreach has increasingly been recognised as a method of promoting research institutions, areas, process, results, and of contributing to the awareness and education of the public. This paper describes many different ways - some unconventional and highly imaginative - in which the archaeologists working at the site of Vinča in Serbia presented and promoted their work to the widest possible audience. The activities are provisionally placed into categories: indirect, direct, interactive and hands-on, indicating the route by which the information was conveyed to the public, but also reflecting the nature of the public response. The likely most effective, and certainly most enriching, were the outreach actions envisaged as a two-way process, enabling the flow of information between the presenters and the audience. Some new venues in publicising the research also were tested, through joint work of archaeologists and non-archaeologists. That engaging interested public in archaeology can bring practical benefits, which can be essential, was demonstrated already in the early 20th century-excavations at Vinča, when funding for the research was secured thanks to non-archaeologists on the team. Over the years, this practice has underpinned the efforts aimed at preserving and communicating the Vinča heritage. It might also be a domain in which a joint effort towards the site protection is possible of the opposed specialist and non-specialist voices interpreting the archaeology of Vinča.

Climate change projections of precipitation and temperature suggest that Serbia could be one of the most affected regions in Southeast Europe. To prepare adaptation measures, the climate changes impact on water resources needs to be assessed. Pilot research is carried out for the Lim River basin to predict monthly flows under different climate scenarios. For estimation of future water availability, an alternative approach of developing a deterministic-stochastic time series model is chosen. The proposed two-stage time series model consists of several components: trend, long-term periodicity, seasonality and the stochastic component. The last one is based on a transfer function model with two input variables, precipitation and temperature, as climatic drivers. The Nash-Sutcliffe model efficiency for the observed period 1950-2012 is 0.829. The model is applied for the long-term hydrological prediction under the RCP emissions scenarios for the future time frame 2013-2070.

The paper discusses possible evidence for cereal food from seven Bulgarian archaeological sites spanning theEarly Neolithic to the Early Iron Age (6th millennium BC – 1st millennium BC). It aims to increase the awarenessof excavators towards such finds and to present the methods for collecting and extracting such remains fromarchaeological layers and their laboratory analysis. The studied remains are mainly cereal fragments, agglomerationsof fragments or amorphous/ porous masses with or without visible plant tissues. They were directlycollected from vessel contents or derived by means of flotation from bulk samples taken from floor layers closeto fireplaces/ cooking installations. The microscopic structure of the food remains is observed and described atplant tissue level under low magnification binocular, microscope with reflected light and Scanning Electron Microscope(SEM). These optical examinations were applied in order to detect alterations of the microstructure ofthe possible food remains and hence to trace the possible ways of food preparation. All the cereal food remainsfrom the Neolithic/Chalcolithic period represent coarsely ground cereals, while the later ones (Late Bronze Ageand Early Iron Age) have characteristics of finely ground cereal products and may suggest the introductionof new cooking/ baking techniques as well as shifts in food processing practices. Based on their field experienceand research results the authors strongly recommend careful sampling and documentation of any charredcrusts recognisable as such in vessel contents, and deposits around installations like ovens and fireplaces, whichcould be related to daily food preparation or ritual offerings. Such systematic study of archaeological food remainswill facilitate obtaining reliable information about food preparation and consumption in the past., PLANTCULT ‘Identifying the Food Cultures of Ancient Europe”, conducted under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Program (Grant Agreement no. 682529), Consolidator Grant 2016-2021

The paper discusses possible evidence for cereal food from seven Bulgarian archaeological sites spanning theEarly Neolithic to the Early Iron Age (6th millennium BC – 1st millennium BC). It aims to increase the awarenessof excavators towards such finds and to present the methods for collecting and extracting such remains fromarchaeological layers and their laboratory analysis. The studied remains are mainly cereal fragments, agglomerationsof fragments or amorphous/ porous masses with or without visible plant tissues. They were directlycollected from vessel contents or derived by means of flotation from bulk samples taken from floor layers closeto fireplaces/ cooking installations. The microscopic structure of the food remains is observed and described atplant tissue level under low magnification binocular, microscope with reflected light and Scanning Electron Microscope(SEM). These optical examinations were applied in order to detect alterations of the microstructure ofthe possible food remains and hence to trace the possible ways of food preparation. All the cereal food remainsfrom the Neolithic/Chalcolithic period represent coarsely ground cereals, while the later ones (Late Bronze Ageand Early Iron Age) have characteristics of finely ground cereal products and may suggest the introductionof new cooking/ baking techniques as well as shifts in food processing practices. Based on their field experienceand research results the authors strongly recommend careful sampling and documentation of any charredcrusts recognisable as such in vessel contents, and deposits around installations like ovens and fireplaces, whichcould be related to daily food preparation or ritual offerings. Such systematic study of archaeological food remainswill facilitate obtaining reliable information about food preparation and consumption in the past., PLANTCULT ‘Identifying the Food Cultures of Ancient Europe”, conducted under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Program (Grant Agreement no. 682529), Consolidator Grant 2016-2021

Intellectuals are very important social actors, particularly conspicuous in societies dominated by nationalism, because they have the capacity to sift through a rich national/ethnic tradition, selecting specific moments and elements, which they then combine or emphasize in such a way as to create causal explanations, thus producing a given national ideology. They are, therefore, an irreplaceable ally to different fractions of political elites, when they are not themselves in positions of political power. Their primary role is the production of political ideas and ideals, among which the concept of the nation ranks highly. The history of eastern and southeastern Europe, as well as many other parts of the world, testifies to the the important position of intellectuals from the formation of the very first national movements, all the way to the present, where they are commonly engaged as leaders of the government opposition or pillars and legitimizers of the powers that be.

Intellectuals are very important social actors, particularly conspicuous in societies dominated by nationalism, because they have the capacity to sift through a rich national/ethnic tradition, selecting specific moments and elements, which they then combine or emphasize in such a way as to create causal explanations, thus producing a given national ideology. They are, therefore, an irreplaceable ally to different fractions of political elites, when they are not themselves in positions of political power. Their primary role is the production of political ideas and ideals, among which the concept of the nation ranks highly. The history of eastern and southeastern Europe, as well as many other parts of the world, testifies to the the important position of intellectuals from the formation of the very first national movements, all the way to the present, where they are commonly engaged as leaders of the government opposition or pillars and legitimizers of the powers that be.

Arheološko nalazište Belo brdo u Vinči iskopavano je u nekoliko serija terenskih kampanja. Pre inicijalnih istraživanja, lokalitet, odnosno njegov arheološki sadržaj bili su manje-više poznati samo žiteljima sela, odnosno predgrađa Vinča. Prva istraživanja odigrala su se početkom 20. veka i proslavila su lokalitet. Ti najraniji radovi na terenu i spektakularna otkrića privukli su pažnju lokalnih i inostranih časopisa onog vremena i zahvaljujući tome široka publika je mogla da dobije prvi uvid u arheologiju Vinče te prepozna značaj ovog nalazišta. Arheološkom timu su se tada priključili pojedinci izvan struke, a njihov angažman bio je ključan za obezbeđivanje finansijskih sredstava za istraživanje, pre svega onih iz inostranih izvora. Uprkos tome što je, s jedne strane, važnost lokaliteta isticana u javnosti, a s druge - uočena šteta koju su nalazištu nanosili reka Dunav i širenje savremenog naselja na areal lokaliteta, nikakav trud nije uložen u fizičku i pravnu zaštitu ovog arheološkog nasleđa. Istraživanja u drugoj polovini 20. veka odvijala su se u uslovima pojačanog interesovanja za arheologiju, te su imala primetno veći publicitet. To je bila glavna prednost, koja je omogućila da se šira javnost edukuje u pogledu karakteristika i načina života u praistorijskom naselju u Vinči, a istovremeno i da se istaknu uloga i relevantnost arheološkog istraživačkog rada. Tadašnji istraživači Vinče bili su svesni potrebe (i prednosti) približavanja lokaliteta i naučnog rada različitoj publici. Zahvaljujući njihovom zalaganju na ovom planu, nalazište je proglašeno za kulturno dobro od nacionalnog interesa i stavljeno pod pravnu zaštitu. U 21. veku, arheolozi-istraživači Vinče su uložili znatnu količinu energije u javnu prezentaciju i promociju nalazišta i naučnog rada. Osnovni cilj bio je da se oprobaju nove metode popularizacije arheoloških nalazišta i rezultata, a da se pritom javnost uključi u arheologiju preko neposredne komunikacije sa arheolozima i kroz zajedničke aktiv, Science outreach has increasingly been recognised as a method of promoting research institutions, areas, process, results, and of contributing to the awareness and education of the public. This paper describes many different ways - some unconventional and highly imaginative - in which the archaeologists working at the site of Vinča in Serbia presented and promoted their work to the widest possible audience. The activities are provisionally placed into categories: indirect, direct, interactive and hands-on, indicating the route by which the information was conveyed to the public, but also reflecting the nature of the public response. The likely most effective, and certainly most enriching, were the outreach actions envisaged as a two-way process, enabling the flow of information between the presenters and the audience. Some new venues in publicising the research also were tested, through joint work of archaeologists and non-archaeologists. That engaging interested public in archaeology can bring practical benefits, which can be essential, was demonstrated already in the early 20th century-excavations at Vinča, when funding for the research was secured thanks to non-archaeologists on the team. Over the years, this practice has underpinned the efforts aimed at preserving and communicating the Vinča heritage. It might also be a domain in which a joint effort towards the site protection is possible of the opposed specialist and non-specialist voices interpreting the archaeology of Vinča.

Climate change projections of precipitation and temperature suggest that Serbia could be one of the most affected regions in Southeast Europe. To prepare adaptation measures, the climate changes impact on water resources needs to be assessed. Pilot research is carried out for the Lim River basin to predict monthly flows under different climate scenarios. For estimation of future water availability, an alternative approach of developing a deterministic-stochastic time series model is chosen. The proposed two-stage time series model consists of several components: trend, long-term periodicity, seasonality and the stochastic component. The last one is based on a transfer function model with two input variables, precipitation and temperature, as climatic drivers. The Nash-Sutcliffe model efficiency for the observed period 1950-2012 is 0.829. The model is applied for the long-term hydrological prediction under the RCP emissions scenarios for the future time frame 2013-2070.

Excavations at the hilltop site of Kush Kaya, situated in the Eastern Rhodope mountains, have provided rich and diverse information on settlement structures in the region during the Late Bronze and Early Iron Age. Moreover, abundant information on the subsistence economy and the food consumed by the inhabitants of the settlement has been obtained from finds uncovered in the cultural layers of Kush Kaya. The remains of a possible millet-barley porridge, found in situ in one of the Late Bronze Age dwellings, are of special interest. Finds of this kind are quite rarely preserved and recovered during excavations, and are very valuable, as they represent direct evidence on food preparation practices. In addition, the complete archaeobotanical evidence collected from the site will be discussed. The resulting synthesised evidence will be useful for drawing a picture of the plant-based economy and the food of Ancient Thrace from the second half of the 2nd millennium to the beginning of the 1st millennium BC. Takorova, Desislava.

Students traveled to Southeast Europe from June 22nd until July 27th to learn basic and advance UAS theory and practice in a service learning project that helped document and preserve cultural heritage sites. Students from Kosovo, and staff from Cultural Heritage without Borders (CHwB) Kosovo, joined with ERAU students working as teams. Student teams flew small unmanned aircraft systems (sUAS) to capture images and video of cultural heritage sites. Photogrammetric processing of images provided highly detailed and accurate resources for the preservation of cultural heritage. Students learned, and gained, state-of-the-art UAS-related skills that have direct transfer to future work in the UAS profession. Additionally, Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT), American University of Kosovo (AUK) will collaborated. The study abroad was supported by the U.S. Embassy Kosovo. Highlighting two of the nine principal projects, students imaged old Pristina and Ulpiana. Ulpiana was an ancient Roman city and is undergoing archeological excavations. Students are generated important documentation of the historic site that will be used to enhance research work. Student work in Prishtina assisted municipal decision-makers in who are making restoration decisions for an area that dates back over 500 years to the Ottoman Empire.

This essay takes a critical and reflective look at two recently published books on contentious politics in the Balkans and Eastern Europe: Social Movements in the Balkans (ed. by F. Bieber and D. Brentin, Routledge 2018) and Ideology and Social Protests in Eastern Europe (V. Stoyanova, Routledge 2018). Focusing on regions somewhat neglected in scholarly analyses of the recent global upsurge of protests, these books aim to fill the gap by highlighting some contextual and regional specificities: a position of economic and geo-political (semi)periphery, weak or unconsolidated democratic institutions, post-socialist and transitional environments, societal (ethnic) divisions, etc. By critically assessing both contributions, in a manner that looks for their complementarity, this essay: examines the characteristics of popular mobilizations and grievances in Southeast and Eastern Europe; questions dominant narratives of political and economic transition and EU integration; re-evaluates socialist heritage and post-socialist political trajectories; discusses the (im) possibilities of articulating political alternatives to representative democracy and free market economy; and addresses the burden of conflicting memories and attitudes towards the region’s socialist past (and, in case of post-Yugoslav states, ethnic conflicts from the 1990s)., Ovaj rad se kritički i polemički osvrće na dve nedavno objavljene knjige o politikama osporavanja na Balkanu i u Istočnoj Evropi: Social Movements in the Balkans (prir. F. Bieber i D. Brentint, Routledge 2018) i Ideology and Social Protests in Eastern Europe (V. Stoyanova, Routledge 2018). Fokusom na regione koji su donekle zapostavljeni u akademskim analizama nedavnih globalnih talasa protesta, ove dve knjige nameravaju da popune tu prazninu, te osvetle neke od kontekstualnih i regionalnih specifičnosti: položaj na ekonomskoj i geopolitičkoj (polu)periferiji, slabe i nekonsolidovane demokratske institucije, postsocijalistički i tranzicioni uslovi, društvene (etničke) podele itd. Kritički procenjujući obe studije i sagledavajući ih u njihovoj komplementarnosti ovaj rad se dotiče sledećih problema: karakterisike masovnih mobilizacija i protesta u Jugoistočnoj i Istočnoj Evropi; propitivanje vladajućih narativa o političkoj i ekonomskoj tranziciji i evropskim integracijama; ponovno vrednovanje socijalističkog nasleđa i postsocijalističkih političkih putanja; (ne)mogućnost artikulisanja političkih alternativa predstavničkoj demokratiji i tržišnoj ekonomiji; teret sukobljenih sećanja i stavova prema socijalističkoj prošlosti.

Not Reviewed, 46. Internationale Arbeits- und Fortbildungstagung der Arbeitsgemeinschaft der Bibliotheken und Dokumentationsstellen der Ost-, Ostmittel- und Südosteuropaforschung e.V. (ABDOS)

Not Reviewed, 46. Internationale Arbeits- und Fortbildungstagung der Arbeitsgemeinschaft der Bibliotheken und Dokumentationsstellen der Ost-, Ostmittel- und Südosteuropaforschung e.V. (ABDOS)

Sustainability analysis practice has so far proved that measurement of the level of sustainable development (SD) is associated with a large number of methodological difficulties and limitations, related mainly to the selection of indicators, data processing and interpretation of the results. This study is based on an assumption that SD should be measured in ways that depend on the level of development of the country, i.e., it is highly recommended to develop separate sets of indicators to be used for highly developed, medium-developed and poor countries. To that end, we carried out the study on a sample of 13 Southeast European (SEE) countries, and Germany and the Russian Federation for comparison-which are at different levels of development and overall political and socio-economic ambients. The research includes analysis by three different approaches to SD, each based on different sets of indicators: a "GDP approach" which is traditional, and in which economic and GDP-based indicators hold the dominant role; a "Beyond-GDP approach" that reduces the use of economic indicators while increasing the share of social indicators and those based on natural resources; and an "SDG-based approach" that is mainly using indicators of quality of life as defined by the United Nations (UN) SDG. The analysis was performed using the method of composite indicators. Groups of 20 indicators were selected according to their suitability to each of the 3 above-described approaches. The study objective leads to examining ways for measuring development, to suggest new ones, recommend approaches to sustainability planning for the considered SEE countries and beyond, to contribute to the analysis methodology (by assessing usability and reliability of certain indicators and of linkages between them), as well as to rank the countries' levels of SD under these approaches. Some of the main conclusions are: (a) the indicators having the highest potential impact on the level of SD were foreign dire

This essay takes a critical and reflective look at two recently published books on contentious politics in the Balkans and Eastern Europe: Social Movements in the Balkans (ed. by F. Bieber and D. Brentin, Routledge 2018) and Ideology and Social Protests in Eastern Europe (V. Stoyanova, Routledge 2018). Focusing on regions somewhat neglected in scholarly analyses of the recent global upsurge of protests, these books aim to fill the gap by highlighting some contextual and regional specificities: a position of economic and geo-political (semi)periphery, weak or unconsolidated democratic institutions, post-socialist and transitional environments, societal (ethnic) divisions, etc. By critically assessing both contributions, in a manner that looks for their complementarity, this essay: examines the characteristics of popular mobilizations and grievances in Southeast and Eastern Europe; questions dominant narratives of political and economic transition and EU integration; re-evaluates socialist heritage and post-socialist political trajectories; discusses the (im) possibilities of articulating political alternatives to representative democracy and free market economy; and addresses the burden of conflicting memories and attitudes towards the region’s socialist past (and, in case of post-Yugoslav states, ethnic conflicts from the 1990s)., Ovaj rad se kritički i polemički osvrće na dve nedavno objavljene knjige o politikama osporavanja na Balkanu i u Istočnoj Evropi: Social Movements in the Balkans (prir. F. Bieber i D. Brentint, Routledge 2018) i Ideology and Social Protests in Eastern Europe (V. Stoyanova, Routledge 2018). Fokusom na regione koji su donekle zapostavljeni u akademskim analizama nedavnih globalnih talasa protesta, ove dve knjige nameravaju da popune tu prazninu, te osvetle neke od kontekstualnih i regionalnih specifičnosti: položaj na ekonomskoj i geopolitičkoj (polu)periferiji, slabe i nekonsolidovane demokratske institucije, postsocijalistički i tranzicioni uslovi, društvene (etničke) podele itd. Kritički procenjujući obe studije i sagledavajući ih u njihovoj komplementarnosti ovaj rad se dotiče sledećih problema: karakterisike masovnih mobilizacija i protesta u Jugoistočnoj i Istočnoj Evropi; propitivanje vladajućih narativa o političkoj i ekonomskoj tranziciji i evropskim integracijama; ponovno vrednovanje socijalističkog nasleđa i postsocijalističkih političkih putanja; (ne)mogućnost artikulisanja političkih alternativa predstavničkoj demokratiji i tržišnoj ekonomiji; teret sukobljenih sećanja i stavova prema socijalističkoj prošlosti.

This essay takes a critical and reflective look at two recently published books on contentious politics in the Balkans and Eastern Europe: Social Movements in the Balkans (ed. by F. Bieber and D. Brentin, Routledge 2018) and Ideology and Social Protests in Eastern Europe (V. Stoyanova, Routledge 2018). Focusing on regions somewhat neglected in scholarly analyses of the recent global upsurge of protests, these books aim to fill the gap by highlighting some contextual and regional specificities: a position of economic and geo-political (semi)periphery, weak or unconsolidated democratic institutions, post-socialist and transitional environments, societal (ethnic) divisions, etc. By critically assessing both contributions, in a manner that looks for their complementarity, this essay: examines the characteristics of popular mobilizations and grievances in Southeast and Eastern Europe; questions dominant narratives of political and economic transition and EU integration; re-evaluates socialist heritage and post-socialist political trajectories; discusses the (im) possibilities of articulating political alternatives to representative democracy and free market economy; and addresses the burden of conflicting memories and attitudes towards the region’s socialist past (and, in case of post-Yugoslav states, ethnic conflicts from the 1990s)., Ovaj rad se kritički i polemički osvrće na dve nedavno objavljene knjige o politikama osporavanja na Balkanu i u Istočnoj Evropi: Social Movements in the Balkans (prir. F. Bieber i D. Brentint, Routledge 2018) i Ideology and Social Protests in Eastern Europe (V. Stoyanova, Routledge 2018). Fokusom na regione koji su donekle zapostavljeni u akademskim analizama nedavnih globalnih talasa protesta, ove dve knjige nameravaju da popune tu prazninu, te osvetle neke od kontekstualnih i regionalnih specifičnosti: položaj na ekonomskoj i geopolitičkoj (polu)periferiji, slabe i nekonsolidovane demokratske institucije, postsocijalistički i tranzicioni uslovi, društvene (etničke) podele itd. Kritički procenjujući obe studije i sagledavajući ih u njihovoj komplementarnosti ovaj rad se dotiče sledećih problema: karakterisike masovnih mobilizacija i protesta u Jugoistočnoj i Istočnoj Evropi; propitivanje vladajućih narativa o političkoj i ekonomskoj tranziciji i evropskim integracijama; ponovno vrednovanje socijalističkog nasleđa i postsocijalističkih političkih putanja; (ne)mogućnost artikulisanja političkih alternativa predstavničkoj demokratiji i tržišnoj ekonomiji; teret sukobljenih sećanja i stavova prema socijalističkoj prošlosti.

This essay takes a critical and reflective look at two recently published books on contentious politics in the Balkans and Eastern Europe: Social Movements in the Balkans (ed. by F. Bieber and D. Brentin, Routledge 2018) and Ideology and Social Protests in Eastern Europe (V. Stoyanova, Routledge 2018). Focusing on regions somewhat neglected in scholarly analyses of the recent global upsurge of protests, these books aim to fill the gap by highlighting some contextual and regional specificities: a position of economic and geo-political (semi)periphery, weak or unconsolidated democratic institutions, post-socialist and transitional environments, societal (ethnic) divisions, etc. By critically assessing both contributions, in a manner that looks for their complementarity, this essay: examines the characteristics of popular mobilizations and grievances in Southeast and Eastern Europe; questions dominant narratives of political and economic transition and EU integration; re-evaluates socialist heritage and post-socialist political trajectories; discusses the (im) possibilities of articulating political alternatives to representative democracy and free market economy; and addresses the burden of conflicting memories and attitudes towards the region’s socialist past (and, in case of post-Yugoslav states, ethnic conflicts from the 1990s)., Ovaj rad se kritički i polemički osvrće na dve nedavno objavljene knjige o politikama osporavanja na Balkanu i u Istočnoj Evropi: Social Movements in the Balkans (prir. F. Bieber i D. Brentint, Routledge 2018) i Ideology and Social Protests in Eastern Europe (V. Stoyanova, Routledge 2018). Fokusom na regione koji su donekle zapostavljeni u akademskim analizama nedavnih globalnih talasa protesta, ove dve knjige nameravaju da popune tu prazninu, te osvetle neke od kontekstualnih i regionalnih specifičnosti: položaj na ekonomskoj i geopolitičkoj (polu)periferiji, slabe i nekonsolidovane demokratske institucije, postsocijalistički i tranzicioni uslovi, društvene (etničke) podele itd. Kritički procenjujući obe studije i sagledavajući ih u njihovoj komplementarnosti ovaj rad se dotiče sledećih problema: karakterisike masovnih mobilizacija i protesta u Jugoistočnoj i Istočnoj Evropi; propitivanje vladajućih narativa o političkoj i ekonomskoj tranziciji i evropskim integracijama; ponovno vrednovanje socijalističkog nasleđa i postsocijalističkih političkih putanja; (ne)mogućnost artikulisanja političkih alternativa predstavničkoj demokratiji i tržišnoj ekonomiji; teret sukobljenih sećanja i stavova prema socijalističkoj prošlosti.

Ovaj rad istraţuje promene tradicionalnih medija do kojih dolazi u novom, digitalnom okruţenju. U radu se polazi od pretpostavke da je prikazivanje svih sadrţaja u istom digitalnom kodu omogućilo konvergenciju koja je uticala na ove promene, kao i da su osobine imanentne kompjuterskoj mreţi donele novi kvalitet onlajn izdanjima tradicionalnih medija. Ispituje se hipoteza koja glasi da su ove tehnološke promene uticale na promenu karakteristika i uloge tradicionalnih medija i to tako da je brzina ovih promena zavisila od brzine i intenziteta tehnoloških promena u digitalnom svetu kao i od stepena razvijenosti tehniĉko-tehnološke infrastrukture. Promene su korenite i one zahvataju ĉitavo društvo. Informaciona revolucija i umreţeno društvo koncepti su koje je razvio Manuel Kastels (Manuel Castells, 2000, 2004, 2010a) i koji predstavljaju teorijski okvir ovog istraţivanja u ispitivanju odnosa društva i tehnologije. Cilj doktorskog rada je da ispita oblike i posledice transformacije tradicionalnih medija i da objasni zašto se promene odvijaju razliĉitom brzinom na globalnom planu, zatim unutar kruga razvijenih zemalja i posebno u grupi koju ĉine zemlje Jugoistoĉne Evrope koje su u procesu pridruţivanja Evropskoj uniji (Srbija, Bosna i Hercegovina, Makedonija i Albanija). U kontekstu opštih promena dodatna paţnja posvećena je studiji sluĉaja transformacije tradicionalnih medija u Srbiji..., This work explores the changes in traditional media which occur in the new digital environment. The work assumes that the viewing of all contents in the same digital code enables convergence that caused these changes, and that the inherent characteristics of computer network have brought a new quality of online editions of traditional media. The hypothesis, which states that these technological changes affected the change of the characteristics and the role of traditional media in such a way that the speed of these changes depended on the speed and intensity of technological changes in the digital world as well as the development level of technical and technological infrastructure, is being examined. The changes are profound, and they affect the whole society. Information revolution and the network society concepts are developed by Manuel Castells (2000, 2004, 2010a), which represent the theoretical framework of this research in examining the relationship between society and technology. The aim of the doctoral dissertation is to examine the forms and consequences of the transformation of traditional media and to explain why the changes occur at different rates on a global scale, then inside the circle of developed countries, and especially in the group consisting of SEE countries that are in the process of joining the European Union (Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Macedonia and Albania). In the context of the general changes additional attention was paid to the case study of the transformation of traditional media in Serbia...

This study's objectives are (1) application of a quantitatively sound approach to the evaluation of economic and environmental sustainability for 10 Southeast Europe (SEE) countries, including comparison with the developed countries of Germany, France and the Russian Federation, and (2) evaluation of the effects of chosen sustainability indicator weights, especially of the GDP-PPP, climate change and the income equality Gini index, as sustainability parameters. One applied scenario is with the level of sustainable economic development assessed by a traditional approach, based on high weight of GDP-PPP, and another assigns lesser weight to the GDP-PPP and higher weight to natural wealth and income equality, i.e. a beyond-GDP' goal. The sustainability of environmental development was determined by a common approach based on high importance of climate change indicators and an approach, perhaps more suitable for developing countries of SEE, that gives higher weight to their agriculture, forestation and energy usage. Assigning higher weights to natural wealth and social equality encouragingly demonstrated that this results in the same or higher sustainability rankings for the SEE countries, and for some even higher than those of the developed countries. Developing countries that have relatively low GHG emissions and energy use, and GDP well above the poverty level, should consider basing their sustainable development on raising the relative weights for natural wealth and income equality, and lowering it for the GDP. Methodology recommendations are offered to sustainable development planners and policy-makers. Uniformity and scientific consensus-based standardization of sustainability analysis methodology are critically needed.

The book/Compendium (Volume II) presents the results of the research carried out within the scientific project Transition towards Urban Resilience and Sustainability (TURaS) funded by the Seventh Framework Programme (Grant agreement no: 282834) of the EC. It is the second volume of the book Forms of urban growth in Southeast Europe – transitioning towards urban resilience and sustainability. The purpose of the volume is twofold: first, to present the contributions and achievements of the IAUS TURaS team related to WP5 of the TURaS Project (deliverables, specific aims, tasks, etc.), and second, to contribute to the guidelines for controlling urban sprawl and the strategic governance of resilient and sustainable urban development. This research was carried on over a period of almost five years (2011-2016), within the framework defined by the general and specific aims and goals of the TURaS Project. The TURaS Project has created some innovations, urban transition strategies and new guidance tools and mechanisms in fields such as: climate change adaptation, urban sprawl, collaborative decision-making related to building urban resilience, improving communication among the actors involved, the promotion of adaptive governance and new green infrastructure. The research focused on the following themes, issues, and tasks: 1) Comparative research on urban sprawl in the metropolitan regions of Belgrade, Rome and Sofia, from a past, present and future perspective, by means of applying of appropriate ICT tools; 2) Research on the urban preferences, attitudes and motives of citizens; 3) Research on urban migrations and broader urbo-demographic dynamics; 4) Analysis of legislation and strategic documents on urban and regional development; 5) Market analysis and research on the relations between planning and market instruments; and 6) Policy measures and instruments for the control and limitation of urban growth and urban sprawl, and concomitant recommendations, guidelines and poli

The book/Compendium (Volume II) presents the results of the research carried out within the scientific project Transition towards Urban Resilience and Sustainability (TURaS) funded by the Seventh Framework Programme (Grant agreement no: 282834) of the EC. It is the second volume of the book Forms of urban growth in Southeast Europe – transitioning towards urban resilience and sustainability. The purpose of the volume is twofold: first, to present the contributions and achievements of the IAUS TURaS team related to WP5 of the TURaS Project (deliverables, specific aims, tasks, etc.), and second, to contribute to the guidelines for controlling urban sprawl and the strategic governance of resilient and sustainable urban development. This research was carried on over a period of almost five years (2011-2016), within the framework defined by the general and specific aims and goals of the TURaS Project. The TURaS Project has created some innovations, urban transition strategies and new guidance tools and mechanisms in fields such as: climate change adaptation, urban sprawl, collaborative decision-making related to building urban resilience, improving communication among the actors involved, the promotion of adaptive governance and new green infrastructure. The research focused on the following themes, issues, and tasks: 1) Comparative research on urban sprawl in the metropolitan regions of Belgrade, Rome and Sofia, from a past, present and future perspective, by means of applying of appropriate ICT tools; 2) Research on the urban preferences, attitudes and motives of citizens; 3) Research on urban migrations and broader urbo-demographic dynamics; 4) Analysis of legislation and strategic documents on urban and regional development; 5) Market analysis and research on the relations between planning and market instruments; and 6) Policy measures and instruments for the control and limitation of urban growth and urban sprawl, and concomitant recommendations, guidelines and poli

Tokom srednjeg veka u Ugarskoj su se našli i mnogi pripadnici dinastija iz susednih, ali i iz drugih evropskih zemalja. Predmet istraživanja u ovoj tezi su clanovi dinastija iz zemalja jugoistocne Evrope, odnosno sa Balkanskog poluostrva (Srbija, Bosna, Vizantija, Bugarska, Osmansko carstvo), koji su u periodu od 12. do prvih decenija 16. veka boravili u Ugarskoj kraljevini i bili ukljuceni u njen državno-pravni sistem. U fokusu istraživanja su srpski župan i ugarski palatin Beloš iz 12. veka, njemu savremeni bosanski ban Boric i njegovi potomci, sinovi bivše vizantijske carice Margarite Jovan An'eo i Viljem od Sentomera, bosanski banovi iz 13. veka, narocito Prijezda I i njegovi sinovi, srpski kralj Stefan Dragutin, bosanski ban Stjepan (( Kotromanic i njegova kci Jelisaveta, supruga ugarskog kralja Lajoša (, zatim sinovi kralja Vukašina Dmitar i Andrijaš, despoti Stefan Lazarevic, &ura' Brankovic i njegovi potomci, srpski despoti u Ugarskoj iz druge polovine 15. stoleca, bosanski kraljevi pocev od Tvrtka I do Stefana Tomaševica, herceg Vladislav Kosaca i njegovi naslednici, i konacno, bugarski carevic Fružin i osmanski princevi Murat i Davud Celebija. Njihov položaj u srednjovekovnoj Ugarskoj razlikovao se u zavisnosti od vremena i okolnosti u kojima su došli u ovu zemlju (bracne i porodicne veze me'u dinastijama, izbegli clanovi vladarskih porodica koji su našli utocište u Ugarskoj, vladari susednih država koji su kao vazali ugarskih kraljeva dobijali posede na teritoriji kraljevine). Cilj istraživanja bio je da se na osnovu raspoloživih podataka u istorijskim izvorima sagleda položaj clanova dinastija iz zemalja jugoistocne Evrope u pravnom i politickom sistemu Ugarske kraljevine, njihovi posedi, uloge koje su ove licnosti imale u odnosima Ugarske sa zemljama iz kojih su poticale, i, na kraju, da se na taj nacin bolje osvetli politika ugarskih vladara prema njihovim jugoistocnim susedima u srednjem veku., During the Middle Ages many members of the dynasties from neighboring countries came to Hungary, as well as from other European countries. In this Ph.D. thesis members of the dynasties from South Eastern Europe are studied, that is from the Balkan countries (Serbia, Bosnia, Byzantium, Bulgaria, Ottoman Empire), those who stayed in the Kingdom of Hungary during the period from 12th to the early decades of the 16th century and were involved in its state and legal system. The study focuses on the Serbian župan and Hungarian Palatine Beloš from the 12th century, his contemporary Bosnian ban Boric and his descendants, the sons of former Byzantine Empress Margaret John Angel and William of Saint Omer, Bosnian bans from the 13th century, especially Prijezda I and his sons, Serbian king Stefan Dragutin, Bosnian ban Stjepan II Kotromanic and his daughter Elizabeth, the wife of Hungarian King Lajos I, then the sons of King Vukašin Dimitar and Andrijaš (14th century), Despots Stefan Lazarevic, George Brankovic and his descendants, who became Serbian despots in Hungary in the second half of the 15th century, then Bosnian kings from Tvrtko I to Stefan Tomaševic, Duke Vladislav Kosaca and his successors, and finally, Bulgarian prince Fružin and Ottoman princes Murat and Dawud Celebi. Their position in medieval Hungary differed depending on the time and circumstances in which they came to this country (marriage and family ties between dynasties, exiled members of royal families who have found refuge in Hungary, the rulers of neighboring countries, who had received estates in the Kingdom as vassals of the Hungarian kings). The aim of the study is to perceive, based on the data available in historical sources, the position of members of the dynasties from the South-East Europe in the legal and political system of the Kingdom of Hungary, their possessions, the roles that these persons have played in Hungarian relations with the countries from which they were originated, and, finally

Tokom srednjeg veka u Ugarskoj su se našli i mnogi pripadnici dinastija iz susednih, ali i iz drugih evropskih zemalja. Predmet istraživanja u ovoj tezi su clanovi dinastija iz zemalja jugoistocne Evrope, odnosno sa Balkanskog poluostrva (Srbija, Bosna, Vizantija, Bugarska, Osmansko carstvo), koji su u periodu od 12. do prvih decenija 16. veka boravili u Ugarskoj kraljevini i bili ukljuceni u njen državno-pravni sistem. U fokusu istraživanja su srpski župan i ugarski palatin Beloš iz 12. veka, njemu savremeni bosanski ban Boric i njegovi potomci, sinovi bivše vizantijske carice Margarite Jovan An'eo i Viljem od Sentomera, bosanski banovi iz 13. veka, narocito Prijezda I i njegovi sinovi, srpski kralj Stefan Dragutin, bosanski ban Stjepan (( Kotromanic i njegova kci Jelisaveta, supruga ugarskog kralja Lajoša (, zatim sinovi kralja Vukašina Dmitar i Andrijaš, despoti Stefan Lazarevic, &ura' Brankovic i njegovi potomci, srpski despoti u Ugarskoj iz druge polovine 15. stoleca, bosanski kraljevi pocev od Tvrtka I do Stefana Tomaševica, herceg Vladislav Kosaca i njegovi naslednici, i konacno, bugarski carevic Fružin i osmanski princevi Murat i Davud Celebija. Njihov položaj u srednjovekovnoj Ugarskoj razlikovao se u zavisnosti od vremena i okolnosti u kojima su došli u ovu zemlju (bracne i porodicne veze me'u dinastijama, izbegli clanovi vladarskih porodica koji su našli utocište u Ugarskoj, vladari susednih država koji su kao vazali ugarskih kraljeva dobijali posede na teritoriji kraljevine). Cilj istraživanja bio je da se na osnovu raspoloživih podataka u istorijskim izvorima sagleda položaj clanova dinastija iz zemalja jugoistocne Evrope u pravnom i politickom sistemu Ugarske kraljevine, njihovi posedi, uloge koje su ove licnosti imale u odnosima Ugarske sa zemljama iz kojih su poticale, i, na kraju, da se na taj nacin bolje osvetli politika ugarskih vladara prema njihovim jugoistocnim susedima u srednjem veku., During the Middle Ages many members of the dynasties from neighboring countries came to Hungary, as well as from other European countries. In this Ph.D. thesis members of the dynasties from South Eastern Europe are studied, that is from the Balkan countries (Serbia, Bosnia, Byzantium, Bulgaria, Ottoman Empire), those who stayed in the Kingdom of Hungary during the period from 12th to the early decades of the 16th century and were involved in its state and legal system. The study focuses on the Serbian župan and Hungarian Palatine Beloš from the 12th century, his contemporary Bosnian ban Boric and his descendants, the sons of former Byzantine Empress Margaret John Angel and William of Saint Omer, Bosnian bans from the 13th century, especially Prijezda I and his sons, Serbian king Stefan Dragutin, Bosnian ban Stjepan II Kotromanic and his daughter Elizabeth, the wife of Hungarian King Lajos I, then the sons of King Vukašin Dimitar and Andrijaš (14th century), Despots Stefan Lazarevic, George Brankovic and his descendants, who became Serbian despots in Hungary in the second half of the 15th century, then Bosnian kings from Tvrtko I to Stefan Tomaševic, Duke Vladislav Kosaca and his successors, and finally, Bulgarian prince Fružin and Ottoman princes Murat and Dawud Celebi. Their position in medieval Hungary differed depending on the time and circumstances in which they came to this country (marriage and family ties between dynasties, exiled members of royal families who have found refuge in Hungary, the rulers of neighboring countries, who had received estates in the Kingdom as vassals of the Hungarian kings). The aim of the study is to perceive, based on the data available in historical sources, the position of members of the dynasties from the South-East Europe in the legal and political system of the Kingdom of Hungary, their possessions, the roles that these persons have played in Hungarian relations with the countries from which they were originated, and, finally