Challenges of New Social Integration in Serbia: Concepts and Actors

The project consists of 3 subprojects: I Changes of the basic structures of Serbian society (macro-structural aspect), with the topics: Institutional reforms in the economy and models of economic development; Changes in the structure of political power – change of political elites; Political elite in Serbia and the EU; Stratificational changes; Changes in value orientations – the emergence of new collective identities; Religious changes; Ideological changes (Nationalism; National liberalism) II Territorial capital in Serbia – structural and action potential of local development (meso-structural aspect), with the topics: Identifying local potentials by key actors; Social capital and creating innovative local milieus; Institutional and value presuppositions of new regionalism; Articulation of local-regional identities III Changing structure and action potential at family and individual levels – generational and gender perspective (micro-structural aspect), with the topics: Changes in family structures; Politics of parenthood; Young people as actors of social integration. The project includes two surveys, in-depth interviews and case studies. The team has 37 members. The project will provide empirically founded new insights into the features of the emerging capitalist society in Serbia, which are bound to have practical implications for planning socio-economic development and consolidating the democratic order.