Discusses Serbia’s struggle for democratic values after the fall of the Miloševic regime provoked by the NATO war, and after the trauma caused by the secession of Kosovo. Are the value systems of the post-Miloševic era true stumbling blocks of a delayed transition of this country? Seventeen contributors from Norway, Serbia, Italy, Germany, Poland and some other European countries covered a broad range of topics in order to provide answers to this question. The subjects of their investigations were national myths and symbols, history textbooks, media, film, religion, inter-ethnic dialogue, transitional justice, political party agendas and other related themes. The authors of the essays represent different scholarly disciplines whose theoretical conceptions and frameworks are employed in order to analyze two alternative value systems in Serbia: liberal, cosmopolitan and civic on the one hand, and traditional, provincial, nationalist on the other.

Table of Contents:
Preface Part One – Introduction 1. Serbia’s Corrupt Path to the Rule of Law, Sabrina P. Ramet 2. Serbia after Miloševic, Dragana Dulic Part Two – Political and Social Values 3. Serbian Civic Values in a European Context, Ola Listhaug, Kristen Ringdal, and Albert Simkus 4. The EU in the Values and Expectations of Serbia, Stefano Bianchini 5. Orthodox Values and Modern Necessities, Klaus Buchenau 6. The Social Values of Serbian Youth, Nebojša Petrovic Part Three – Media and Films 7. The Post-2000 Media Situation in Serbia, Izabela Kisic and Slavija Stanojlovic 8. Serbian Cinema and Changing Values in Post-Yugoslavia, Andrew Horton Part Four – Schools, Gender, and Nationalism 9. Value Changes in the Interpretations of History in Serbia, Dubravka Stojanovic 10. Nationalism as a Religion, Ivan Colovic 11. Engendering Transitional Justice, Daša Duhacek Part Five – Kosovo as Myth and as Politics 12. Dead Kings and National Myths, Sabrina P. Ramet 13. Discursive Practices and Semiotic Representations, Maciej Czerwinski 14. Kosovo in Serbian Politics since Miloševic, Hilde Katrine Haug 15. Inter-ethnic Dialogue between Serbs and Albanians in Serbia/Kosovo, 1996–2008, Steinar Bryn Part Six – Conclusion 16. The Power of Values (A conclusion), Sabrina P. Ramet List of Contributors Index of Names Subject Index