Democracy Struggles

Theodora Vetta is European Research Council researcher at the University of Barcelona, and a member of PrecAnthro Union and FOCAAL’s editorial collective. She was formerly a Marie-Curie Fellow at CEU-Budapest and a Swedish-Institute fellow at Lund University. Her recent publications include “Moral Economy: Rethinking a Radical Concept” (Anthropological Theory, 2016) and "The Habits of the Heart: Grassroots 'Revitalization' and State Transformations in Serbia" in Cultures of Doing Good (University of Alabama Press, 2017).

• AcknowledgmentsIntroductionPART I: CIVIL SOCIETY IN THE MAKINGChapter 1. Empowerment, Fast-TrackChapter 2. NGOing and the Donor EffectPART II: THE POLITICS OF CULTUREChapter 3. The “Democrats”: Salon NGOs in BelgradeChapter 4. The “Nationalists”: Radikali and PrivatizationPART III: GOOD GOVERNANCEChapter 5. Revitalizing Communities, Decentralizing the StateChapter 6. NGOs vs. State: Clash or Class?ConclusionReferencesIndex

“Vetta’s book offers a refreshing and much-needed class-informed analysis of the NGO world in Serbia…The book provides essential class-informed analysis for anyone interested in the working of aid industry in the context of post-socialist transformations.” • ANUAC“This book offers a rich, informative and critical analysis on a topic that has so far not received much attention. It opens up a number of new research avenues on the topic of aid, democratization, neoliberalism and recent political developments in the context of Serbia.” • Eurasian Geography and Economics