Montenegro. Capitalist Transformation at the European Periphery

The author reviews the basic facts necessary to understand the specific process of Montenegro’s capitalist transformation in the past thirty years or so, a process particularly influenced by certain characteristics of the political system. The survival in power of one political party throughout the...

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Published in:Comparative Southeast European studies (Print) 2018-07, Vol.66 (2), p.143-152
Main Author: Lazić, Mladen
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Attitudes
Capitalism
Center and periphery
Economic development
Ethnic relations
Independence
Political parties
Political power
Political systems
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Summary:The author reviews the basic facts necessary to understand the specific process of Montenegro’s capitalist transformation in the past thirty years or so, a process particularly influenced by certain characteristics of the political system. The survival in power of one political party throughout the period of systemic changes, as well as the more than twenty-year personal rule of Milo Đukanović which continued despite the introduction of liberal-pluralist principles, are primarily explained by the control of the state apparatus by the ruling elite. Alongside that was a low level of economic development. In addition, ambivalent attitudes of the populace to Montenegro’s independence from Serbia and the interethnic relations of Serbs and Montenegrins have played their own role. In the second part, the text displays the leitmotif underlying the contributions to the thematic section on Montenegro in this issue.
ISSN:2701-8199
0722-480X
2701-8202
2364-933X
DOI:10.1515/soeu-2018-0013