Engineering Revolution: The Paradox of Democracy Promotion in Serbia

255 Pages·2015·2.392 MB·English

by  Marlene Spoerri

Engineering Revolution

E n g i n E E R i n g
R E v o l u t i o n
the Paradox of Democracy Promotion in Serbia
Marlene Spoerri
university of pennsylvania press
philadelphia
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library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Spoerri, Marlene.
Engineering revolution : the paradox of democracy promotion
in Serbia / Marlene Spoerri.— 1st ed.
p. cm.
includes bibliographical references and index.
iSBn 978-0-8122-4645-2 (hardcover : alk. paper)
1. Democratization— Serbia. 2. Democratization— government
policy— Serbia. 3. Democratization— international cooperation—
Serbia. 4. Regime change—S erbia. 5. Political parties—S erbia.
6. Serbia— Politics and government— 1992–2006. i. title.
DR2051.S66 2014
320.9497109'0511— dc23
2014009314
For my father, Max Spoerri

Contents
List of Abbreviations ix
Introduction 1
1. Promoting Democracy and Aiding Political Parties Abroad 11
2. The Absence of Aid in Milošević’s Serbia, 1990–1996 29
3. Preparing for Regime Change, 1997–2000 55
4. Democracy Promotion in Milošević’s Shadow, 2001–2012 121
5. Rethinking Aid’s Legacy in Serbia 172
Appendix. List of Interviewees 187
Notes 193
Bibliography 211
Index 235
Acknowledgments 241

Abbreviations
AMS Alfred Mozer Stichting (netherlands)
AoS Associated opposition of Serbia
BMZ Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development
(germany)
Bti Bertelsmann transformation index
CAnvAS Centre for Applied nonviolent Action and Strategies
CEE Central and Eastern Europe
CeSiD Center for Free Elections and Democracy
CSCE Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe
CiA Central intelligence Agency (united States)
CiPE Center for international Private Enterprise
DA Democratic Alternative
DAniDA Danish international Development Agency (Denmark)
DC Democratic Center
DEKo Democratic Coalition
DEPoS Democratic Movement of Serbia
DF Democratic Forum
DHSS Christian Democratic Party of Serbia
DoS Democratic opposition of Serbia
DS Democratic Party
DSS Democratic Party of Serbia
EC European Commission
EPP European People’s Party
Eu European union
FES Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (germany)
FnS Friedrich-naumann-Stiftung (germany)
FoiA Freedom of information Act
FRY Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
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