Activist Citizenship and the LGBT Movement in Serbia : Belonging, Critical Engagement, and Transformation

Activist Citizenship And The Lgbt Movement In Serbia Explores Ways Of Understanding Activist Movements Through An Exploration Of The Theoretical Concept Of Activist Citizenship Which Draws Attention To Critical Engagements With, And Reclamations Of, Citizenship. Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction; 2 Understanding Movements: Social Movement Theory And The Links With Citizenship; 3 From Status And Participation To Engagement And Transformation: Understanding Activist Citizenship; 4 Lgbt Activist Movements In Post-communist Europe: Localized Strategies Of Visibility, Rights, And Europeanness; 5 The Inception Of An Lgbt Movement In Serbia: Contests Of Citizenship; 6 The Development Of The Lgbt Activist Movement In Serbia In The 2000s. 7 Roots And Roofs: Understanding The Strategies, Tactics, And Targets Of The Movement8 This Is Our Country Too: Activist Citizenship And The Lgbt Movement In Serbia; 9 Conclusions; Bibliography; Index. By Robert Rhodes-kubiak. Front Matter....Pages i-ix Introduction....Pages 1-19 Understanding Movements: Social Movement Theory and the Links with Citizenship....Pages 21-45 From Status and Participation to Engagement and Transformation: Understanding “Activist Citizenship”....Pages 47-66 LGBT Activist Movements in Post-Communist Europe: Localized Strategies of Visibility, Rights, and Europeanness....Pages 67-87 The Inception of an LGBT Movement in Serbia: Contests of Citizenship....Pages 89-120 The Development of the LGBT Activist Movement in Serbia in the 2000s....Pages 121-137 “Roots and Roofs”: Understanding the Strategies, Tactics, and Targets of the Movement....Pages 139-163 “This Is Our Country Too”: Activist Citizenship and the LGBT Movement in Serbia....Pages 165-188 Conclusions....Pages 189-196 Back Matter....Pages 197-214 Cover 1 Half-Title 2 Title 4 Copyright 5 Dedication 6 Contents 8 Acknowledgments 10 1 Introduction 11 2 Understanding Movements: Social Movement Theory and the Links with Citizenship 30 3 From Status and Participation to Engagement and Transformation: Understanding “Activist Citizenship” 55 4 LGBT Activist Movements in Post-Communist Europe: Localized Strategies of Visibility, Rights, and Europeanness 75 5 The Inception of an LGBT Movement in Serbia: Contests of Citizenship 96 6 The Development of the LGBT Activist Movement in Serbia in the 2000s 128 7 “Roots and Roofs”: Understanding the Strategies, Tactics, and Targets of the Movement 145 8 “This Is Our Country Too”: Activist Citizenship and the LGBT Movement in Serbia 170 9 Conclusions 194 Bibliography 202 Index 217