Workers and revolution in Serbia: from Tito to Milošević and beyond

'workers And Revolution In Serbia' Offers A Refreshing New Analysis Of The Role Of Workers Both In Tito's Yugoslavia And In The Subsequent Serbian Revolution Against Milošević In October 2000. 1. Introduction -- 2. The Tito Years -- 3. Serbia In The World Economy -- 4. Neo-liberalism Imposed -- 5. The Workers' Movement -- 6. Serbia's New Period Of Crisis. Martin Upchurch And Darko Marinković. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [133]-146) And Index. This book offers a refreshing new analysis of the role of workers both in Tito's Yugoslavia and in the subsequent Serbian revolution against Miloševic in October 2000. The authors argue that Tito and the Communist leadership of Yugoslavia saw self-management as a modernising project to compete with the West, and as a disciplining tool for workers in the enterprise. The socialist ideals of self-management were subsequently corrupted by Yugoslavia's turn to the market. The authors then move on to examining the central role of ordinary workers in overthrowing the nationalist regime of Miloševic and present an account which runs contrary to many descriptions of'labour weakness'in post-Communist states. Organised labour should be studied as a movement in and of itself rather than as a passive object of external forces. Two labour movement waves have emerged under post-Communism, the first an expression of desire for democracy, the second as a collaboration and clientelism. A third wave, against the ravages of neoliberalism, is only just emerging. This book offers a refreshing new analysis of the role of workers both in Titos Yugoslavia and in the subsequent Serbian revolution against Miloevic in October 2000. The authors argue that Tito and the Communist leadership of Yugoslavia saw self-management as a modernising project to compete with the West, and as a disciplining tool for workers in the enterprise. The socialist ideals of self-management were subsequently corrupted by Yugoslavias turn to the market. The authors then move on to examining the central role of ordinary workers in overthrowing the nationalist regime of Miloevic and present an account which runs contrary to many descriptions of 'labour weakness' in post-Communist states. Organised labour should be studied as a movement in and of itself rather than as a passive object of external forces. Two labour movement waves have emerged under post-Communism, the first an expression of desire for democracy, the second as a collaboration and clientelism. A third wave, against the ravages of neoliberalism, is only just emerging. Workers and revolution in Serbia: From Tito to Milošević and beyond 1 Half Title Page 2 Title Page 4 Copyright 5 Contents 6 Tables 7 Acknowledgements 8 1. Introduction 10 2. The Tito years 26 3. Serbia in the world economy 49 4. Neo-liberalism imposed 78 5. The workers’ movement 98 6. Serbia’s new period of crisis 127 Serbia timeline 140 References 142 Index 156 'Workers and Revolution in Serbia' offers a refreshing new analysis of the role of workers both in Tito's Yugoslavia and in the subsequent Serbian revolution against Milosevic in October 2000 Analyses the role of workers both in Tito’s Yugoslavia and in the subsequent Serbian revolution against Miloševic in October 2000 -- . Analyses the role of workers both in Tito's Yugoslavia and in the subsequent Serbian revolution against Milosevic in October 2000 -- .