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THE AUTHORS EXAMINE THE PHENOMENON OF "TRANSITION WITHOUT TRANSFORMATION," OR POSTCOMMUNISM WITH SUSPENDED CHANGE, IN SERBIA AND MONTENEGRO, PARTICULARLY IN THE AREA OF PRIVATIZATION. FIRST, THEY TRACE HOW THE PRIVATIZATION ACT ORIGINATED IN AN UNSUCCESSFUL ECONOMIC REFORM PROGRAM INTRODUCED BY THE LAST YUGOSLAV GOVERNMENT, IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE RAPID DISINTEGRATION OF THE YUGOSLAV STATE, WHICH EVENTUALLY ENDED IN ECONOMIC DISASTER AND CIVIL WAR. NEXT, THEY DESCRIBE THE PRIVATIZATION PROCESS IN DETAIL, EXPLAIN RELEVANT DATA, AND SHOW THAT THE STATISATION OF PROPERTY HAS BEEN THE REAL RESULT OF THE PROCESS IN SERBIA AND MONTENEGRO. FINALLY, THEY EXAMINE RECENT DATA ON THE ECONOMY'S EMERGING PRIVATE SECTOR IN SERBIA AND MONTENEGRO.

By paying particular attention to the promotion of livelihoods and self-reliance, UNHCR hopes to be able to phase out the long-standing assistance programme. Adapted from the source document.

Prior to the formation of Yugoslavia after WWI, elements of both conflict & cooperation existed between Serbia & Croatia. After 1918, economic & political power between Serbia & Croatia were imbalanced. Descriptions of the current civil war portray the fight of democracy (Croatia) against communism (Serbia), but the aggression is not so clear-cut. Violence has been the political method of choice for both sides since the beginning of the current conflict. The ruling Socialist party in Serbia relies not on the state, but on the patriarchal authority of Milosevic. Croatia's party lacks any political program, but its structure is similar to Serbia's. A rational & fair outcome is elusive at this point, because Croats will not live in a greater Serbia after a promise of independence & Serbs will not live in an independent Croatia, fearing reprisal from the war. The idea of resettlement is gaining support, but this is neither fair nor rational. Yugoslavia's immediate entry into the European Community is advocated as the most rational solution. M. Pflum

Examines origins of the Privatisation Act in an unsuccessful economic reform program introduced by the last former Yugoslav government; describes privatization process and resulting statization of property; discusses emerging private sector; since Dec. 1989.

Die Bundesrepublik Jugoslawien repräsentiert den Fall des Übergangs zum Postkommunismus mit begrenztem Wandel. Das Schicksal der Privatisierung in Serbien und Montenegro spiegelt den Verlauf des gesamten Transformationsprozesses wider. Die Ursprünge des Privatisierungsgesetzes liegen noch im ehemaligen Jugoslawien der Jahre 1989/90. Bürgerkrieg und wirtschaftlicher Verfall erlaubten jedoch keine Transformation im gesamtjugoslawischen Kontext mehr. In der Bundesrepublik Jugoslawien führte die Privatisierung zu einer Auflösung des Belegschaftseigentums und zu einer faktischen Verstaatlichung der Betriebe. 1995 befanden sich über 80 v.H. des Anlagevermögens in öffentlichem Eigentum. Im privaten Sektor dominieren wirtschaftlich eher bedeutungslose Familienbetriebe. (BIOst-Wpt)

This piece takes stock of the current activities and influence of Serbia's far Right, which inherited the extreme nationalism that informed Milošević and the Yugoslav wars of the 1990s. That such nationalism was never fully driven from Serbia's social and political life has led to the tacit support of fascist ideals in sections of the police, the Serbian Orthodox Church and certain government spokespeople. Violent attacks on LGBT and Roma communities and human rights violations are compounded by the state's lack of response. The author explores the dominant political climate that fails to recognise the threat from the far Right and equates its political extremism with that of groups campaigning to protect human rights.