In line with contemporary urban policy to build a competitive city identity, this article deals with the post-communist identity of Novi Pazar, a medium-sized city in southwestern Serbia. Research ...attention is centred on building urban identity through the dynamic interaction between actors and socio-spatial structures. Following Bourdieu’s notion of habitus, the concept of a city’s habitus is employed as well as Lefebvre’s concept of the social production of space. Special focus is placed on the challenges that post-communist cities face in re-establishing their identity following the former promotion of the “communist (industrial) city” and its subsequent decline. The analysis is based on a survey of residents of Novi Pazar (n = 299) and interviews with experts employed in local government and other local institutions/organizations (n = 14), as well as content analysis of the city’s official website. Novi Pazar is a city with a potentially strong identity but also with considerable structural constraints that block the local agency needed to activate the city’s identity potential.
This article studies the level of female scientists’ work satisfaction, and general and gender-related factors that would contribute to greater work satisfaction. We applied an interdisciplinary ...approach – we draw on Bronfenbrenner’s ecological model of (professional) development, sociological analysis of the context and linguistic analysis of the text. A hundred Serbian female scientists filled in the online questionnaire. They reported moderate satisfaction with their work. Thematic analysis of their answers yielded nine general work satisfaction improvement factors: Creating a fair and effective management and improving relations with superiors, Improving social relationships with peers (Bronfenbrenner’s micro- and meso-system), Improving technical resources, Increasing salaries, Professional improvement support, The modernization and application of scientific work, Improving human resources, Establishing transparent, consistent and fair system rules (exosystem) and Combating corruption and nepotism (macrosystem). Six gender-related factors were determined: Overcoming social obstacles related to pregnancy and child-care, Change in attitudes in cases of harassment (micro- and meso-system), Overcoming legal obstacles related to pregnancy and child-care, Change in procedures in cases of harassment (exosystem), Achieving respect and equality, and Changing social image through personal efforts (macrosystem). Recommendations for policy and practice improvement are discussed in the light of the dominant values in the Serbian post-socialist transformation context.
U fokusu ovog rada se nalazi istraživanje translokalnih prostora kroz analizu globalno-lokalne razmene znanja izmed strok signu trans-migranata i "kosmopolitskog" lokalnog stanovništva u ...poluperifernom urbanom kontekstu. Translokalni prostori se uzimaju kao konkretna mesta (radno mesto, mesto održavanja poslovnih sastanaka, mesta za zabavu i rekreaciju, javni prostori itd.) na kojima se ostvaruju interakcije izmed strok signu trans-migranata i lokalnog stanovništva i razmenjuju globalna i lokalna znanja, iskustva i prakse. Analiza se zasniva na rezultatima kvalitativnog istraživanja sprovedenog u Beogradu (novembar 2018 - mart 2019). Uzorak čine 42 ispitanika: 21 trans-migrant (visoko obrazovani migranti koji su zaposleni u med strok signunarodnim kompanijama, razvojnim agencijama, ambasadama i univerzitetima) i 21 "kosmopolitski lokalac"(državljani Srbije zaposleni u med strok signunarodnim kompanijama i agencijama, koji su obrazovani u inostranstvu i / ili imaju bogato iskustvo rada u multinacionalnom okruženju). Rad se fokusira na dva aspekta: (1) mogućnosti i prepreke za globalno-lokalnu razmenu znanja; i (2) prostori u Beogradu u kojima se ova razmena najčešće ostvaruje i koji na taj način postaju trans-lokalni.
The focus of this paper is exploration of translocal spaces through examination of global-local knowledge exchange between middling migrants and ‘cosmopolitan’ locals in semi-peripheral urban ...contexts. Translocal spaces are taken as concrete places (workplace, venue of business meeting, places for entertainment and recreation, public spaces, etc.) where interactions between middling migra nts and the local population occur and where global and local knowledge, experience and practice are exchanged.The analysis is based on the results of qualitative research conducted in Belgrade (from November 2018 to March 2019). The sample is composed of 42 respondents: 21 middling migrants (well-educated transmigrants employed in international companies, developmental agencies, embassies and universities) and 21 ‘cosmopolitan’ locals (Serbian employees in international companies and agencies who have been educated abroad and/or have a rich experience of working in a multinational environment).The paper focuses on two aspects: (1) opportunities and obstacles for global- local knowledge exchange; and (2) spaces in Belgrade where this exchange most frequently occurs and that, as a consequence, become translocal.
Recent results from Round 9 of the European Social Survey (ESS) indicate that
Serbia differs from other European countries in terms of justice and
fairness. Whereas the Serbian people?s ...dissatisfaction relating to unjust
income distribution, unfair employment chances and political institutions
may not be surprising, these findings still raise a dozen questions.
Situated within contemporary discussions on normativity in sociology and
survey methodology, this paper aims to reassess the moral grammar of these
judgments. By endorsing tenets of pragmatic sociology and its principal aim
to recognize the plural modes of valuation and criticism and reflective
capacities of social actors to judge and evaluate, this paper develops
around few major points. First, we underline how most major approaches to
axiology remain stuck in a co-determinist framework, thereby renewing a
number of dualisms. Instead, we opt for a relational approach and further
present how the theoretical model of Boltanski and Thev?not enables the
locating of different assessments of worth. After setting our methodological
framework against the ?externalist? epistemology, we explore our key
assumption that the above-mentioned high rates come as a problem of a
feasible ?truce? between the domestic regime and the civic polity, ruled by
proclaimed legality, representativeness and impersonal character. We trace
the problem of incorporating multiple arrangements as a problem of
generality, by relating these to two layers of information acquired through
the ESS. One involves the analysis of the domestic polity covering the
household situation in terms of organization and unveiling the specific
worth given to care and protection. Another layer is derived from regression
analysis which affirms that the absence of fairness in civic polity
correlates with a higher degree of worth given to the domestic one, but also
that the latter situation depicts a deeper ontological puzzle about making a
mild transition to the assumed ?horizontality? of civic matters.
Avtorice se v skladu s sodobno mestno politiko, katere cilj je oblikovati konkurenčno mestno identiteto, v članku ukvarjajo s postsocialistično identiteto Novega Pazarja, srednje velikega mesta na ...jugozahodu Srbije. Proučujejo oblikovanje mestne identitete na podlagi dinamične interakcije med akterji in družbeno-prostorskimi strukturami, pri čemer uporabljajo pojem mestnega habitusa, ki temelji na Bourdieujevi teoriji o habitusu, in Lefebvrov koncept družbene produkcije prostora. Posebno pozornost namenjajo izzivom, s katerimi se postsocialistična mesta spopadajo pri ponovnem vzpostavljanju svoje identitete po obdobju spodbujanja modela socialističnega (industrijskega) mesta in njegovem poznejšem zatonu. Njihova analiza temelji na anketi med prebivalci Novega Pazarja (n = 299), intervjujih s strokovnjaki, zaposlenimi v mestni upravi ter drugih lokalnih ustanovah in organizacijah (n = 14), in na vsebinski analizi uradnega spletišča mesta. Njihovi izsledki kažejo, da je Novi Pazar mesto z močno identiteto, a tudi precejšnjimi strukturnimi omejitvami, ki onemogočajo lokalno delovanje, na podlagi katerega bi lahko mesto izkoristilo svoj potencial za oblikovanje konkurenčne identitete.
Recent results from Round 9 of the European Social Survey (ESS) indicate that Serbia differs from other European countries in terms of justice and fairness. Whereas the Serbian people’s ...dissatisfaction relating to unjust income distribution, unfair employment chances and political institutions may not be surprising, these findings still raise a dozen questions. Situated within contemporary discussions on normativity in sociology and survey methodology, this paper aims to reassess the moral grammar of these judgments. By endorsing tenets of pragmatic sociology and its principal aim to recognize the plural modes of valuation and criticism and reflective capacities of social actors to judge and evaluate, this paper develops around few major points. First, we underline how most major approaches to axiology remain stuck in a co-determinist framework, thereby renewing a number of dualisms. Instead, we opt for a relational approach and further present how the theoretical model of Boltanski and Thevénot enables the locating of different assessments of worth. After setting our methodological framework against the “externalist” epistemology, we explore our key assumption that the above-mentioned high rates come as a problem of a feasible “truce” between the domestic regime and the civic polity, ruled by proclaimed legality, representativeness and impersonal character. We trace the problem of incorporating multiple arrangements as a problem of generality, by relating these to two layers of information acquired through the ESS. One involves the analysis of the domestic polity covering the household situation in terms of organization and unveiling the specific worth given to care and protection. Another layer is derived from regressionanalysis which affirms that the absence of fairness in civic polity correlates with a higher degree of worth given to the domestic one, but also that the latter situation depicts a deeper ontological puzzle about making a mild transition to the assumed “horizontality” of civic matters.
Avtorice se v skladu s sodobno mestno politiko, katere cilj je oblikovati konkurenčno mestno identiteto, v članku ukvarjajo s postsocialistično identiteto Novega Pazarja, srednje velikega mesta na ...jugozahodu Srbije. Proučujejo oblikovanje mestne identitete na podlagi dinamične interakcije med akterji in družbeno-prostorskimi strukturami, pri čemer uporabljajo pojem mestnega habitusa, ki temelji na Bourdieujevi teoriji o habitusu, in Lefebvrov koncept družbene produkcije prostora. Posebno pozornost namenjajo izzivom, s katerimi se postsocialistična mesta spopadajo pri ponovnem vzpostavljanju svoje identitete po obdobju spodbujanja modela socialističnega (industrijskega) mesta in njegovem poznejšem zatonu. Njihova analiza temelji na anketi med prebivalci Novega Pazarja (n = 299), intervjujih s strokovnjaki, zaposlenimi v mestni upravi ter drugih lokalnih ustanovah in organizacijah (n = 14), in na vsebinski analizi uradnega spletišča mesta. Njihovi izsledki kažejo, da je Novi Pazar mesto z močno identiteto, a tudi precejšnjimi strukturnimi omejitvami, ki onemogočajo lokalno delovanje, na podlagi katerega bi lahko mesto izkoristilo svoj potencial za oblikovanje konkurenčne identitete.
The focus of this paper is exploration of translocal spaces through
examination of global-local knowledge exchange between middling migrants and
?cosmopolitan? locals in semi-peripheral urban ...contexts. Translocal spaces
are taken as concrete places (workplace, venue of business meeting, places
for entertainment and recreation, public spaces, etc.) where interactions
between middling migrants and the local population occur and where global
and local knowledge, experience and practice are exchanged. The analysis is
based on the results of qualitative research conducted in Belgrade (from
November 2018 to March 2019). The sample is composed of 42 respondents: 21
middling migrants (well-educated transmigrants employed in international
companies, developmental agencies, embassies and universities) and 21
?cosmopolitan? locals (Serbian employees in international companies and
agencies who have been educated abroad and/or have a rich experience of
working in a multinational environment). The paper focuses on two aspects:
(1) opportunities and obstacles for globallocal knowledge exchange; and (2)
spaces in Belgrade where this exchange most frequently occurs and that, as a
consequence, become translocal.
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