What We Mean when We Say… Towards Fair Housing Policies in Serbia
This paper proposes a reform of housing taxation. The reform would demotivate citizens and corporations from buying and owning housing as investment property or savings property.
What We Mean when We Say … Child Poverty?
The aim of this publication is to present to a wider audience why the struggle against child poverty is important for a society. This topic is insufficiently discussed in public, yet it should be a priority of every society
What We Mean when We Say … Reform of Redistributive Policy in Serbia after 2000
This publication analyzes the post-communist redistributive policy in Serbia after 2000. The authors argue that market fundamentalism (the principle that the market is the most effective solution to post-communist problems) has failed to deliver on what was promised in 1989.
What We Mean when We Say … Workforce – Potential and Utilization
The workforce is treated as a generator of the development of society as a whole, the source of economic and demographic vitality. For this reason, it is the focus of researchers of various profiles and the subject of national institutional discussions.
What We Mean when We Say … Local Self-Government
Local self-government is a form of direct democracy that aims to involve citizens in making important decisions regarding the immediate environment of their place of residence. Socialist Yugoslavia had a highly developed system of local self-government in the form of Local Communities (mesna zajednica) that gave citizens the opportunity to directly decide on achieving common goals and meeting common needs in urban, suburban and rural residential areas.
What We Mean when We Say … A New Social Contract
This text presents a plea for the establishment of a new social contract in Serbia, which would be formulated in such a way as to guarantee its initial postulate: the sovereignty of the people.
What We Mean when We Say … Dignified Work
The text What We Mean when We Say … Dignified Work is an analysis of the concept of dignified work, as an operational and concrete achievement of the struggle for workers’ rights.
What We Mean when We Say … A New Healthcare System
In this publication, Predrag Đurić gives several conditions for successful health system reform
What We Mean when We Say… The Improvement of the Position of Women
In this publication, Adriana Zaharijević writes about the position of women in Serbia, and the political requirements for changing that position.
What We Mean when We Say … A New Education System
In What We Mean when We Say … A New Education System, Milica Sekulović and Olga Nikolić present possible solutions for the state of modern education in Serbia.