{"product_id":"after-the-revolution-jessica-greenberg-9780804789004","title":"After the Revolution: Youth, Democracy, and the Politics of Disappointment in Serbia","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhat happens to student activism once mass protests have disappeared from view, and youth no longer embody the political frustrations and hopes of a nation? \u003ci\u003eAfter the Revolution\u003c\/i\u003e chronicles the lives of student activists as they confront the possibilities and disappointments of democracy in the shadow of the recent revolution in Serbia. Greenberg's narrative highlights the stories of young student activists as they seek to define their role and articulate a new form of legitimate political activity, post-socialism. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhen student activists in Serbia helped topple dictator Slobodan Milosevic on October 5, 2000, they unexpectedly found that the post-revolutionary period brought even greater problems. How do you actually live and practice democracy in the wake of war and the shadow of a recent revolution? How do young Serbians attempt to translate the energy and excitement generated by wide scale mobilization into the slow work of building democratic institutions? Greenberg navigates through the ranks of student organizations as they transition their activism from the streets back into the halls of the university. In exploring the everyday practices of student activists--their triumphs and frustrations--\u003ci\u003eAfter the Revolution\u003c\/i\u003e argues that disappointment is not a failure of democracy but a fundamental feature of how people live and practice it. This fascinating book develops a critical vocabulary for the social life of disappointment with the aim of helping citizens, scholars, and policymakers worldwide escape the trap of framing new democracies as doomed to failure.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jessica Greenberg\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0804789002\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780804789004\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Stanford University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/07\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 248\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.10w x 0.80d","brand":"Jessica Greenberg","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48065152319743,"sku":"9780804789004","price":110.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_451c82db-a7bf-43fd-be5f-6accbcdbbcf2.jpg?v=1768673342","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/after-the-revolution-jessica-greenberg-9780804789004","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}