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Engineering Revolution E n g i n E E R i n g R E v o l u t i o n the Paradox of Democracy Promotion in Serbia Marlene Spoerri university of pennsylvania press philadelphia Copyright © 2015 university of Pennsylvania Press All rights reserved. Except for brief quotations used for purposes of review or scholarly citation, none of this book may be reproduced in any form by any means without written permission from the publisher. Published by university of Pennsylvania Press Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-4112 www.upenn.edu/pennpress Printed in the united States of America on acid-free paper 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2 library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Spoerri, Marlene. Engineering revolution : the paradox of democracy promotion in Serbia / Marlene Spoerri.— 1st ed. p. cm. includes bibliographical references and index. iSBn 978-0-8122-4645-2 (hardcover : alk. paper) 1. Democratization— Serbia. 2. Democratization— government policy— Serbia. 3. Democratization— international cooperation— Serbia. 4. Regime change—S erbia. 5. Political parties—S erbia. 6. Serbia— Politics and government— 1992–2006. i. title. DR2051.S66 2014 320.9497109'0511— dc23 2014009314 For my father, Max Spoerri Contents List of Abbreviations ix Introduction 1 1. Promoting Democracy and Aiding Political Parties Abroad 11 2. The Absence of Aid in Milošević’s Serbia, 1990–1996 29 3. Preparing for Regime Change, 1997–2000 55 4. Democracy Promotion in Milošević’s Shadow, 2001–2012 121 5. Rethinking Aid’s Legacy in Serbia 172 Appendix. List of Interviewees 187 Notes 193 Bibliography 211 Index 235 Acknowledgments 241 Abbreviations AMS Alfred Mozer Stichting (netherlands) AoS Associated opposition of Serbia BMZ Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (germany) Bti Bertelsmann transformation index CAnvAS Centre for Applied nonviolent Action and Strategies CEE Central and Eastern Europe CeSiD Center for Free Elections and Democracy CSCE Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe CiA Central intelligence Agency (united States) CiPE Center for international Private Enterprise DA Democratic Alternative DAniDA Danish international Development Agency (Denmark) DC Democratic Center DEKo Democratic Coalition DEPoS Democratic Movement of Serbia DF Democratic Forum DHSS Christian Democratic Party of Serbia DoS Democratic opposition of Serbia DS Democratic Party DSS Democratic Party of Serbia EC European Commission EPP European People’s Party Eu European union FES Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (germany) FnS Friedrich-naumann-Stiftung (germany) FoiA Freedom of information Act FRY Federal Republic of Yugoslavia g17 g17 Plus