Dušan Pavlović
Biographic Data
| ID | 4377071 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Dušan Pavlović |
| GIVEN NAMES | Dušan |
| FAMILY NAME | Pavlović |
| SIGNATURE | PAVLOVIC D |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Belgrade |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-3941-1539 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 13 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 13 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Electoral Gap and the Opportunity for Democratic Decline in Post-Communist Europe
How Do Hybrid Regimes Transition to Democracy: Lessons from Southeast Europe after 1990
This article analyzes regime change in hybrid regimes, focusing on post-communist Southeast Europe, including the former Yugoslav republics and Albania after 1990. It examines the conditions under which these regimes evolve from hybrid forms (electoral authoritarianism) toward weak democracies. The authors identify competitive elections, opposition organization, and mass protest as key variables in this process. However, the authors argue that th…
The course of symptoms over time in people with posttraumatic stress disorder
The observed pattern of findings indicate that although PTSD diagnoses often remain consistent over time, the symptoms that comprise this diagnosis can fluctuate. Clinicians should be sensitive to the changing symptoms that PTSD patients can display over time. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved)
Selling Peace: How to Frame a Serbia/Kosovo Deal in a Referendum
Are referendum campaigns involving issues about sovereignty more likely to succeed if framed in a positive rather than a negative way? We ran a survey on a hypothetical referendum on a peace agreement between Serbia and Kosovo to answer this question, and we experimentally simulated both positive and negative frames. We found that the positive campaign frame, i.e. one that contains an invitation to support a lasting peace in the Balkans, economic…
Blatant, not Latent: Patronage in Top-Level Appointments in Serbia
This paper examines the model of party patronage in Serbia and its impact on the professionalisation of public administration. Drawing on case studies of the appointment and subsequent performance of heads of three prominent public organisations‐the National Bank of Serbia, the Anti‐Corruption Agency, and the Electro Industry of Serbia‐we demonstrate that, despite efforts to implement the Weberian principle of (neutral competence which involves t…
Is European enlargement policy a form of non-democracy promotion
How to approach state capture in post-communist Europe. A new research agenda
Recent empirical evidence from post-communist Southeast Europe suggests that state capture is no longer limited to opportunities for rent extraction and the economic gain of businesspersons, oligarchs, tycoons, and individual politicians. Rather, it offers political parties a potent means of survival, allowing them to win the next elections and maintain political office. In this article, I look into what kind of research these developments, which…
The political economy behind the gradual demise of democratic institutions in Serbia
This paper aims to accomplish two goals. First, to present recent empirical evidence supporting the claim that Serbia is on the path towards embracing a more radical version of electoral authoritarianism. This is accomplished by examining most recent illiberal politics aimed at controlling electoral processes and the media sphere, and extracting public funds for partisan purposes. I claim that the incomplete design of democratic institutions in S…
Qualifying the common pool problem in government spending: The role of positional externalities
How Political Parties in Hybrid Regimes Help the Incumbent Maintain a Democratic Façade
Why would a large incumbent party, that can by itself muster more than 45 per cent of electoral support, add seven insignificant political parties to its electoral list, thus providing them with a free ticket into the Assembly, state-sponsored financing for the next four years, and an independent deputy club in the Assembly? More importantly, why would the incumbent party, as a consequence of this deliberate decision, end up without a parliamenta…
Prospect theory and presidential elections: Two cases from Yugoslavia and Serbia
Why do presidents in semi-presidential regimes sometimes call early elections? Is the behavior of incumbent presidents different from the behavior of presidential contenders when the former do not need to run for office but face the loss of parliamentary majority in a semi-presidential system? Prospect theory claims that agents make risky choices when facing a loss. Consequently, if incumbent presidents face a loss of majority in the parliament, …
Political institutions and fiscal policy: Evidence from post-communist Europe
Do political factors have any effect on fiscal policy and public spending in the post-communist Europe? We answer this question by using annual data for 15 Central and Eastern European democracies from 1992-2017. We look into several political variables: number of parties in the cabinet, partisan cycle (ideology), electoral cycle, and coalition type. We deploy fixed-effect estimates, showing that the peculiarities of a country explain a large par…
Regime change in the Yugoslav successor states: Divergent paths toward a new Europe
Regime change in the Yugoslav successor states: divergent paths toward a new Europe, by Mieczyslaw P. Boduszynski, Baltimore, MD, The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2010, 360 pp., US$60.00 (hardco
Is European enlargement policy a form of non-democracy promotion
Political institutions and fiscal policy: Evidence from post-communist Europe
Do political factors have any effect on fiscal policy and public spending in the post-communist Europe? We answer this question by using annual data for 15 Central and Eastern European democracies from 1992-2017. We look into several political variables: number of parties in the cabinet, partisan cycle (ideology), electoral cycle, and coalition type. We deploy fixed-effect estimates, showing that the peculiarities of a country explain a large par…
How Political Parties in Hybrid Regimes Help the Incumbent Maintain a Democratic Façade
Why would a large incumbent party, that can by itself muster more than 45 per cent of electoral support, add seven insignificant political parties to its electoral list, thus providing them with a free ticket into the Assembly, state-sponsored financing for the next four years, and an independent deputy club in the Assembly? More importantly, why would the incumbent party, as a consequence of this deliberate decision, end up without a parliamenta…
Selling Peace: How to Frame a Serbia/Kosovo Deal in a Referendum
Are referendum campaigns involving issues about sovereignty more likely to succeed if framed in a positive rather than a negative way? We ran a survey on a hypothetical referendum on a peace agreement between Serbia and Kosovo to answer this question, and we experimentally simulated both positive and negative frames. We found that the positive campaign frame, i.e. one that contains an invitation to support a lasting peace in the Balkans, economic…
How to approach state capture in post-communist Europe. A new research agenda
Recent empirical evidence from post-communist Southeast Europe suggests that state capture is no longer limited to opportunities for rent extraction and the economic gain of businesspersons, oligarchs, tycoons, and individual politicians. Rather, it offers political parties a potent means of survival, allowing them to win the next elections and maintain political office. In this article, I look into what kind of research these developments, which…
Prospect theory and presidential elections: Two cases from Yugoslavia and Serbia
Why do presidents in semi-presidential regimes sometimes call early elections? Is the behavior of incumbent presidents different from the behavior of presidential contenders when the former do not need to run for office but face the loss of parliamentary majority in a semi-presidential system? Prospect theory claims that agents make risky choices when facing a loss. Consequently, if incumbent presidents face a loss of majority in the parliament, …
Regime change in the Yugoslav successor states: Divergent paths toward a new Europe
Regime change in the Yugoslav successor states: divergent paths toward a new Europe, by Mieczyslaw P. Boduszynski, Baltimore, MD, The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2010, 360 pp., US$60.00 (hardco
Prospect theory and presidential elections: Two cases from Yugoslavia and Serbia
Why do presidents in semi-presidential regimes sometimes call early elections? Is the behavior of incumbent presidents different from the behavior of presidential contenders when the former do not need to run for office but face the loss of parliamentary majority in a semi-presidential system? Prospect theory claims that agents make risky choices when facing a loss. Consequently, if incumbent presidents face a loss of majority in the parliament, …
Political institutions and fiscal policy: Evidence from post-communist Europe
Do political factors have any effect on fiscal policy and public spending in the post-communist Europe? We answer this question by using annual data for 15 Central and Eastern European democracies from 1992-2017. We look into several political variables: number of parties in the cabinet, partisan cycle (ideology), electoral cycle, and coalition type. We deploy fixed-effect estimates, showing that the peculiarities of a country explain a large par…
The political economy behind the gradual demise of democratic institutions in Serbia
This paper aims to accomplish two goals. First, to present recent empirical evidence supporting the claim that Serbia is on the path towards embracing a more radical version of electoral authoritarianism. This is accomplished by examining most recent illiberal politics aimed at controlling electoral processes and the media sphere, and extracting public funds for partisan purposes. I claim that the incomplete design of democratic institutions in S…
Qualifying the common pool problem in government spending: The role of positional externalities
How Political Parties in Hybrid Regimes Help the Incumbent Maintain a Democratic Façade
Why would a large incumbent party, that can by itself muster more than 45 per cent of electoral support, add seven insignificant political parties to its electoral list, thus providing them with a free ticket into the Assembly, state-sponsored financing for the next four years, and an independent deputy club in the Assembly? More importantly, why would the incumbent party, as a consequence of this deliberate decision, end up without a parliamenta…
How to approach state capture in post-communist Europe. A new research agenda
Recent empirical evidence from post-communist Southeast Europe suggests that state capture is no longer limited to opportunities for rent extraction and the economic gain of businesspersons, oligarchs, tycoons, and individual politicians. Rather, it offers political parties a potent means of survival, allowing them to win the next elections and maintain political office. In this article, I look into what kind of research these developments, which…
Blatant, not Latent: Patronage in Top-Level Appointments in Serbia
This paper examines the model of party patronage in Serbia and its impact on the professionalisation of public administration. Drawing on case studies of the appointment and subsequent performance of heads of three prominent public organisations‐the National Bank of Serbia, the Anti‐Corruption Agency, and the Electro Industry of Serbia‐we demonstrate that, despite efforts to implement the Weberian principle of (neutral competence which involves t…
Is European enlargement policy a form of non-democracy promotion
The course of symptoms over time in people with posttraumatic stress disorder
The observed pattern of findings indicate that although PTSD diagnoses often remain consistent over time, the symptoms that comprise this diagnosis can fluctuate. Clinicians should be sensitive to the changing symptoms that PTSD patients can display over time. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved)
Selling Peace: How to Frame a Serbia/Kosovo Deal in a Referendum
Are referendum campaigns involving issues about sovereignty more likely to succeed if framed in a positive rather than a negative way? We ran a survey on a hypothetical referendum on a peace agreement between Serbia and Kosovo to answer this question, and we experimentally simulated both positive and negative frames. We found that the positive campaign frame, i.e. one that contains an invitation to support a lasting peace in the Balkans, economic…
Electoral Gap and the Opportunity for Democratic Decline in Post-Communist Europe
How Do Hybrid Regimes Transition to Democracy: Lessons from Southeast Europe after 1990
This article analyzes regime change in hybrid regimes, focusing on post-communist Southeast Europe, including the former Yugoslav republics and Albania after 1990. It examines the conditions under which these regimes evolve from hybrid forms (electoral authoritarianism) toward weak democracies. The authors identify competitive elections, opposition organization, and mass protest as key variables in this process. However, the authors argue that th…
Political science (11 works) · Economics (10 works) · Law (10 works) · Political economy (10 works) · Politics (9 works) · Law (8 works) · Political Conflict and Governance (6 works) · Public Administration (5 works) · Democracy (4 works) · Electoral Systems and Political Participation (4 works)