Constructing the Political Potential of the Retired Segments of Society

The paper represents an attempt to address the issue of ways in which the political potential of the retired population is constructed. This process can be divided into two distinct periods. The first started with the introduction of the multiparty system, when the political potential of pensioners...

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Autor principal:	Ljubica Milosavljević
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Lenguaje:	EN FR SR
Publicado:	University of Belgrade 2016
Materias:	construction political parties pensioners old age Anthropology GN1-890
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:a6510bb79f584159b321db3118f819a92021-12-02T05:51:59ZConstructing the Political Potential of the Retired Segments of Society10.21301/eap.v8i4.50353-15892334-8801https://doaj.org/article/a6510bb79f584159b321db3118f819a92016-02-01T00:00:00Zhttps://eap-iea.org/index.php/eap/article/view/213https://doaj.org/toc/0353-1589https://doaj.org/toc/2334-8801The paper represents an attempt to address the issue of ways in which the political potential of the retired population is constructed. This process can be divided into two distinct periods. The first started with the introduction of the multiparty system, when the political potential of pensioners was imbedded into the activities of the Socialist Party of Serbia which had been in power at the time. This indicates the failure of political parties of pensioners to construct the issue of retirees as a political, or broader social issue. The second period is characterized by the loss of influence of the SPS after the political changes of 2000, after which the Party of United Pensioners of Serbia (PUPS) was formed, in 2005, as an independent political organization. This party, finally, succeeded in constructing the political potential of pensioners as a resource, but it did so with the help of coalition partners among which the regenerated SPS is a major one, a fact which means that the process of construction continues relentlessly. The construed resource, for the political activities of the party as well as for the oldest part of society or pensioners as potential voters, is one of the major indicators of old age as a social issue in the "arena" it shares with other social issues.Ljubica MilosavljevićUniversity of Belgradearticleconstructionpolitical partiespensionersold ageAnthropologyGN1-890ENFRSREtnoantropološki Problemi, Vol 8, Iss 4 (2016)
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description	The paper represents an attempt to address the issue of ways in which the political potential of the retired population is constructed. This process can be divided into two distinct periods. The first started with the introduction of the multiparty system, when the political potential of pensioners was imbedded into the activities of the Socialist Party of Serbia which had been in power at the time. This indicates the failure of political parties of pensioners to construct the issue of retirees as a political, or broader social issue. The second period is characterized by the loss of influence of the SPS after the political changes of 2000, after which the Party of United Pensioners of Serbia (PUPS) was formed, in 2005, as an independent political organization. This party, finally, succeeded in constructing the political potential of pensioners as a resource, but it did so with the help of coalition partners among which the regenerated SPS is a major one, a fact which means that the process of construction continues relentlessly. The construed resource, for the political activities of the party as well as for the oldest part of society or pensioners as potential voters, is one of the major indicators of old age as a social issue in the "arena" it shares with other social issues.
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title	Constructing the Political Potential of the Retired Segments of Society
title_short	Constructing the Political Potential of the Retired Segments of Society
title_full	Constructing the Political Potential of the Retired Segments of Society
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Constructing the Political Potential of the Retired Segments of Society

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