Open AccessSerbian radicalism 1881-1903: Political thought and practice
Author(s) -
Milan Protić
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
balcanica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2406-0801
pISSN - 0350-7653
DOI - 10.2298/balc0738173p
Subject(s) - political radicalism , ideology , politics , constitutionalism , emancipation , political science , law , democracy , serbian , political economy , liberalism , sociology , philosophy , linguistics
Subject to transformation and change as any other political ideology Serbian Radicalism nevertheless revolved round some more or less permanent concepts, the most important being constitutionalism, parliamentary democracy, civil liberties and local self-government. Yet another basic aspect of the Radical Party's ideology, its national programme, may be seen as an external ingredient inasmuch as the national emancipation, liberation and unification of the Serbs were viewed as originating from internal freedom. It was only in the 1890s that their national programme became fully developed. Major features of the Party's political practice, on the other hand, were flexibility, pragmatism and cohesion