CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2025
| Author | Todorovic, Anastasija |
|---|---|
| Title | Social Economic Roots of Youth Mobilization in Serbia (2024-2025) |
| Summary | This thesis explores how economic problems and social exclusion shaped youth protests in Serbia during 2024–2025. The main question is: How did these conditions influence the way young people became politically active? The thesis concentrates on protesters’ motivation, their agenda, as well as tactics of their organization, mobilization, and networking. Based on interviews with student activists, analysis of protest materials, and observations of demonstrations, this study shows that high youth unemployment, low wages, and a lack of job opportunities young people to protest. Protesters made clear demands for better jobs, fair wages, and changes in education. Furthermore, socio-economic conditions influenced how the movement was organized and how it survived. Because students had limited resources, they used social media and digital tools to organize, share information, and support each other at low cost. University buildings became places for meetings and shelters. To keep the movement going, students started fundraising campaigns and received help from the Serbian diaspora. After the Novi Sad train station tragedy, the movement grew by connecting with workers, teachers, and parents who faced similar socio-economic problems. The research contributes to contemporary research on (decentralized) youth mobilization and its endurance even in troubled socio-economic conditions. |
| Supervisor | Inna Melnykovska |
| Department | Political Science MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2025/todorovic_anastasija.pdf |
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