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Corruption, as one of key priorities in the EU accession process, has not so far been properly tackled and is still rampant (not only) in Montenegro and Serbia (but in the whole region also).

Intro -- CONTENT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 1.1. NATURE OF THE RESEARCH ISSUE -- 1.2. STRUCTURE OF THE VOLUME -- 1.3. PAST RESEARCH AND CONTRIBUTION TO THE FIELD -- 2. THEORETICAL ASSUMPTIONS -- 2.1. SOCIAL CONSTRUCTIVISM IN INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS -- 2.2. ON LANGUAGE AND ITS IMPACT ON SOCIAL SCIENCE -- 2.3. AIMS OF THE RESEARCH -- 2.4. RESEARCH QUESTIONS -- 2.5. DEFINITION OF THE DATA USED IN THIS PROJECT -- 3. METHODOLOGICAL ASSUMPTIONS -- 3.1. DEFINING DISCOURSE AND DISCOURSE ANALYSIS -- 3.2. APPROACHES WITHIN DISCOURSE ANALYSIS -- 3.3. POLITICAL DISCOURSE ANALYSIS -- 3.4. DISCOURSE ANALYSIS IN THIS PROJECT -- 3.5. CONTENT ANALYSIS: PRE-ANALYSIS TO DISCOURSE ANALYSIS -- 3.6. CONTENT ANALYSIS IN THIS PROJECT -- 3.7. CONTRIBUTIONS AND LIMITATIONS OF THE RESEARCH -- 4. ANALYTICAL FINDINGS -- 4.1. CONTENT ANALYSIS RESULTS -- 4.2. THE CLINTON ADMINISTRATION -- 4.2.1. "WE" IN THE "POWDER KEG" OF EUROPE, OR A METAPHOR REVISITED I: TO STABILIZE -- 4.2.2. "WE" IN THE "POWDER KEG" OF EUROPE, OR A METAPHOR REVISITED II: TO DEMOCRATIZE AND DEVELOP ECONOMICALLY -- 4.2.3. "WE" IN THE "POWDER KEG" OF EUROPE, OR A METAPHOR REVISITED III: TO JOIN THE COMMUNITY -- 4.3. THE G. W. BUSH ADMINISTRATION -- 4.3.1. "WE" TO "FINISH THE WORK" I: TO STABILIZE FURTHER BY DEVELOPING DEMOCRATICALLY AND ECONOMICALLY -- 4.3.2. "WE" TO "FINISH THE WORK" II: TO JOIN THE COMMUNITY -- 5. CONCLUSION -- 6. BIBLIOGRAPHY -- 6.1. PRIMARY SOURCES -- 6.2. SECONDARY SOURCES.

AbstractThis article is dedicated to examining the issue of LGBTQ activism in Serbia and Russia after 1991. Considering the fact that these countries were republics in two former socialist federal states, it is interesting to investigate the position of the LGBTQ community and conclude on the influence of this community in challenging the political and social status quo in both societies. Moreover, citizens of Serbia and Russia are understood to be predominantly Orthodox Christian, with generally pervasive patriarchal social attitudes, and this point makes a comparative perspective even more interesting. Hence, this article proposes to provide concise historical information on both communities in their respective states after 1991 when both the USSR and SFR Yugoslavia disappeared. Brief historical information will be presented only to introduce major developments in the existence of the said community and its position in both societies. Second, the article is aimed at discussing and comparing the major political and social constraints in both states on the LGBTQ community and its functioning. Lastly, the article seeks to present conclusions on whether the said community has so far had any influence in terms of being a possible "driver" of political and social changes, or it has remained but a mere object rather than subject in the social and political life.

In the Czech lands (included in Czechoslovakia until the end of 1992), rock music has evolved through three phases. In the first phase, lasting until 1968, rock musicians had no ambition to offer social or political commentaries. This began as the era of rock 'n' roll, which is to say music being performed for dancing. The second phase began after the Soviet bloc invasion of Czechoslovakia in August 1968, lasting until the end of the communist era in 1989. In this phase, rock musicians (no longer playing rock 'n' roll were closely monitored by the authorities and were expected to sing happy songs, submitting their song texts to the authorities for approval in advance of performing them. In spite of this control, some rock groups purposefully sang political texts in the 1970s and 1980s, mocking or criticizing the communists, albeit often cryptically. Finally, in the third phase — since 1989 — having lost their ideological foe, Czech rock groups have for the most part become politically disengaged.