FROM POST-COMMUNISM TO POST-YUGOSLAVISM. ASSOCIATION FOR THE YUGOSLAV DEMOCRATIC INITIATIVE

U ovom se članku analizira stvaranje “Udruženja za jugoslavensku demokratsku inicijativu” (UJDI) koje je početkom 1989. pokrenula grupa intelektualaca s Filozofskog fakulteta u Zagrebu, a čiji je cilj bila demokratska transformacija Jugoslavije. Autorica teksta posebno se fokusira na njihovu debatu o ustavnoj reformi te na ustavni “model” koji je predlagao UJDI. Kroz iskustvo UJDI-a autorica analizira određene aspekte političkih kultura s kraja osamdesetih te predstavlja novi kut promatranja jugoslavenske političke krize, koju je UJDI u početku doživljavao kao potrebu za demokratizacijom, a potom i kao prijeteću mogućnost izbijanja rata.This article analyzes the formation of the “Association for the Yugoslav Democratic Initiative” (UJDI), promoted by a group of intellectuals from the Faculty of Humanities at the University of Zagreb in early 1989. The aim of this association was the democratic transformation of Yugoslavia during a period of political and economic crises. The paper focuses on the debate about constitutional reform and the constitutional “model” proposed by UJDI. Through UJDI’s experience, the author analyzes some of the aspects and implications of the political cultures at the end of the 1980s. Furthermore, the author contributes new perspectives on the Yugoslav political crisis and the attempts of UJDI to call for democratization as the country teetered on the brink of war