Jovo Bakić

Jovo Bakić (Serbian Cyrillic: Јово Бакић; born 23 March 1970) is a Serbian sociologist, primarily interested in political sociology.

Jovo Bakić
Јово Бакић
Born (1970-03-23) 23 March 1970
Belgrade, SFR Yugoslavia
NationalitySerbian
Alma materUniversity of Belgrade
OccupationSociologist

Politics

In 2015, Bakić publicly aligned himself with Borko Stefanović after a political rift formed between Stefanović and the veteran politicians of the Democratic Party in Serbia.[1] The split with the Democratic Party accumulated to Stefanović making his own new party in December 2015 called Levica Srbije, for which Bakić significantly contributed to the initial ideological profile.[2] Bakić's vision for the new party was such that he argued for a left-libertarian movement based on secularism, democracy, anti-capitalism, internationalism, and opposition to NATO expansion.[1] However, Bakić did not commit to the party after disagreements arose with Stefanović on the party's strategies and politics.[2] One of the conditions which Bakić found non-negotiable was for the party to recruit only those who were not previously active with a major political party.[2] In response to Bakić's disagreement, Stefanović said that anyone who accepted the party's program should qualify as a member, regardless of their previous political affiliations.[2] Vladimir Unkovski-Korica, a political science professor at the University of Glasgow, defended Bakić's refusal to commit to Levica Srbije, arguing that "Borko Stefanović wants a party more like the Democratic Party in the United States, rather than like one of the leftist parties in Europe."[3]

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References
  1. "Novosti: Bakić: Ne rasturam DS, ona je odavno rasturena" (in Serbian). June 9, 2015. Retrieved April 27, 2017.
  2. Lidija Valtner (January 12, 2016). "Danas: Stefanović za masovnu, Bakić za elitističku stranku" (in Serbian). Retrieved April 27, 2017.
  3. Vladimir Unkovski-Korica (January 21, 2016). "Danas: Stefanoviću, Bakić je u pravu!" (in Serbian). Retrieved April 27, 2017.


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