Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Suzana Ignjatović Author-Workplace-Name: Centre for Sociological and Anthropological Research, Institute of Social Sciences, Belgrade, Serbia Title: Smiljka Tomanović: "On their own path: a qualitative study of young people's social biographies" Publication-Status: Published Journal: Stanovnistvo Pages: 147-150 Volume: 60 Issue: 2 Year: 2022 Month: December DOI: 10.59954/stnv.495 File-URL: https://stnv.idn.org.rs/STNV/article/view/495 File-Function: Abstract page File-Format: text/html File-URL: https://stnv.idn.org.rs/STNV/article/download/495/488 File-Function: Full text File-Format: application/pdf Handle: RePEc:eto:stanov:v:60:y:2022:i:2:id:495 Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Smiljka Tomanović Author-Workplace-Name: Faculty of Philosophy, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia Title: Bringing social biography to life course studies: Agency and reflexivity in education-to-work transitions in young adults’ biographies Publication-Status: Published Abstract: The paper is based on my longitudinal qualitative study, which takes a “social biography approach” to exploring and interpreting biographical sequences in a person’s life course from early childhood to young adulthood. Against the background of a recent debate that argues for bringing “life” back to life course research through the implementation of qualitative data, the paper explores how life course studies could gain from taking a social biography approach to youth transitions. I focus on analysing education-to-work transitions within the biographies of a young woman and a young man from working-class families. The analysis shows that their education-to-work transitions were not based on linear trajectories, but their decision-making agency was path-dependent on their previous agency in different biographical contexts, and also linked to the lives of significant others. I argue that there is a heuristic benefit to including reflexivity within a study of the life course through the actors’ interpretation of the impact of country-specific “opportunity structures” on their education and employment. Analysis of the two biographies has also revealed that the emotions and satisfaction revealed in the actors’ reflections also had an impact on their agency in relation to education and work. After discussing the compatibility of the social biography approach with life course studies, I conclude that life course studies benefit from including a biographisation to the contextualisation of transition process. Keywords: social biography; education-to-work transition; agency; reflexivity; life course; Serbia Journal: Stanovnistvo Pages: 9-28 Volume: 60 Issue: 2 Year: 2022 Month: December DOI: 10.2298/STNV2202009T File-URL: https://stnv.idn.org.rs/STNV/article/view/500 File-Function: Abstract page File-Format: text/html File-URL: https://stnv.idn.org.rs/STNV/article/download/500/482 File-Function: Full text File-Format: application/pdf Handle: RePEc:eto:stanov:v:60:y:2022:i:2:id:500 Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Ivan Marinković Author-Workplace-Name: Centre for Demographic Research, Institute of Social Sciences, Belgrade, Serbia Author-Name: Ana Tramošljanin Author-Workplace-Name: Stockholm University Demography Unit, Department of Sociology, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden Title: Mortality in Serbia due to the COVID-19 pandemic Publication-Status: Published Journal: Stanovnistvo Pages: 165-169 Volume: 60 Issue: 2 Year: 2022 Month: December DOI: 10.59954/stnv.501 File-URL: https://stnv.idn.org.rs/STNV/article/view/501 File-Function: Abstract page File-Format: text/html File-URL: https://stnv.idn.org.rs/STNV/article/download/501/491 File-Function: Full text File-Format: application/pdf Handle: RePEc:eto:stanov:v:60:y:2022:i:2:id:501 Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Suzana Ignjatović Author-Workplace-Name: Centre for Sociological and Anthropological Research, Institute of Social Sciences, Belgrade, Serbia Author-Name: Dragan Stanojević Author-Workplace-Name: Department of Sociology, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Belgrade, Belgrade (Serbia) Title: Guest editors’ introduction Publication-Status: Published Abstract: NA Journal: Stanovnistvo Pages: 1-6 Volume: 60 Issue: 2 Year: 2022 Month: December DOI: 10.59954/stnv.507 File-URL: https://stnv.idn.org.rs/STNV/article/view/507 File-Function: Abstract page File-Format: text/html File-URL: https://stnv.idn.org.rs/STNV/article/download/507/481 File-Function: Full text File-Format: application/pdf Handle: RePEc:eto:stanov:v:60:y:2022:i:2:id:507 Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Zoran Pavlović Author-Workplace-Name: Department of Psychology, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia Title: Lifecycle, generational, and period effects on emancipative values in Serbia Publication-Status: Published Abstract: The aim of this paper is to analyse the lifecycle, generational, and period effects on emancipative value preferences in Serbia. The data used in the analysis was collected in the World Values Survey (WVS), conducted in Serbia in 1996 (N = 1,280), 2006 (N = 1,220), and 2017 (N = 1,046), respectively. As a proxy measure of the respondents’ lifecycle stage, the recoded age variable (young/middle-aged/elderly) was used. Based on the age period during which a person spent their formative years (15-24 years of age), a sixfold typology of political generation membership was constructed. The year in which the survey was conducted was used as a measure of period effects. The results indicate that emancipative values were more likely to be embraced by younger respondents (r = .22**) and in survey waves after 2000 (r = .17**), and less by the members of the socialist generation (p < .01) than by those generations who spent their formative years after 2000, omnibus F(5, 3440) = 58.19**. The results reveal a complex relationship between lifecycle, generational, and period effects on emancipative values and call into question the exclusive importance that is usually attributed to generational differences in theory. The conclusion outlines possible implications for the theory of human empowerment and practical implications for the possibility of value change in Serbian society. Keywords: emancipative values; generational effects; lifecycle effects; period effects; WVS; Serbia Journal: Stanovnistvo Pages: 29-48 Volume: 60 Issue: 2 Year: 2022 Month: December DOI: 10.2298/STNV2202029P File-URL: https://stnv.idn.org.rs/STNV/article/view/492 File-Function: Abstract page File-Format: text/html File-URL: https://stnv.idn.org.rs/STNV/article/download/492/479 File-Function: Full text File-Format: application/pdf Handle: RePEc:eto:stanov:v:60:y:2022:i:2:id:492 Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Ankica Šobot Author-Workplace-Name: Centre for Demographic Research, Institute of Social Sciences, Belgrade, Serbia Title: Pronatal policies and the future of reproduction in the specific context of former socialist states Publication-Status: Published Journal: Stanovnistvo Pages: 151-156 Volume: 60 Issue: 2 Year: 2022 Month: December DOI: 10.59954/stnv.506 File-URL: https://stnv.idn.org.rs/STNV/article/view/506 File-Function: Abstract page File-Format: text/html File-URL: https://stnv.idn.org.rs/STNV/article/download/506/489 File-Function: Full text File-Format: application/pdf Handle: RePEc:eto:stanov:v:60:y:2022:i:2:id:506 Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Dragan Stanojević Author-Workplace-Name: Department of Sociology, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia Author-Name: Anja Gvozdanović Author-Workplace-Name: Institute for Social Research in Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia Title: Political participation and life course transitions among young people in Europe Publication-Status: Published Abstract: The subject of this article is the analysis of the relationship between the life course of young people and political participation in Europe. Results show that young people’s transitions in education, work, and family in European countries are directly associated with institutional and non-institutional forms of political participation. Entering new roles and obtaining or losing resources (financial, social, or time) forms a more or less stimulating context for involvement in the political field. The analysis shows that our first hypothesis proved to be correct. Both institutional and non-institutional forms of participation are positively associated with the study experience, and this indicator is the most consistent predictor of both forms of participation. Young people who go through higher education better understand the socio-political context and have more knowledge of how they can influence social processes. The transition to the labour market also shows positive associations with political participation, but only with certain practices, so our hypothesis is only partially correct. Young people who work vote more often, are active within parties, contact political representatives, and are active within NGOs. Work provides more financial and social capital, as well as the acquisition of new skills and competencies that are important for engagement. Employment seems to lead to a rationalisation of time and a better understanding of the effects of engagement. The third hypothesis also proved to be (almost) correct, as half of institutional and all non-institutional forms of participation are negatively associated with parenthood. Entering the parental role leads to a certain repackaging of priorities, and the lack of available time reduces the probability of participation. The fourth hypothesis was (partially) confirmed. With the growth of democracy within society, young people are more willing to participate in almost all forms of non-institutional practices (except for demonstrations) and to contact politicians and participate in campaigns more often. A high degree of organisation of political infrastructure and a democratic political culture represent a prerequisite for the existence of democratic practices. The hypotheses with which we examined the associations between context, life events, and participation generally did not prove to be justified. Although the highly educated in democratic societies vote more often and join parties (and similar groups), they participate less often in campaigns and are involved in all non-institutional forms of participation at the same level as those in less democratic societies. The explanation for the lack of differences between old and new democracies in the level of non-institutional participation of the highly educated may lie in the same role played by university education. In both developed and less developed democracies, those who establish or preserve these practices are students, who are both the most open to news and the most sensitive to social injustices. The relationship between work and activism was completely the opposite of what was expected. Given that work represents a source of resources (economic and social capital), we expected that in more democratic societies, which are also more economically developed, this connection would be stronger, but it is actually weaker. The explanation for this phenomenon may lie in the dependence of the sphere of work on the political field in "new democracies". The latter is dominated by clientelistic relations, where a significant number of young people who enter the labour market do so through political channels and in turn have to be active in political parties, especially during election campaigns. The last hypothesis proved to be correct, as context did not moderate the relationship between parenting and participation. Entering the parental role is equally challenging for young people regardless of their location or social and political context, and on average it certainly leads to a lower level of participation. Keywords: institutional participation; non-institutional participation; youth; life course; European Social Survey Journal: Stanovnistvo Pages: 49-74 Volume: 60 Issue: 2 Year: 2022 Month: December DOI: 10.2298/STNV2202049S File-URL: https://stnv.idn.org.rs/STNV/article/view/503 File-Function: Abstract page File-Format: text/html File-URL: https://stnv.idn.org.rs/STNV/article/download/503/483 File-Function: Full text File-Format: application/pdf Handle: RePEc:eto:stanov:v:60:y:2022:i:2:id:503 Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Sanja Klempić Bogadi Author-Workplace-Name: Department for Migration and Demographic Research, Institute for Migration and Ethnic Studies, Zagreb, Croatia Title: International scientific conference: "Migration on the Edge of Europe: Trends, Policies, and Challenges" Publication-Status: Published Journal: Stanovnistvo Pages: 157-161 Volume: 60 Issue: 2 Year: 2022 Month: December DOI: 10.59954/stnv.504 File-URL: https://stnv.idn.org.rs/STNV/article/view/504 File-Function: Abstract page File-Format: text/html File-URL: https://stnv.idn.org.rs/STNV/article/download/504/490 File-Function: Full text File-Format: application/pdf Handle: RePEc:eto:stanov:v:60:y:2022:i:2:id:504 Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Vladimir Mentus Author-Workplace-Name: Centre for Sociological and Anthropological Research, Institute of Social Sciences, Belgrade, Serbia Title: Aging well? Social spending, age, and subjective wellbeing across Europe Publication-Status: Published Abstract: The association between age and subjective wellbeing has been examined across different samples and observational time frames, most often indicating a decline in subjective wellbeing with age or a U-shaped relation. Although various contextual variables have been examined as moderators of this relation, the moderating effect of social spending has not been investigated so far. Given that social spending is potentially beneficial for wellbeing and that social spending in Europe is primarily elderly-oriented, we assumed that in countries with higher social spending expenditures, there is a more positive effect of age on subjective wellbeing. We used cross-sectional hierarchical linear modelling (HLM) analysis and the data from the ninth round of the European Social Survey, including 29 countries. Our results show that age is generally negatively related, while age squared is positively related to subjective wellbeing, indicating a U-shaped relation between age and wellbeing. Additionally, social spending at the aggregate level is a significant determinant of wellbeing at the individual level. Most importantly, social spending is a significant positive moderator of this association: with increasing social spending levels, aging is more positively related to wellbeing. Keywords: age; subjective wellbeing; social spending; HLM; European Social Survey Journal: Stanovnistvo Pages: 75-88 Volume: 60 Issue: 2 Year: 2022 Month: December DOI: 10.2298/STNV2202075M File-URL: https://stnv.idn.org.rs/STNV/article/view/499 File-Function: Abstract page File-Format: text/html File-URL: https://stnv.idn.org.rs/STNV/article/download/499/484 File-Function: Full text File-Format: application/pdf Handle: RePEc:eto:stanov:v:60:y:2022:i:2:id:499 Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Katarina Mitrović Author-Workplace-Name: Institute of Ethnography SASA, Belgrade, Serbia Title: Anthropological research on coming of age and “extended youth”: Youth “well-spent” in Serbia Publication-Status: Published Abstract: While focusing on the phenomenon of “extended youth”, this paper presents the results of anthropological research on coming of age: classical and contemporary. The paper questions the parameters of “normality” when it comes to “extending” phases, youth in particular. While examining what it means to be young, the paper emphasises anthropological contributions to life course research. First of all, the paper focuses on research that highlights concepts seen as universal and biological. Moreover, it approaches classical anthropological research that analyses lifecycle customs and rites of passage. By emphasising classic anthropological works, such as the contributions of Margaret Mead, the paper shows how ethnographic examples have helped present the diversity of the perception of “adequate”, “normal”, and “good” when it comes to life stages or transitions from one life stage to another. In addition to the work of Mead, special attention is paid to the work of Arnold van Gennep, whose research on rites of passage had a great influence on generations of Serbian ethnologists and anthropologists. Van Gennep's scheme of successive stages made up of the pattern of rites of passage (separation, transition/liminality, and aggregation) has been particularly important in the context of the transition into adulthood. Finally, this paper analyses how young people in Serbia perceive their youth and life stages in the contemporary context. The presented results are part of a qualitative research study based on in-depth interviews conducted in 2019 and 2020. The results highlight the cultural representations of the “normal” life course and life stage transitions, then present how some young people manage their transition to adulthood in order to perceive their youth as “well-spent”. The conclusion examines how time, life phases, and expectations have been constructed in the local context. Moreover, the paper highlights the layers of the transition to adulthood and autonomy (residential, financial, emotional etc.) that, furthermore, show the complexity of the phenomenon of “extended youth”. By questioning the mainstream explanations of extended youth as an exclusive consequence of structural factors and political crisis, the paper offers an alternative explanation of extended youth through the analysis of cultural logic. Keywords: youth; Serbia; extended youth; cultural representation; life course Journal: Stanovnistvo Pages: 89-106 Volume: 60 Issue: 2 Year: 2022 Month: December DOI: 10.2298/STNV2202089M File-URL: https://stnv.idn.org.rs/STNV/article/view/494 File-Function: Abstract page File-Format: text/html File-URL: https://stnv.idn.org.rs/STNV/article/download/494/485 File-Function: Full text File-Format: application/pdf Handle: RePEc:eto:stanov:v:60:y:2022:i:2:id:494 Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Veselin Mitrović Author-Workplace-Name: Centre for Sociological and Anthropological Research, Institute of Social Sciences, Belgrade, Serbia Title: Bioethical and social constructions of life extension and longevity Publication-Status: Published Abstract: This paper explores life span extension and longevity as one aspect of life course, focusing on the bioethical and social implications of the rise of longevity in modern societies. We juxtaposed Potter's categorisation of types of survival with the opposing views about life extension. This ethical and ideological contrast is especially pronounced when it comes to human enhancement, which improves human capacities and functioning above and beyond the statistical norm of human health. In the medium and long term, these interventions would change not only the human species, but also social roles and relationships. The crux of social and bioethical concern could be expressed through the questions: from what age do we start extending human life, and for whom? Does the extension of life lead to the re-establishment of our social roles from youth, or is it just a romantic image of our previous life stage? This study concludes that both paternalistic approaches to life extension and those avoiding modern medical treatments of diseases related to aging are faced with similar epistemological and social reductionism. Keywords: life-course perspective; bioethics; longevity; the elderly; agism; paternalism Journal: Stanovnistvo Pages: 107-120 Volume: 60 Issue: 2 Year: 2022 Month: December DOI: 10.2298/STNV2202107M File-URL: https://stnv.idn.org.rs/STNV/article/view/493 File-Function: Abstract page File-Format: text/html File-URL: https://stnv.idn.org.rs/STNV/article/download/493/486 File-Function: Full text File-Format: application/pdf Handle: RePEc:eto:stanov:v:60:y:2022:i:2:id:493 Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Kosovka Ognjenović Author-Workplace-Name: Institute of Economic Sciences, Belgrade, Serbia Title: Planned behaviour, gender, and attitudes towards entrepreneurship among business economics and electrical engineering students Publication-Status: Published Abstract: This paper examines entrepreneurial intentions in the context of life course transitions among undergraduate students enrolled in the economics and electrical engineering faculties of the University of Belgrade. The entrepreneurial intention model is built upon the theory of planned behaviour, examining the associations between students’ willingness to become an entrepreneur, their attitudes and perceptions about the importance of subjective norms, and perceived behavioural control variables. The data comes from a self-administered survey. The results show that attitudes towards entrepreneurship and behavioural control factors form positive and statistically significant associations with students’ future entrepreneurial orientation, while subjective norms and risk-willingness add a little explanatory power to the initial regression models. In order to better understand the initial stage of life course transitions among the students, single regressions are estimated. All the factors appear as statistically significant with meaningful coefficient values, further showing that entrepreneurial prediction is highly gendered and depends on what faculty the student attends. This paper reveals for policy practitioners the main characteristics of young entrepreneurs-to-be and their understanding of the process of creating a business venture. Keywords: entrepreneurial intention; gender; life course; planned behaviour; students Journal: Stanovnistvo Pages: 121-143 Volume: 60 Issue: 2 Year: 2022 Month: December DOI: 10.2298/STNV2202121O File-URL: https://stnv.idn.org.rs/STNV/article/view/498 File-Function: Abstract page File-Format: text/html File-URL: https://stnv.idn.org.rs/STNV/article/download/498/487 File-Function: Full text File-Format: application/pdf Handle: RePEc:eto:stanov:v:60:y:2022:i:2:id:498