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Introduction: Political Scandals and Transition in Serbia

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Corruption and Democratic Transition in Eastern Europe

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The chapter summarises the use of anti-corruption discourse in government politics and for political mobilisation—explaining along the way the relevance of corruption studies from a discursive perspective and with a focus on post-communist countries. Also outlined here are the theoretical assumptions of the discourse analysis, as well as the methodological approach and sources of empirical data. A brief look at contemporary Serbian politics is offered to provide the reader with context for analysis of political scandals in later chapters.

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Zurnić, M. (2019). Introduction: Political Scandals and Transition in Serbia. In: Corruption and Democratic Transition in Eastern Europe. Political Corruption and Governance. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-90101-5_1

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