Against the future : youth and the politics of disappointment in Serbia -- Embodying citizenship : the changing politics of protest -- Revolution and reform : citizenship and the contradictions of neoliberal university reform -- The ethics of knowledge : expertise, branding, and (in)visibility as forms of democratic representation -- "We have to be politicians" : proceduralism and the depoliticization of politics -- Conclusion : democracy and revolution after the Cold War
Summary
What happens to student activism once mass protests have disappeared from view, and youth no longer embody the political frustrations and hopes of a nation? After the Revolution chronicles the lives of student activists as they confront the possibilities and disappointments of democracy in the shadow of the recent revolution in Serbia. Greenberg's narrative highlights the stories of young student activists as they seek to define their role and articulate a new form of legitimate political activity, post-socialism. When student activists in Serbia helped topple dictator Slobodan Milosevic on Oc
