SEER tries to stimulate the exchange of information among researchers, trade unionists and people who have a special interest in the political, social and economic development of the region of south-east Europe. The journal tries to draw attention to new research results and the latest analyses about the ongoing process of political and social changes in the south-east of Europe. It tries to create more understanding for the importance of the elaboration of democratic structures in industrial relations. The SEER combines contributions from different disciplines and »political schools« into an information package of interest for policy makers, researchers, academics and trade unionists from various backgrounds.Website: www.seer.nomos.de
Many societies are still in the stranglehold of the coronavirus. China, South Korea and Taiwan have apparently overcome the pandemic but problems that are almost impossible to resolve are piling up in Europe. Despite the joint vaccination...
This article reviews the initial experiences of Covid-19 in Serbia in the context of other pandemics during the 20th century. The author reviews the data on life expectancy, with a particular eye on the air pollution from which Belgrade suffers...
This wide-ranging article takes a theoretical look at the implications of the SARS-CoV-2 (Covid-19) virus for the concept of the securitisation of a state, encompassing the debate about whether social security occupies a place within securitisation...
This article starts from the premise that human rights are the singular most important achievement won in political struggle. However, there remains a gap between the ideal and the practical reality which gives room for debate as to how, and in what...
The Covid-19 virus presents an invisible menace of major proportions. We have as yet no clear study of the causes of the virus - or, more precisely, its precise aetiology is disputed - yet it has had colossal implications. It has imposed a global...
The Covid-19 pandemic has deeply affected working life. Workers who have to earn money to proceed with their lives have had to work during this time, even if they did not want to do so. Consequently, the question of whether adequate protective...
This article seeks to explore the underlying methodological dimension of measuring the impact or effects of the EU’s policy of conditionality in western Balkans states in the arena of human rights protection and respect for the rule of law. These...
Christophe Solioz explores the use of ‘Pathétique’ from Tchaikovsky’s sixth symphony in 1395 days without red, a 2011 film project focused on the Siege of Sarajevo, and locates it in the complex ‘age of immunology’ in which we now live.
This article seeks to review some of the problems with the political system of Bosnia and Herzegovina as expressed through the constitutional provisions of the Dayton Agreement. While the Agreement brought an end to the physical violence, its...
The Dayton Agreement rests on the principle of establishing a self-sustaining system that respects the multinational and multiconfessional structure of the population of Bosnia and Herzegovina, composed of entities with independent constitutive,...
Poverty and social exclusion are often associated with unemployment, but being employed is not always sufficient to provide decent living conditions for workers and their families. In this context, the aim of this article, drawing on SILC micro...