Demografska i sociajlna dimenzija starenja starih u Srbiji

Kultura, 2023

Population ageing is a phenomenon that is characteristic of all European countries. It affects both economic and social development and imposes an obligation to use public policy measures to protect the rights of the elderly, prevent their marginalization and discrimination, and create conditions for their equal participation in all spheres of life. Accordingly, it is necessary to create cultural policy measures that will enable conditions for equal participation of the elderly in cultural life. This paper deals with the cultural participation of senior Belgraders. It has examined their cultural interests, private and public cultural consumption and cultural production. The goal of the paper is to investigate to what extent the interests of elderly Belgraders coincide with cultural practices, how much they use the Internet to participate in cultural life, and how much the pandemic has affected their cultural needs and habits. An additional goal of this paper is to draw attention of the public and the policy makers to improvement and promotion of the cultural needs of the elderly in Belgrade and to provide data that can be useful for creation of a cultural policy that will enable greater participation of the elderly in the cultural life of the city.

Zbornik Matice srpske za drustvene nauke, 2018

Demographic aging, as well as the situation on the Serbian labour market, have affected the changes in the age structure of the workforce. The share of active persons older than 50 years in the total labour force has increased, and the share of young people has fallen. In 2017, 27.2% of total active people are in the age group 50-64. Despite the positive trends in the period 2012-2017, the indicators of economic activity and employment of the population in these age groups in Serbia are lower, compared to the rates for the EU countries. Low activity and employment of the older people is the result of leaving the workforce before the retirement age. The poor employment opportunities for older workers meant an early exit from the workforce and their transition to inactivity. The reasons for early exit from the workforce are illness or disability too. Out of the total number of pensioners in Serbia in 2017, 17.1% were disability pensioners. Chronic non-communicable diseases are the lea...

Sociološki pregled, 2019

Population ageing in Serbia has pervading effect on many societal spheres. Paradigm of active ageing highlights the importance for older to lead healthy and productive life. The aim of this paper is to explore active ageing practices of institutionalised older citizens considering their sociodemographic characteristics and migration background. Semi-structured interview, as a qualitative research method was used to grasp perceptions and experiences of 27 older residents in nursing homes regarding adjustment in later life and daily activities. Additional valuable insight on topic was gained from institutional social workers. According to the results, the routine of daily living of the elders varies depending on individual abilities, preferences, health, marital status and migration history. The findings suggest that institutional setting does not have to represent barrier to active ageing, with implications for further research and practice.

Growing up in Belgrade. Shaping of young people's social biographies in families from the two social strata, 2010

Srpski Arhiv Za Celokupno Lekarstvo, 2009

Kliničko odeqewe gerijatrije, Interna klinika, Kliničko-bolnički centar "Zvezdara", Beograd, Srbija UVOD Sta re we sta nov ni štva je obe lež je svih ze ma qa u sve tu. Pre ma sta ti stiè kim po ka za te qi ma, Re publi ka Sr bi ja se ubra ja u ze mqe u ko ji ma ima najvi še sta rih qu di. U po sled wih ne ko li ko de ceni ja po ve aea no je in te re so va we za kva li tet ži vota sta rih oso ba. Po treb no je da se raz u me pra vi smi sao po ru ke "Do da ti ži vot go di na ma, a ne godi ne ži vo tu" (To add li fe to years, not just years to li fe), ko ju je pre ne ko li ko de ce ni ja for mu li sa lo Ge ron to lo ško dru štvo Sje di we nih Ame riè kih Dr ža va. Su šti na je u kva li te tu ži vo ta, od no sno so ci jal noj po li ti ci, po ro diè noj bri zi, du hov nom ži vo tu i zdrav stve noj za šti ti sta rih qu di. Poli mor bi zam je jed no od obe lež ja zdra vqa sta rih oso ba, bu du aei da se sta re wem po ve aea va broj pore me aea ja zdra vqa hro niè nog to ka. Pri me na leko va kod sta rih oso ba ta ko ðe ima od re ðe na obelež ja. Ne že qe na dej stva su do sta èe sta i neo èeki va na, a in ter ak ci ja re al no mo gu aea, s ob zi rom na to da sta re oso be isto vre me no pri me wu ju više vr sta le ko va .

Socioloski godisnjak

Process of the agening of the population characterizes all modern industrialized societies, and this demographic trend is subject of practical policy and scientific research, especially in developed countries. As regards the Republic of Serbia, research efforts and practical policies are more recent, even though the demographers found that our population is among the oldest on the European continent. If we add to this the fact that the elderly in our country are particularly vulnerable population -marginalized on several grounds, it is clear why this issue has to be relevant in scientific as well in the practical terms. In this article, we explored involvement of the elderly in the activities of active aging and the availability of, and reliance on the (non)institutional forms of support for this particular form of personal lifestyle. In the analysis, we used two approaches. Firstly, we conducted desk analysis, in order to describe the systemic policies and practices that support ac...

TRADITIONAL AND MODERN VALUES IN TRANSITIONAL SERBIA Abstract Serbian society is described as characterized by a profound division of values: rural vs. urban, patriotic vs. traitorous, cosmopolitan vs. nationalistic. What is also pointed out is the anomie of the Serbian society, which results partly from the specific Serbian past and its regional position, and partly from the global diminishing of traditional values. This paper aims to determine the presence of positive values in the Serbian society through the analysis of the data collected in a quantitative-qualitative research study conducted from 2008 to 2011. The identified values will be classified into ideally-typically constructed models of traditional-collectivistic or modern-individualistic values. The findings show that the contents of traditionally highly valued social phenomena and relationships (family, marriage, religion) are being changed and reformed in the real social framework of Serbia. Key Words: Traditional, Mo...

Доклад изнесен на конференция "Стареене на населението -реалности и последици, политики и практики", организиран от Центъра за изследване на населението при БАН и НОИ, София, 31 май 2006 г.

2010

The basic aim of the present article is to indicate the historical context of endowment tradition in Serbia, explain the connection between the basic social-political values and practice of endowment and give critical account of the connection between the crisis of social values of the Serbian society and the possibility to revive the practice of endowment. Endowment is founded on a number of social-political value bases such as solidarity, humanism, philanthropy, mercy, charity, enlightenment, social-economic development. Revival of endowment is of great importance for the Serbian society: ethical, national, educational, cultural, social-political. However, there are numerous impediments preventing endowment practice: historically ideological, value, political, economical and legal. The revival of the practice of endowment is tied also to the processes of restitution and denationalization for a great number of endowment funds (property-real estate) was confiscated and nationalized ...

Село Балкана - континуитети и промене кроз историју, Зборник радова, Историјски институт Београд, Музеј на отвореном "Старо село" Сирогојно, Београд 2017, 57-73/ The Balkan Village. Continuities and Changes through History, Collection of Works, 2017

Summary: The forms of entering into the first marriage and habitation of a young married couple are usually observed as the key factors in defining the prevalent system of formation and structure of a family household. The principle of patrilocality implied joint habitation and earning of a young married couple and the groom’s primary family, at least at the start of the marriage, which led to the appearance of extended and complex family households. However, a change in the household structure was influenced also by relatively high mortality of the population in the fertile and working age, and remarrying of widowed persons. In the early 1880s, a fifth of marriages were those where one or both partners had previously been widowed. High mortality rates indirectly led to higher nuptiality, while remarriages contributed to higher natality. Widowed persons thus accelerated the dynamics of structural changes of family households, while their remarriages served the functions of maintenance and reproduction of biological and economic functions of the family. A large number of remarriages also made the family network more complex. Affinal kinship, established through remarriages between members of two families, was not always respected in practice in the extent to which other forms of kinship were respected, which complicated mutual relations in village communities.