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Eric Gordy

Eric Gordy is senior lecturer at the School of Slavonic and East European Studies of University College, London. He was formerly associate professor of sociology at Clark University, Massachusetts. He is the author of The Culture of Power in Serbia: Nationalism and the Destruction of Alternatives (Penn State University Press, 1999).

Recent articles


Radovan Karadzic: the politics of an arrest

The arrest of Radovan Karadzic is a coup for Serbia's president and a boost for the international tribunal that has long sought to bring this key fugitive from the wars of ex-Yugoslavia to trial, says Eric Gordy.

(This article was first published on 22 July 2008)

Serbia’s political carousel

The outcome of Serbia's fourth election in two years passes the advantage to the political power-brokers, says Eric Gordy.

Serbia chooses a future, just

Boris Tadic’s re-election as president opens a time of even greater test for democracy in Serbia, says Eric Gordy.

Serbia’s presidential election: the best-laid plans...

Serbia's inconclusive first-round was less about Kosovo and more about the dynamics of its party system and the calculations of its prime minister, says Eric Gordy.

Serbia’s Kosovo claim: much ado about...

Belgrade's escalation of rhetoric over Kosovo's future relates to domestic Serbian politics, says Eric Gordy.