1265 Sociološki pregled / Sociological Review, vol. LII (2018), no. 4, pp. 1251–1284 Anđelka Ž. Mirkov 1 Tamara M. Petrović Trifunović 2 Dunja D. Poleti Ćosić 3 University of Belgrade Faculty of Philosophy Institute for Sociological Research Belgrade (Serbia) REMEMBERING SOCIALIST YUGOSLAVIA: ATTITUDES OF SERBIAN CITIZENS IN THE PERIOD OF ACCELERATED TRANSFORMATION OF SOCIETY 4 (Translation In Extenso) Abstract: Te paper analyzes the attitudes of Serbian citizens towards the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, expressed during the period of gradual stabilization of the capitalist order. Te analysis is based on the data collected in 2012 on a representative sample of population in Serbia, within a project of the Institute for Sociological Research of the University of Belgrade – Faculty of Philosophy. Research fndings showed that, in the period of accelerated transformation of society, positive opinion about socialist Yu- goslavia was very pronounced among Serbian citizens. However, there are statistically signifcant diferences in the level of agreement with pro-Yugoslav attitudes among difer- ent social groups, as respondents’ age, social class and value orientations are identifed as important factors. Keywords: SFRY, Yugo-nostalgia, culture of memory, attitudes, Serbia Introduction Te subject of analysis in this paper is the way Serbian citizens remember the So- cialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. Te collapse of this country, afer more than four decades of its existence, was due to a series of economic crises and unsuccessful eco- nomic reforms, long-term tendencies of decentralization, the interests of the ruling elites, the rise of nationalisms, international and other factors (Lazić, 1994; Jović, 2001; 2003; Miladinović, 2009; Bakić, 2010; 2011). Te socioeconomic transformation of the former Yugoslav republics implied, among other things, distancing from immediate Yugoslav his- 1 andelkam@yahoo.com 2 evena304@gmail.com 3 dunja.poleti@gmail.com 4 Te paper is part of the project “Challenges of New Social Integration in Serbia: Concepts and Actors” (Evidence No. 179035), funded by the Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development of the Republic of Serbia.