Reimagining the (Supra)nation, Remaking the State: The Yugoslav Idea and Ante Marković's Party

ABSTRACT This article investigates the reimagining and representation of the Yugoslav idea by the Alliance of Reformist Forces (SRSJ), a party established by federal Prime Minister Ante Marković in 1990. The SRSJ sought to reshape the structure of the federal state and revive the narratives of shared history and culture foundational to the Yugoslav multinational and supranational community. This conception includes both similarities with and departures from interpretations of Yugoslavism during the socialist and late‐socialist eras. The SRSJ's approach, which both challenged and was directly targeted by ethnic nationalisms, offers insights into Yugoslavia's failed transition, and these developments need to be understood within the broader context of the restructuring of the European political space between 1989 and 1992.