ABSTRACT
"Developed Socialism" in Yugoslavia provides a construct through which piecemeal, moderate reform can be discussed and debated by political participants. In Yugoslavia, the analagous role is played by the concept of "Socialist Self-managed Pluralist Democracy." The management of incremental political change in Yugoslavia is channeled through the social institutions which have evolved from Yugoslavia's "Socialist Self-managed Pluralist Democracy." The chapter deals with the unique background of Yugoslavia's developed socialism and its distinctive programmatic components. Yugoslavia's concept of socialist self-managed pluralist democracy rests upon a different historical tradition and a much longer social history than does the movement towards developed socialism in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe. To understand the debate over developed socialism in Yugoslavia one must first define social self-management and explain its role in Yugoslav society. The movement to develop an instutionalized procedure for social change led directly to Edvard Kardelj's sweeping vision of socialist humanism.
