ABSTRACT
The chapter investigates a group of young activists – #Građanski – who temporarily transcended the prevailing ethnopolitical constraints on mobilization and collective action in Montenegro. They momentarily forged civic bonds between hitherto divided and antagonized members of the Montenegrin political community, advocating the defence of universal civil liberties and political rights. Drawing on interviews with 15 members of #Građanski, as well as their written material, this chapter explores the reasons behind their decision to confront dominant ethnopolitical frames, and their conceptualization of civicness as the basis of involvement in popular politics.
