NIKOLA PAŠIĆ I PARLAMENTARIZAM U SRBIJI I JUGOSLAVIJI - TEORIJSKE OSNOVE I ISTORIJSKA PRAKSA 1914-1926.
NIKOLA PAŠIĆ AND PARLIAMENTARY GOVERNMENT IN SERBIA AND YUGOSLAVIA - THEORY AND PRACTICE 1914-1926

Summary/Abstract: The half a century long activity of Nikola Pašić, especially in the initial period of the country’s parliamentary government, when it was the center and the generator of democratic traditions in Serbia and Yugoslavia, allows for a generalisation of historical views, the formation of basic elements of social ideas and even a certain social philosophy. The scientific evaluation of the activity of Nikola Pašić is conditioned by the organism of the social community in which he acted. Furthermore, the recognition and evaluation of his »historical individuality« is determined by his ability to co-operate with other centers of power in forming a parliamentary system and by the external factors of an antagonistic, divided Europe. Pašić was an educated well-prepared parliamentarian who learned from the most eminent experts of his time. He knew how to listen and his practical spirit enabled him to apply parliamentary tactics nearly to perfection, setting strategic interests according to the interests of the state, his party and himself. During his long political career Pašić was never implicated in affairs or accused of anything which would be condemned by the public. He did not allow himself to be drawn into personal quarrels in public and particularly avoided this in parliament. His influence on forming a parliamentary system was based on the reputation he had earned while guiding the country in a series of victorious wars from 1912 to 1918 and on the unlimited trust placed in him by western allies.

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