Book Serbia Today – Contemporary aspects of neoliberalism, economy,demography, healthcare, security and transition, presents the scientifi cprofessionalbook about contemporary aspects of Serbian economy andpolitics in the areas of importance for the Republic of Serbia and its furtherdevelopment. When authors emphasise “areas of importance“, please note thatthose areas are limited by the authors fi elds of expertise, and the segments thatcould be processed and incorporated into the book to provide the reader, as wellas professional and scientifi c public, adequate account of the economy, societyand contemporary economics aspects of development and results of transitionprocesses of the Republic of Serbia.In the book we presented a section related to global issues, but also issues ofeconomic theory, which refl ect the views, provide clarifi cation and broadcastthe facts that govern modern society.Of particular importance is the segment of the book called “Views“ (thatprecedes Chapter of Economic theory and global aspects) which is inspired bythe topic of Neoliberalism, which in its present form is experiencing a collapseas defi ned by the author Branko Dragas. Th e text ”Collapse of Neoliberalism“is based on years of experience of the author and collected professional andscientifi c knowledge that permeates the personal intuition and gives ananticipation of the collapse of the neoliberal system. Dragas uses the followingwords when defi ning problem: “Th e dollar entered all the homes of the world,everyone seeked for it and it became a status symbol of success and power andnobody asked who the real owner of the Fed is?“, and then through parts ofthe text on mortgages, debts, forms of capitalism – the neoliberal furnishingsegment breaks down in segments. Th e conclusion is defi ned by the followingwords: “We cannot spend more than we produce. Golden coverage must beback in order to establish the true measure of value. You cannot print dollars tosolve the crisis. Th e dollar and the euro as a currency will disappear. Th e newcurrency must be covered with real values. Welfare time is over. Mankind isthreatened. A new era is coming“, and then concludes with the following words:“Humanism is the future of our community on the planet.“ Within the same thematic segment, Chapter I, Economic theory and globalaspects, the following topics were discussed: contemporary economics system,concept of neoliberalism and relationship between neoliberalism as an ideologyand globalisation as a process. Th is relationship and results are contradictoryto a certain extent to research of Prof. dr Ljubomir Madzar who explaines thatneoliberalism is not leading globalisation ideology. According to same author,globalisation is process and neoliberalism is ideology, and processes cannothave ideology behind. Ideology could be defi ned only for factors (subjective)that are behind globalisation and have infl uence on management meaningfurtherly that globalisation is not manageable process due to diff erent, variousfactors of infl uence. In agreement is also M. Steger who is defi ning globalisationnot as ideology but as a set of processes. However, it should be considered thatalthough globalisation is not a manageable process, neoliberalism potentiallycreates workframes within its ideology, and by that potentially infl uences onfaster development of globalisation as a process. Some authors went a stepfurther and created the term global neoliberalism. Th erefore, there is a question,whether ideological and economic globalisation shold strive to a neoliberalconcept, or they strive to neoliberalism from beginning? Whether globalisationdecrease state interventionism and how?Also, in the same chapter, Branislav Gulan defi ned texts related to globalproblems that are caused by globalization (among other things), the progressof civilization and the new world order (problems with resources, increasingworld’s population, etc.).Chapter II, Economy of Serbia provides review of economic history of Serbiathrough establishment of some institutional conditions for developmentof modern economy during 19th and early 20th century, by author MiloradStamenović. Text presents relevant periods and the personalities and renews“school material“ as a reminder of the doyen of Serbian economics and leadersof the most important institutions of Serbian economy – National Bank andMinistry of Finance.Within same chapter, in the article Economy of Serbia, the author emphasiseconomic developments since 2000. and presents the information related to theeconomic parameters (FDI, state administration, infrastructure, etc.). It wasconcluded that there is an impression of two diff erent Serbia, an elitist and apoor one, and about government promises with no relevant economics ground.Th e text Golden Eighties, Aft er it, all went to hell and Sanctions and life –presented concise retrospective analysis of economic and political developmentsin the eighties and nineties of the 20th century in Serbia. In addition, withintexts Cooperative Union of Serbia and Forecasts: Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic, author Gulan resembles the problem of the cooperatives unions but alsorepresents a dimension demagogic policies that do not achieve adequate results.Demographics section is based on the many years of research work of B. Gulanand within the text Rural areas in Serbia 2017, it was shown that the villages areat an intersection between the disappearance and survival, and that the processof the devastation of rural communities is very intense and there is great needfor the application of European experience with similar problems. Numerousexamples of villages are presented and research data are broadcast to allow thereader a clearer picture of the situation in rural SerbiaIn the thematic segment of the book entitled as State towards agricultureand population, Branislav Gulan presents the idea of re-industrialization ofagriculture and submits to the reader information about the loss of the countrybased on analysis of the economy values with potential solutions for the currentand upcoming situation.Chapter V, Transition presents information about process of transition inRusian Federation and selected Eastern European countries as Hungary, Czechand Slovakia and then defi nes chronological events that preceded transition inSerbia. Legal context of privatisation in Serbia is defi ned as well as processesof privatisation and current status. Th is chapter was inspired by problematicprivatization of banks and unanswered (public) questions of Vladan Batić (exMinister of Justice) to Mladan Dinkić (ex Minister of Finance).Within the same chapter, author of texts Transfer of social ownership –privatization, Privatization in Agrar – Whose land is this?, writes about foreigncapital in Serbian agriculture, landowners in Serbian country and representsthe EU Accession Treaty on the subject of the letter of the Constitution. Text,defi nes capacity of agricultural companies that operate in Serbia (PKB, DP PIKZemun, Voćarske plantaže Boleč and Dragan Marković Obrenovac).In the chapter Th e safety aspects – camera obscura (dark room), the generalaspects of the security situation in the Republic of Serbia are defi ned throughanalysis of relevant government documents. In text are processed segmentsof national and religious extremism; Intelligence activities; Organized crime;Corruption and drug addiction.Th e thematic segment of the book under Chapter VII, Healthcare in theRepublic of Serbia gives an oversight on the healthcare system, health policyand management in the Republic of Serbia. Within the text a need fordecentralization of the healthcare system is presented (under the slogan, theAuthority will always tend to centralize success and decentralize failures); thenPublic health aspects; Patients rights; Th e health insurance system; Availability of drugs; Sanitary-ecology and environmental framework – and suggestionswere given for more effi cient use of research projects in medicine as potentialdrivers of the healthcare system in Serbia. In conclusion, an overview of Reformof the healthcare system is provided including ten misconceptions on Healthset by former Minister of Health Tomica Milosavljevic that are addressed inthe context of the lat. status presence of healthcare system in Serbia. Within thetext it was discussed about Hyperrehormism and a tiredness of reforms as asyndrome of Serbian society.Conclusion of the book Serbia today is refl ected in the Chapter VIII Resultsof transition processes in Serbia, where it was presented the current economic“cut-off “ by analysing economic indicators; analysis of Serbia location oninternational credit and banking ratings; the height of the average salary of thecitizens, consumer spending; the price of basic foods and other factors lookedthrough the prism of the results of reform of the Serbian government.EditorBelgrade, September 2017