The King’s Youth (junior members of the Kingdom of Serbia Association) carried out a survey titled “Awareness and attitudes of students in Belgrade about the concept of monarchy” with the aim of examining the attitudes of university students in Belgrade (including the University of Belgrade and private faculties) on issues of monarchy, Royal family Karadjordjevic, political system in Serbia, etc.
At the moment, we will only provide in English the results of the survey, without the introduction, interpretation and conclusion. The complete research in Serbian can be seen on this LINK.
RESULTS OF THE SURVEY
Awareness and attitudes of students in Belgrade about the concept of monarchy
Authors of the research:
Miloš Pavković
- graduate politologist, student of master studies at the Faculty of Political Sciences, University of Belgrade
- member of the Executive Board of the Kingdom of Serbia Association and the President of the King’s Youth
Bojana Nikolic
- Student of the basic academic studies of international politics at the Faculty of Political Sciences, University of Belgrade
- member of the City Committee Belgrade of the Kingdom of Serbia Association
Damjan Macura
- Student of Journalism at the Faculty of Political Sciences, University of Belgrade
- member of the King’s Youth and the Kingdom of Serbia Association
Ljiljana Kolarski
- completed basic studies at the Faculty of European Law and Political Studies in Novi Sad, a student of Multidisciplinary Master Studies for Terrorism, Organized Crime and Security at the University of Belgrade
- Member of the King’s Youth and the Kingdom of Serbia Association
METHODOLOGY
The research was conducted in the period from May 28 to June 26, 2018 and included 1308 respondents – students of higher education institutions based in Belgrade.
Graph 1 – Gender of the respondents
Male – 52 %
Female – 48 %
Graph 2 – Faculties of the respondents
Graph 3 – Geographic background of the respondents
Belgrade – 42 %
Central Serbia – 16 %
Western Serbia – 13.4 %
Vojvodina – 11.8 %
Southern and Eastern Serbia – 8.9 %
Serbian province Kosovo and Metohija – 1.7 %
Other countries of the region (Republic of Srpska, Montenegro) – 5.4 %
RESULTS
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Do you know what the term “constitutional parliamentary monarchy” means?
Yes – 90,2%
No – 9,2%.
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Do you think that the monarchy (kingdom, empire) is outdated form of government that is characteristic for underdeveloped societies and states?
No – 63,2%
Yes – 29,8%
I don’t know – 7%
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If a referendum on the proclamation of the Kingdom of Serbia would be held tomorrow, how would you vote?
No – 40,2%
Yes – 33,2%
Undecided 19,4%
Would not vote – 7,2%
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In your opinion, is the concept of the constitutional parliamentary monarchy in essence opposed to democracy?
No – 63,8%
Yes – 23,5%
I don’t know – 12,7%
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Do you know some kingdom today in the world
Yes – 93,7%
No – 6,3%
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Can you name some monarchy that exists today
Only one country – 49.2%
Two countries – 2.12%
Three countries – 1.44%
More than four – 1.27%
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland – 26.14%
Kingdom of Spain and Kingdom of Sweden – both 7.7%
Kingdom of Norway – 3.72%
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What form of government is currently present in Serbia?
Parliamentary – 57,4%
Presidential – 24,2%
Semi Presidential – 13,3%
I don’t know – 5,1%
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Have you heard about the Kingdom of Serbia Association?
Yes – 59,3%
No – 40,7%
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Do you think you know enough about the history of Serbia?
Yes – 59,3%
No – 32,1%
I don’t know – 8,6%
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Has Serbia ever been a kingdom in its history?
Yes – 98,2%
No – 0,6% оi don’t know – 1,1%
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Is there a Serbian dynasty in the 21st century?
Yes – 89.5%
No – 5.9%
I don’t know – 4.6%
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Are you familiar with the humanitarian work of the Karadjordjevic Royal family ?
No – 50.5%
Yes – 49,5%
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Do you know the ownership of the Royal Complex on Dedinje (White Palace)?
Republic of Serbia – 33% и
Royal family – 21,2%
I don’t know – 40,3%
Institute for the Protection of Cultural Monuments – 4,6%
Ministry of Culture – 1%
