scholarly journals Leadership Amidst Transition and Liminality: The Case of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Former Yugoslavia

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. p16
Author(s):  
Jesenko Tešan ◽  
Joan Davison
Keyword(s):  
Bosnia And Herzegovina ◽  
Transition To Democracy ◽  
Power Sharing ◽  
Former Yugoslavia ◽  
Soviet Bloc ◽  
New Normal ◽  
Institutional Power ◽  
History Of ◽  
Peace Accords

A history of empires and communism created a liminality in the former Yugoslavia and Bosnia and Herzegovina (B&H). When leaders throughout the Soviet Bloc began to discredit communism, an opportunity opened for the leadership of B&H to unify the popular will and transition to democracy. Yet, the appropriate leadership, a master of ceremonies from van Gennep and Turner’s perspectives, a philosopher from Plato’s view was absent. Politicians instead repackaged themselves as nationalists and supported extremists and divisive actions, culminating in war. Subsequently, the mechanisms associated with the Dayton Peace Accords conceived to return B&H to normalcy instead made the divisive liminality a new normal as power sharing elites benefitted if they held to nationalist claims and ignored societal reintegration. This, study examines the reasoning and tactics of elites who rejected the mantle of good leadership and now abuse the spirit of the constitutional and institutional power sharing mechanisms to maintain the schizophrenic division and conflict. It also introduces the type of virtuous leader states needed for transition.

scholarly journals Sfera symboliczna w procesach transformacyjnych krajów byłej Jugosławii. Pomniki

2021 ◽  
Vol 30 ◽  
pp. 159-173
Author(s):  
Lilla Moroz-Grzelak
Keyword(s):  
20Th Century ◽  
Bosnia And Herzegovina ◽  
Former Yugoslavia ◽  
Medieval History ◽  
National Liberation ◽  
Independent State ◽  
The Past ◽  
History Of ◽  
Liberation Struggle ◽  
Transformation Processes

The Symbolic Sphere in the Transformation Processes of the former Yugoslavia. Monuments The article focuses on the ways of treating the monumental memory of the past in the states that were established after the disintegration of Yugoslavia. These examples, which are not exhaustive, show that the process of transformation in the symbolic sphere does not create a uniform image in all countries. It oscillates between the destruction of the monuments of the past period in Slovenia, Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina, but also the different intensity of the events of the tragic war of the last decade of the 20th century. Breaking such a description, Serbia protects the monuments of the Yugoslavian era, while at the same time recalling the memory of the Serbian liberation struggle in the anti-Turkish uprising of 1804. The protection of the monuments of the NOB (struggle for national liberation) period in Montenegro not only proves the connection with the federal Yugoslavia, but also reflects a kind of Yugonostalgia. In turn, the monuments of this period on Macedonian territory, preserved in various states, gave way to a “flood of monuments” referring to the ancient and medieval history of this land. The changes in the monumental sphere in all countries, however, prove the willingness to justify the ideological existence of independent state entities embedded in the native tradition confirming their sovereignty.

Comments on Gerard Toal's ‘“Republika Srpska will have a referendum': The rhetorical politics of Milorad Dodik”

2013 ◽  
Vol 41 (1) ◽  
pp. 205-208
Author(s):  
Vedran Dzihic
Keyword(s):  
Bosnia And Herzegovina ◽  
Democratic Party ◽  
The Other ◽  
Former Yugoslavia ◽  
The Political ◽  
The Status ◽  
History Of ◽  
Republika Srpska

The history of modern Bosnia-Herzegovina (BiH) is a history of referenda. The referendum as a tool to shape the political fate and future of a particular society has seemingly always been an integral part of the Bosnian past. The first two referenda in Bosnia-Herzegovina at the beginning of the so-called “democratic era” following the dissolution of the former Yugoslavia marked the beginning of a period of war and violence in the country. The referendum in November 1991, organized by the Serbian Democratic Party (SDS) and asking participants about the status of BiH within the Yugoslav federation, was the first step toward the formation of Republika Srpska (RS). On the other side, the referendum in March 1992 about the question of independence of Bosnia and Herzegovina from Yugoslavia, which was attended by Bosnian Muslims and Croats and boycotted by the Serbs, plunged Bosnia into war.

The Islamic Community in Bosnia and Herzegovina and nation building by Muslims/Bosniaks in the Western Balkans

2015 ◽  
Vol 43 (2) ◽  
pp. 195-212 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dunja Larise
Keyword(s):  
Bosnia And Herzegovina ◽  
Nation Building ◽  
Decisive Role ◽  
Former Yugoslavia ◽  
Institutional History ◽  
National Program ◽  
Muslim Community ◽  
Western Balkans ◽  
History Of ◽  
Development Paths

The disintegration of the former Yugoslavia posed challenges for the universal concept of the Yugoslav Muslim nation for which several development paths were imaginable under the new circumstances. The concept of Bosniakdom, which was initially developed to address the Muslims of Bosnia and Herzegovina, gradually grew to become a new and coherent national program to include all the Muslims of former Yugoslavia, primarily due to its new pan-Bosniak orientation. The present article traces the conceptual history of the national ideas of Muslimdom versus Bosniakdom within the former Yugoslav states, as well as the conceptual and institutional history of the pan-Bosniak idea and movement during the 1990s and 2000s. It does this by emphasizing the decisive role the Official Muslim Community in Bosnia and Herzegovina played in their development and divulgence. This article claims that, contrary to some expectations, the strategy of internationalization and universalization of the hitherto territorial concept of Bosniakdom toward Muslims in neighboring countries during the second half of 1990s and 2000s was closely linked to the idea of the construction of the Bosniak national state. It also proposes that the evolution of Bosniakdom into pan-Bosniakdom during that time primarily followed concerns related to that goal.

The Guatemalan Genocide Through Indigenous Mayan Literature Twenty Years After the Peace Accords: Rigoberta Menchú, Humberto Ak´Abal and Victor Montejo

2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 31
Author(s):  
David Caballero Mariscal
Keyword(s):  
Social Exclusion ◽  
Dark Period ◽  
Social Situation ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Contemporary History ◽  
Rigoberta Menchu ◽  
Testimonial Literature ◽  
History Of ◽  
Peace Accords ◽  
Historical Truth

Guatemala experienced a cruel genocide in the early eighties, in the context of a repressive Conflict. Due to the different governments´ repressive policies, this terrible social situation was little known abroad, and even in the own country. Just after the Peace Accords, several organisms worked to uncover the historical truth. In any case, we cannot forget that testimonial literature is a privileged mean to know this dark period of the contemporary history of Guatemala. This genre is particularly relevant, because the main writers are originally Mayans, and have directly suffered both repression and social exclusion due to ethnic reasons. Rigoberta Menchú, Unmberto Ak´abal and Víctor Montejo represent a new and original point of view in the measure in which they describe feelings and situations from the perspective of those who experience them personally. Testimonial literature or the Testimonio becomes an ethnographic document that allows us to know not just a period but a people who have suffered from repression and exclusion for centuries.

scholarly journals Czech language and the traditional culture in the multiethnic environment (results of the field research of 2019 in Serbia, Romania, Bosnia and Herzegovina)

2021 ◽  
pp. 310-328
Author(s):  
Sergej A. Borisov
Keyword(s):  
Bosnia And Herzegovina ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Mother Tongue ◽  
Field Research ◽  
Folk Culture ◽  
Language And Culture ◽  
The Balkans ◽  
Language Data ◽  
First Results ◽  
History Of

The article provides an overview of a field study conducted among Czechs in Serbia, Romania, Bosnia and Herzegovina in 2019. The first results are presented, samples of transcribed texts are given. The purpose of the expedition was to collect narratives for the proper linguistic study of contact elements, conversations were conducted, among other things, about the history of the resettlement of Czechs to the Balkans, about folk culture, and interaction with other Slavic and non-Slavic ethnic groups. In the three regions studied, the Czech language remains unevenly due to a number of linguistic and extralinguistic factors. There are very few Czechs left in Bosnia and Herzegovina; Czech is the mother tongue only for elder people living in rural areas. In Serbia, there are several schools where Czech language and culture are taught, and in Romania there are schools where in the primary grades all subjects are taught in Czech. The collected language data is a valuable source for studying local Czech dialects and contact phenomena (borrowings, code-switching). The metalinguistic comments used by informants when they have difficulties in their Czech language during a conversation with a researcher are of particular interest to sociolinguistics.

scholarly journals PROPERTY RELATIONS OF MARITAL PARTNERS THROUGH THE HISTORY OF BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA

2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 106-117
Author(s):  
Boris Krešić ◽  
◽  
Ervina Halilović ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Bosnia And Herzegovina ◽  
Historical Perspective ◽  
Family Law ◽  
Roman Law ◽  
Socialist Republic ◽  
Marriage And Family ◽  
Property Relations ◽  
Basic Law ◽  
History Of ◽  
Marital Partners

The institutes of contemporary family law are rooted in Roman law, including the property relations of marital partners. From the historical perspective, the property-legal relations of marital partners in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) were subject to religious regulations and the rules of the General Civil Code and Family Law of the Socialist Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The article analyzes the solutions applied during the Roman, the Ottoman, and the AustroHungarian rule as well as the solutions included in the currently valid Basic Law on Marriage and Family Laws in BiH. The authors focus on the development of family law in terms of property relations of marital partners and provide historical-legal overview of the development of family law from the absolute power of pater familias to the full equality of marital partners.

scholarly journals Philosophy and society: From the collection to the journal

2013 ◽  
Vol 24 (2) ◽  
pp. 44-60
Author(s):  
Dusan Boskovic
Keyword(s):  
Detailed Analysis ◽  
Social Theory ◽  
Former Yugoslavia ◽  
Historical Document ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Short Overview ◽  
History Of

This paper brings a short overview of the history of the Institute for Philosophy and Social Theory, the publisher of the journal Philosophy and Society. The first issue came out in 1987 as a collection of essays, and for the last eight years it has been published annually. In 2005 it became a journal with three issues per year, becoming quarterly since 2011. The article gives a review of all special topics covered in the journal up until the end of 2012. In addition, the article provides a detailed analysis of the journal?s special issue on Antifascism (IV/1993). We argue that this issue is an important historical document in the changing social atmosphere of the former Yugoslavia, with the first signs of its disintegration. The papers were initially presented at a conference held on 2, 3 July, 1991.

scholarly journals Complexity of the criminal procedural legislation of Bosnia and Herzegovina and its entities

2007 ◽  
Vol 79 (9) ◽  
pp. 396-416
Author(s):  
Vesna Stojković
Keyword(s):  
Bosnia And Herzegovina ◽  
Criminal Procedure ◽  
Former Yugoslavia ◽  
Anglo Saxon ◽  
The Subject

The subject of the paper is a short analytic elaboration of development of criminal procedure in Bosnia & Herzegovina and its entities during the period since disintegration of former Yugoslavia till today. The goal is also presentation of the most important new law solutions which are primarily result of the influence of elements of Anglo-Saxon criminal procedure as well as presentation of proces of unification & centralization the criminal procedure at the level of Bosnia & Herzegovina state.

scholarly journals Prikaz//Review: Journal of the Faculty of Philosophy in Sarajevo (History, History of Arts, Archeology), posebno izdanje: Reflections on Life and Society in the Western Balkans. Studies in the History of Bosnia and Herzegovina, knjiga 7, broj 2, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Sarajevo, Sarajevo 2020, 321 str.

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (6) ◽  
pp. 385-389
Author(s):  
Emina Mostić ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Bosnia And Herzegovina ◽  
Review Journal ◽  
Western Balkans ◽  
History Of

Prikaz//Review: Journal of the Faculty of Philosophy in Sarajevo (History, History of Arts, Archeology), posebno izdanje: Reflections on Life and Society in the Western Balkans. Studies in the History of Bosnia and Herzegovina, knjiga 7, broj 2, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Sarajevo, Sarajevo 2020, 321 str.

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