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In this paper I analyse transformations of citizenship and political identities in Bosnia-Herzegovina in four periods. First, it is necessary to describe how Bosnian republican-level citizenship was defined within socialist Yugoslavia, where citizenship was bifurcated into the federal and republican citizenships immediately after the Second World War. In the second part, I analyse how and to what extent the citizenship question played a role in democratisation and fragmentation of the Bosnian political scene between 1990 and 1992 and how it was used as a tool of nationalist mobilisation. Furthermore, I describe re-definitions of Bosnian citizenship during the war (1992-1995). Finally, I attempt to scrutinise the structure and current functioning of Dayton Bosnia’s multi-layered citizenship since the Dayton Peace Agreement introduced two-layer (state-level and entity-level) and multiethnic citizenship (ethnically-based political participation). The paper further explores the possible implications of Bosnia-Herzegovina’s eventual membership in the EU which would entail the introduction of European citizenship as an additional layer of Bosnian citizenship.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 245-267 |
Number of pages | 22 |
Journal | Transitions |
Volume | 51 |
Issue number | 1-2 |
Publication status | Published - 2011 |
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CITSEE: The Europeanisation of Citizenship in the Successor States of the Former Yugoslavia
Shaw, J., Krasniqi, G. & Stiks, I.
1/04/09 → 31/12/14
Project: Research
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Being Citizen the Bosnian Way: Transformation of Citizenship and Political Identities in Bosnia-Herzegovina
Stiks, I., 2009.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
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