Abstract / Description of output
This article offers several interlinked hypotheses aimed at greater understanding of sustainable internal self-determination (political autonomy) within multinational states. At its core is the argument that political grievances of the largest national collective are a critical element in understanding the possibility of accommodation of claims for internal self-determination. Where majority grievances are intense and directly linked with the claims to self-determination of smaller national communities, self-determination will be a constant source of destabilizing political tensions. The second part of the article posits that even in such circumstances, there are ideational and organizational pathways through which majority grievances can be tempered. I use the example of socialist Yugoslavia and post-war Bosnia and Herzegovina to illustrate this point and suggest future areas for research.
| Translated title of the contribution | Bosnia is (not) like Yugoslavia: The structure of grievances and responses to self-determination claims in multinational states |
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| Original language | Bosnian |
| Pages (from-to) | 164-190 |
| Number of pages | 27 |
| Journal | Politicka Misao |
| Volume | 52 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| Publication status | Published - 1 Feb 2015 |
Keywords / Materials (for Non-textual outputs)
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- multinational states
- political autonomy
- self-determination
- Yugoslavia