Essays about: "Croats"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 6 essays containing the word Croats.

  1. 1. Narratives of recent migration: Young, well-educated Croats in Ireland

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Anja Biser; [2021]
    Keywords : well-educated migrants; EU migrants; Ireland; migration narratives; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : In July 2013 Croatia has become the latest member state to join the European Union. Access to this single European area, in particular, to economically well-developed countries with a more robust labor market and a higher standard of living than Croatia resulted in intensification of emigration from Croatia. READ MORE

  3. 2. Who is Bosnian? : Ethnic Division in Bosnia and Herzegovina and its Implications for a National Identity

    University essay from Försvarshögskolan

    Author : Viktor Gunnarsson Popovic; [2020]
    Keywords : Bosnia and Herzegovina; identity; ethnic division; Dayton Agreement; Bosien-Hercegovina; identitet; etnisk uppdelning; Daytonavtalet;

    Abstract : This study deals with ethnic division in Bosnia and Herzegovina and its implications for a Bosnian collective national identity, in contrast to the ethnic identity of Bosniaks, Croats, and Serbs. The 1995 Dayton Agreement paves the way for a Bosnian state where a collective national identity is based on the state’s structure and institutions. READ MORE

  4. 3. Does Difference Equal Division? : A Study of Reconciliation and Political Attitudes among young Croats in Mostar

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för freds- och konfliktforskning

    Author : Maria Gustafsson (fd Greek); [2013]
    Keywords : reconciliation; post-conflict; Mostar; Balkan; post-conflict politics; peace-building; state-building;

    Abstract : With its departure in the challenge of avoiding conflict-issues becoming politics, the present study merges the literatures on reconciliation and post-conflict politics, and asks why a difference in post-conflict political moderation can be observed in individuals. It uses questionnaire- and interview-material gathered in Mostar during spring 2013 to do a comparative case study, testing the hypothesis that reconciliation makes individuals more politically moderate with respect to war-related issues. READ MORE

  5. 4. Intergroup relations and the perception of identity threat: the case study of central bosnia

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi

    Author : Dusan Milovic; [2013]
    Keywords : nation building; international community; identity threat; Identity; nationality; ethnicity; Croats; Bosniaks; Bosnia and Herzegovina; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This thesis, aiming to contribute to a better understanding of why Croats in Bosnia and Herzegovina fear a Bosniak-dominated state, is a response to development efforts of the international community to democratize Bosnian-Herzegovinian society, generate a shared sense of nationhood among all citizens and speed up its path towards Euro-Atlantic integrations. With the use of conceptual framework, the issue of fear was further abstracted in order to allow for a more meaningful analysis and explanation. READ MORE

  6. 5. An Institution of Benevolent Despotism? An Examination of the Office of the High Representative in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen

    Author : Helena Paulsson; [2011]
    Keywords : ethnic constitution.; consociationalism; Dayton agreement; Bosnia; High Representative; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : Kriget i Bosnien och Hercegovina tog slut för 15 år sedan. Daytonavtalet reglerar villkoren för fredsbyggandet i landet. Annex 4 i Daytonavtalet består av Bosniens konstitution. Konstitutionen innefattar flera aspekter av maktdelning mellan de tre konstituerande folken, bosniaker, kroater och serber. READ MORE