Original scientific paper
On Model of Ethnic Competition in the Case of Croatia
Vjeran Katunarić
; Department of Sociology, University of Zagreb, Croatia
Abstract
On the basis of empirical researches and other sources of knowledge about the situation in Croatia, particularly concerning the relationships between Croats and Serbs, author discusses conceptual and partly empirical application of the competition model. He analyzes the propositions concerning relation between competition and mobilization, the degree of equality between groups, the perception on (un) fair relations, the importance of collective goods (territory), and the relation between interdependence and separation. A preliminary conclusion is that model is most acceptable in explaining the following sources of conflict: the political competition following the emergence of the new elides, the competition for collective goods, and decreasing interdependence between the groups. Hence, but, the author points out that competition and conflict in Croatia is influenced by situation outside Croatia. That way, the model is more suited for explanation of the relation between Serbia and Croatia than the intergroups relations in Croatia — the institutional actors (state, military), than the group actors (ethnic or national groups).
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155017
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Publication date:
30.6.1992.
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