Original scientific paper

https://doi.org/10.47960/2303-7431.26.2021.7

ELECTORAL REFORM IN BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA AND CROATS’ ATTITUDES TOWARDS ELECTORAL LEGITIMACY

Ivan Vukadin ; University of Mostar, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
Gordana Iličić orcid.org/0000-0001-8199-2379 ; University of Mostar, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
Ivan Ćubela orcid.org/0000-0002-3861-9517 ; University of Mostar, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences

Abstract

The paper is based on empirical research structured on the claim that
the current Election Law cannot fulfill the requirements of the segmented
Bosnian-Herzegovinian society, especially the smallest Croatian segment.
The research conceived on the basis of questionnaire and empirical
analysis showed that the opinion of Croats on the overall social and
political situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina is extremely negative. The
Election Law has proved to prefer unitarization of Bosnia and Herzegovina,
which is not appropriate for segmented societies such as Bosnian
and Herzegovinian. Field research was conducted throughout entire
country in order to obtain a complete and relevant empirical framework
for opinion of the Croatian people, and the research structure followed
the administrative-territorial organization of Bosnia and Herzegovina,
taking into account entity levels, cantons and Brčko District.

Keywords

Bosnia and Herzegovina; Croats; electoral reform; legitimacy; segmented pluralism

Hrčak ID:

279958

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/279958

Publication date:

23.6.2022.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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