Pregledni rad

Ethnic Distance of Citizens of Republika Srpska and the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina towards Nations of Former Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia

Srđan Puhalo ; Psiholog - istraživač, Banja Luka, Bosna i Hercegovina

Sažetak

The war waged in Bosnia and Herzegovina was concluded at the end of 1995 when UN forces arrived and the Dayton Agreement was signed. Bosnia and Herzegovina which in ex-Yugoslavia represented a symbol of brotherhood and unity became a state where three belligerent and deeply divided nations co-exist. Six years later it was very interesting to analyze to what extent citizens of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Republika Srpska are ready and willing to establish social relations among themselves as well with other nations of the former Yugoslavia.
Results of the research show that citizens of Bosnia and Herzegovina are highly reserved towards the nations with which they co-lived in one state only ten years ago. There are numerous reasons why they refuse to establish certain relations with those nations: open hostility during the war, ignorance of the way of live of other nations, stereotypes and prejudices against other nations, lack of accurate information, self-containment of those societies, etc.
In Bosnia and Herzegovina there is low level of trust among nations and it will take a great amount of good will, time and effort in order to regain the past mutual trust. Only then can ethnic reservation towards nations in Bosnia and Herzegovina as well as towards other nations diminish. Weakening of ethnic reservation towards other nations will confirm clearly that Bosnia and Herzegovina has become a true democratic state in which an individual is appreciated according to his qualities and not according to his ethnic affiliation.

Ključne riječi

research; Bosnia and Herzegovina; Serbs; Slovenians; Croats; Muslims (Bosniaks); Montenegrians; Albanians; Roma; democratic state

Hrčak ID:

286997

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/286997

Datum izdavanja:

31.12.2003.

Podaci na drugim jezicima: hrvatski

Posjeta: 299 *