Original scientific paper
Political Identities of Periphery
Željko Boneta
Abstract
The paper analyses differences in political identities within three Croatian regions: Gorski kotar, Istria and Lika. Author's starting hypothesis consists in presumed correlation between political identity of a particular periphery and the extent of its modernization process. Differences in historical, cultural and political peripheries in Croatia influence shaping of their contemporary political identities. The hypothesis is tested with three methods: field study, interview with local elites and analysis of newspaper articles. Results of research demonstrate a relationship between intensity of modernization process within three peripheries and importance of primordial dimension in political identity. Respondents from periphery less influenced by modernization waves tend to prefer a party regardless of significant criticism expressed toward the quality of its ruling in that area. In the more developed periphery such a disbalance between “logic of the heart” and “logic of the reason” is less present.
Keywords
ISTRIA; GORSKI KOTAR; LIKA; MODERNIZATION; PERIPHERY; CENTER; IDEOLOGICAL SELF-IDENTIFICATION
Hrčak ID:
13695
URI
Publication date:
31.12.2004.
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