CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2008
| Author | Mitrovic, Jelena |
|---|---|
| Title | Bridging the Divide-'Unifications' of Mostar |
| Summary | Can Mostar and the experiences from Mostar be understood as blueprints for arranging Bosnia? The system change, brought about with the new statute in 2004, was established on the ethnic division, but using the 1991 census data, thus creating a power-sharing layout which includes all three constituent peoples, as well as the ‘others’. The recent political climate in Bosnia is such that the debates about its constitutional arrangements are once again in the focus of political and social interests. What is the best solution for Bosnia? The programs offered are more or less similar to those starting from the dissolution of Yugoslavia. There are three main options, the first one calling for Bosnia based on three ethnically based entities. This option never left the nationalist rhetoric in Bosnia, especially Serb and Croat groups. In the end of March and the beginning of April 2008, there was organized signing of the petition for requesting the creation of the third, Croat entity in Bosnia. The second option would be the remaining of status quo by keeping the established entities, Republika Srpska and Federation Bosnia and Herzegovina, but providing the better protection of individual and group-specific identities. The third option also calls for decentralization of Bosnia, but by abolishing the existing entities and by establishing counties (or cantons) based on regional and economic conditions. All three options have their place in political and social discourse in Bosnia, and are analyzed on the case of Mostar, its administrative unification and meaning of symbols in everyday life. |
| Supervisor | Bieber, Florian |
| Department | Nationalism Studies MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2008/mitrovic_jelena.pdf |
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