CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2012
| Author | Sljivar, Ivana |
|---|---|
| Title | Memory and Identity in Croatia-Process of Europeanization |
| Summary | Croatia has gone through two important regime changes. One was transition from being part of Yugoslavia to becoming part of independent state, with Franjo Tudjman as first president of Croatia. First one was followed by referendum for independence. Second transition happened in January 2012 when on EU accession referendum, Croatia voted yes. I argue that in this context memory and identity became more significant and intertwined. In the time of crises or in this case identity crises, the strong link between them was even more emphasized. Political leaders like Tudjman was, understood the power that past has, and thus constructed particular historical narratives to address his “political need” and that is Croatia being an independent state. Coming back to the present this was again invoked, just “the need” was different and this time pro-European narratives were dominating the discourse. |
| Supervisor | Karin Liebhart |
| Department | International Relations MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2012/sljivar_ivana.pdf |
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