CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2014
| Author | Dimic, Snezana |
|---|---|
| Title | Between a Rock and a Hard Place: How Roma Populations are marginalized in Post-Dayton Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| Summary | The status of minorities in post-conflict societies across the globe is one of the greatest preoccupations in social science research. The Dayton Peace Agreement signed in 1995 and later adopted as the Constitution of the Bosnian and Herzegovinian state was found to be discriminatory against minorities. Still, the position of the Roma populations is poorly represented within the academic discussions. This thesis provides criticism of the Dayton Peace Agreement and analysis of behavior and political representation of constitutionally excluded minorities in the Bosnian and Herzegovinian post-conflict society. Conducting interviews and focus group research in Roma settlements “Gorica and “Poljice” in Bosnia and Herzegovina, I argue that even with the adoption of the Dayton Peace Agreement the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina still continued just with other resources. By encouraging ethnic and religious divisions in Bosnia and Herzegovina and promoting disintegration between the two entities, the balance of political power has generated a new war between “constituent people” and the category of “others”. Consequently, the existing Constitution provides a milieu where minorities are at ‘risk’ of not being a part of three-member presidency political system in post-war Bosnia and Herzegovina, which further leads to the failure of the international community’s goal of achieving democracy through the Dayton Peace Agreement in Bosnia and Herzegovina. |
| Supervisor | Professor Erin Kristin Jenne |
| Department | International Relations MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2014/dimic_snezana.pdf |
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