CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2015
| Author | Burazer, Nikola |
|---|---|
| Title | From Segmentation to Dissolution: The Segmental Institutions Thesis and the Case of Yugoslavia |
| Summary | The dissolution of Yugoslavia presents one of the most well-known and tragic examples of failure of ethnofederal states. In this Thesis, Philip Roeder’s Segmental Institutions Thesis, a theory offering an institutional explanation of nationalism, nation-state crises and the creation of new nation-states, is tested on the case of Yugoslavia. After a brief introduction into the history of Yugoslavia and the Yugoslav idea and the presentation of the Segmental Institutions Thesis, process tracing is used to test its validity in the case of Yugoslavia. Analysis shows the confirmation of the Segmental Institutions Thesis in the arenas of politics at the periphery and politics between the periphery and the center, but with a less clear explanatory power in the case of the break-up of the state itself. Overall, the Segmental Institutions Thesis offers a convincing explanation of the processes that let to both the destruction of Yugoslavia as a state and of Yugoslavs as a nation. |
| Supervisor | Pelinka, Anton; Bogaards, Matthijs |
| Department | Nationalism Studies MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2015/burazer_nikola.pdf |
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