THE ATTITUDE OF THE BOSNIAN AND HERZEGOVINIAN POLITICAL ELITE TOWARDS THE VALUES OF ZAVNOBiH DURING THE 1970-IES AND 1980-IES Cover Image

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THE ATTITUDE OF THE BOSNIAN AND HERZEGOVINIAN POLITICAL ELITE TOWARDS THE VALUES OF ZAVNOBiH DURING THE 1970-IES AND 1980-IES

Author(s): Dženita Sarač-Rujanac
Subject(s): History, Political history, Recent History (1900 till today), Post-War period (1950 - 1989)
Published by: Institut za istoriju
Keywords: Bosnia and Herzegovina; ZAVNOBiH; Federation; equality; egalitarianism; Branko Mikulić

Summary/Abstract: Generally speaking, it can be said that the values of ZAVNOBiH had a great significance for the Bosnian and Herzegovinian political elites during the 1970-ies and 1980-ies. They were mostly a topic of conversation during the marking of the ”glorious war revolution”, but the decisions of ZAVNOBiH were used as an answer to various challenges and dilemmas which faced the republican leadership. The principles of equality of republics and the peoples were etched into the long lasting programme of work of the Bosnian and Herzegovinian elite. They were the basis of the political struggle for equality within the Federation, but also the basis for the regulation of every day life in the Republic itself. In public appearances politicians always began with the principles and values of ZAVNOBiH as the basis for the visible development of Bosnia and Herzegovina on the social and economical level. However, the processes which developed during the 1970-ies and 1980-ies in Bosnia and Herzegovina show that the proclaimed principles of equality were at the same time a political argument but also a goal which the Bosnian and Herzegovinian elite attempted to reach.

  • Issue Year: 2013
  • Issue No: 12
  • Page Range: 185-199
  • Page Count: 15
  • Language: Bosnian