Etnonacionalizam, društvena (dez)integracija i pozicioniranje spram etnički »drugih« u višeetničkim područjima Hrvatske
Ethno-nationalism, Social (Dis)integration and Positioning towards the Ethnic »Other« in Multiethnic Areas in Croatia

Summary/Abstract: The paper analyzes the link between ethno-nationalism and (dis)integration of multiethnic areas. The first section presents Delanty’s & O’Mahony’s Fields of Nationalist Activity Model and Brubaker’s Cognitive perspective. The author deems that these theoretical approaches can explain the causes of unequal experience of (dis)integration of multiethnic areas arising from the context of ethnic tensions in the wider region. In the second section of the paper, the hypotheses derived from the mentioned theoretical approaches were tested using data collected in a survey that was conducted on a sample from six multiethnic Croatian cities/municipalities. The results show that the openness of ethnic boundaries in all of the measured aspects was greater in the areas that have not experienced significant social disintegration compared to those that have. Taking into account the presented theoretical assumptions, findings from the previous research and the results of this study, it was concluded that different experiences of (dis) integration of multiethnic areas were not formed by the characteristics of ethnic groups per se, but rather by the dynamics of social and political fields of activity.

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