Религијски оријентисане партије на западном Балкану
Religiously Oriented Parties at Western Balkans

Summary/Abstract: Demolition of single-party system and the disintegration of former Yugoslavia during 1990-ies introduced a policy of political pluralism in all newly established countries. With the introduction of the multiparty system, religion was introduced to the political scene. In all newly established countries, the impact of religion onto politics was felt. Some of the political parties were formed as the primary religious parties and thus they introduced religion as the primary political fact. Other parties although formed as secular ones they indicated that their inspiration comes from religion or tradition related to religion. The influence of these parties in political life and proclaimed democratization, that all of these counties aspire to it is more than clear. This paper will show how these political parties that operates in newly formed countries and how their work contributes to democratization. Special emphasis will be put on the analysis of political differences and political practices that will show us in the best way that the aforementioned parties indeed influence the democratization of political systems in those newly formed countries. Based on that the real picture gain will be acquired showing how political parties inspired by religion can contribute to Euro-Atlantic integration to which all of them declaratively tend to.

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