Uspostava komunističke vlasti kao okvir za pojavu “disidentstva, opozicije i otpora’’ na primjeru Bosne i Hercegovine
The Establishment of Communist Government as a Framework for the Appearance of “Dissidence, Opposition and Resistance” in the example of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Author(s): Vera Katz
Subject(s): Political history, Government/Political systems, Electoral systems, Post-War period (1950 - 1989), History of Communism
Published by: Hrvatski institut za povijest
Keywords: Bosnia and Herzegovina; dissidents; opposition; electoral lists; confiscation;
Summary/Abstract: Starting from the definition of dissidence and opposition, in Bosnia and Hercegovina there was no public expressions or declarations of that kind at the time of the establishment of communist rule. Systematic measures, followed by their rigorous application enabled the activity of middle-class politicians, but also all of those who did not agree with communist rule. The new government employed legalistic solutions such as confiscation, nationalization, sequestration, and agrarian reforms effectively against the wealthier and influential middle-class stratum, while individuals were dealt with through state courts, courts of national honour, and their removal from electoral lists. The vigilance of the Party was evident in all state, party, economic, cultural and other institutions, and every deviation from established party policy was sanctioned. All the revolutionary measures directed against opposition to popular government occurred in the ruined, impoverished, backward Bosnian and Hercegovinian milieu weighed down by the heavy burden of national tensions.

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