Youth Ethnic and National Identity in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Youth Ethnic and National Identity in Bosnia and Herzegovina is an interdisciplinary effort to position and describe the contested nature of state and ethnic identity among youth in Bosnia and Herzegovina by providing empirical, first-hand evidence on identity structure and the subsequent implications for inter-group relations.

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Danijela Majstorovi? is Associate Professor of Discourse Analysis, Language and Communication and Cultural Studies at the University of Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina. She is the author of Discourse, Power and the International Community and the editor of Living With Patriarchy: Discursive Construction of Gendered Subjects Across Cultures and Critical Cultural Studies in Post-Yugoslav Spaces. Danijela is also the producer and director of the documentaries Counterpoint for Her and Dream Job.

Vladimir Turja?anin is Associate Professor of Social Psychology at the University of Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina. His research interests include the psychology of group processes, inter-group relations, ethnic identity, and prejudice in Bosnia and Herzegovina. He has led a number of nation-wide research projects in Bosnia and Herzegovina, including a UNICEF-sponsored study of ethnically divided schools. His publications include several books on social identity and ethnic attitudes of youth in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

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Preface Introduction PART I: ETHNICITY IN THEORY 1. Troubles with Ethnicity 2. Interdisciplinary Study and Conceptualization of the Ethnic Identity 3. Measuring Ethnic Identity PART II: ETHNICITY AND IDENTITY IN QUALITATIVE FOCUS 4. Ethnic and National Identity and Ethnic Nationalism in the Public Sphere in Bosnia and Herzegovina 5. More than Blood and Soil? PART III: SOCIAL IDENTITY AND INTERETHNIC RELATIONS 6. Forms and Salience of Ethnic Identities in B and H 7. Perception of Ethnic Groups in B and H 8. Socio-Psychological Characteristics of the Ethnic Distances in Youth in B and H 9. Wrapping it All Up