Citizens of an empty nation, youth and state-making in postwar Bosnia-Herzegovina, Azra Hromadžić
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Citizens of an empty nation, youth and state-making in postwar Bosnia-Herzegovina, Azra Hromadžić
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eng
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-224) and index
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illustrations
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index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
Citizens of an empty nation
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bibliography
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893455549
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Azra Hromadžić
Series statement
The ethnography of political violence
Sub title
youth and state-making in postwar Bosnia-Herzegovina
Summary
In the wake of devastating conflict in Bosnia-Herzegovina, the polarizing effects of everyday ethnic divisions, combined with hardened allegiances to ethnic nationalism and the rigid arrangements imposed in international peace-building agreements, have produced what Azra Hromadžić calls an "empty nation." Hromadžić explores the void created by unresolved tensions between mandated reunification initiatives and the segregation institutionalized by power-sharing democracy, and how these conditions are experienced by youths who have come of age in postconflict Bosnia-Herzegovina. Building on long-term ethnographic research at the first integrated school of Bosnia-Herzegovina, Citizens of an Empty Nation offers a ground-level view of how the processes of reunification play out at the Mostar Gymnasium. Hromadžić details the local effects of the tensions and contradictions inherent in the processes of postwar state-making, shedding light on the larger projects of humanitarian intervention, social cohesion, cross-ethnic negotiations, and citizenship. In this careful ethnography, the Mostar Gymnasium becomes a powerful symbol for the state's simultaneous segregation and integration as the school's shared halls, bathrooms, and computer labs foster dynamic spaces for a rich cross-ethnic citizenship<U+0127> or else remain empty.--, Provided by publisher
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- Youth -- Bosnia and Herzegovina -- Mostar -- Attitudes
- High school students -- Bosnia and Herzegovina -- Mostar -- Social conditions -- Case studies
- School integration + Political aspects -- Bosnia and Herzegovina -- Mostar -- Case studies
- Mostar (Bosnia and Herzegovina) -- Ethnic relations
- Nation-building -- Bosnia and Herzegovina -- Mostar -- 21st century
- Ethnicity + Political aspects -- Bosnia and Herzegovina -- Mostar
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- Youth -- Bosnia and Herzegovina -- Mostar -- Attitudes
- High school students -- Bosnia and Herzegovina -- Mostar -- Social conditions -- Case studies
- School integration + Political aspects -- Bosnia and Herzegovina -- Mostar -- Case studies
- Mostar (Bosnia and Herzegovina) -- Ethnic relations
- Nation-building -- Bosnia and Herzegovina -- Mostar -- 21st century
- Ethnicity + Political aspects -- Bosnia and Herzegovina -- Mostar
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