Position of minorities in Yugoslavia(s)
Položaj manjina u Jugoslavijama
Abstract
An important part of Yugoslavia's identity and democratic capacity, along with other features, was the position of persons belonging to minority communities. This Paper will try to establish what was the Yugoslav's minority policy like in various periods of its existence. The Kingdom of Yugoslavia had to accept the international commitments relating to the protection of minorities, but in practice it treated minorities selectively. In the socialist Yugoslavia, equalising the position of the persons belonging to national minorities, i.e. equal position of nations ('narodi') and nationalities ('narodnosti') was a part of the general state policy. Issues faced by the FR Yugoslavia (economic crisis, refugees, separatism of the Albanians in KiM, ethnic tensions, bombing of the country, etc.) reduced the level of protection of minorities and undermined the country's entire minority policy.
Važan deo identiteta, ali i demokratskog kapaciteta Jugoslavije, pored brojnih drugih obeležja, bilo je i pitanje položaja pripadnika manjinskih zajednica. Kraljevina Jugoslavija je morala da prihvati međunarodne obaveze o zaštiti manjina, ali je imala selektivan odnos prema manjinama. Za socijalističku Jugoslaviju izjednačavanje položaja pripadnika nacionalnih manjina, tj. narodnosti sa narodima bio je deo državne politike. Problemi sa kojima se SR Jugoslavija suočavala (ekonomska kriza, izbeglice, separatizam Albanaca na KiM, etničke tenzije, bombardovanje zemlje i dr.) umanjili su nivo zaštite manjina i doveli u pitanje celokupnu manjinsku politiku države.
Keywords:
Yugoslavia / national minorities / nationalities / minority politics / Jugoslavija / nacionalne manjine / narodnosti / manjinska politikaSource:
Sociološki pregled, 2018, 52, 4, 1171-1195Publisher:
- Sociološko društvo Srbije, Beograd
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FBTY - JOUR AU - Obradović, Žarko PY - 2018 UR - https://rhinosec.fb.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/384 AB - An important part of Yugoslavia's identity and democratic capacity, along with other features, was the position of persons belonging to minority communities. This Paper will try to establish what was the Yugoslav's minority policy like in various periods of its existence. The Kingdom of Yugoslavia had to accept the international commitments relating to the protection of minorities, but in practice it treated minorities selectively. In the socialist Yugoslavia, equalising the position of the persons belonging to national minorities, i.e. equal position of nations ('narodi') and nationalities ('narodnosti') was a part of the general state policy. Issues faced by the FR Yugoslavia (economic crisis, refugees, separatism of the Albanians in KiM, ethnic tensions, bombing of the country, etc.) reduced the level of protection of minorities and undermined the country's entire minority policy. AB - Važan deo identiteta, ali i demokratskog kapaciteta Jugoslavije, pored brojnih drugih obeležja, bilo je i pitanje položaja pripadnika manjinskih zajednica. Kraljevina Jugoslavija je morala da prihvati međunarodne obaveze o zaštiti manjina, ali je imala selektivan odnos prema manjinama. Za socijalističku Jugoslaviju izjednačavanje položaja pripadnika nacionalnih manjina, tj. narodnosti sa narodima bio je deo državne politike. Problemi sa kojima se SR Jugoslavija suočavala (ekonomska kriza, izbeglice, separatizam Albanaca na KiM, etničke tenzije, bombardovanje zemlje i dr.) umanjili su nivo zaštite manjina i doveli u pitanje celokupnu manjinsku politiku države. PB - Sociološko društvo Srbije, Beograd T2 - Sociološki pregled T1 - Position of minorities in Yugoslavia(s) T1 - Položaj manjina u Jugoslavijama VL - 52 IS - 4 SP - 1171 EP - 1195 DO - 10.5937/socpreg52-19885 UR - conv_140 ER -
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Obradović, Ž.. (2018). Position of minorities in Yugoslavia(s). in Sociološki pregled Sociološko društvo Srbije, Beograd., 52(4), 1171-1195. https://doi.org/10.5937/socpreg52-19885 conv_140
Obradović Ž. Position of minorities in Yugoslavia(s). in Sociološki pregled. 2018;52(4):1171-1195. doi:10.5937/socpreg52-19885 conv_140 .
Obradović, Žarko, "Position of minorities in Yugoslavia(s)" in Sociološki pregled, 52, no. 4 (2018):1171-1195, https://doi.org/10.5937/socpreg52-19885 ., conv_140 .