DEMOKRATIZACIJA BOSNE I HERCEGOVINE
DEMOCRATIZATION OF BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA

THE PROBLEM OF POLITICAL IDENTITY CONSTRUCTION

Summary/Abstract: The process of democratization of Bosnia and Herzegovina started with the disintegration of the Yugoslav state in whose frame Bosnia and Herzegovina was one of the six federal units. As a very complex federal state Yugoslavia did not function on a voluntary basis principles. It was being held together only through the repression of the system. The fall of the socialism as an ideology and as an order, as well as loosening of the control, meant at the same time the end of the Yugoslav federation. The beginnings of the democratization of BH that are to be seen in the process of introducing multi-party system are marked by national homogenization of the three ethnic segments. Under historical circumstances and under various influences, Bosnia and Herzegovina did not stand a chance to construct a uniform political identity. Each country, in order to exist, must be based on a sense of belonging of its citizens and nations. It must be based on a consensus about the important value system and a manner of achieving common interests. No country can exist without political identity. That is the basic problem of Bosnia and Herzegovina as a political community. It is the main obstacle in the democratization process and its development.

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