RIZICI SOCIJALNOG RAZVOJA REPUBLIKE SRPSKE
RISKS OF THE SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF SERBIA

Summary/Abstract: Social development of Republika Srpska is determined by socio-economic processes characteristic of post-conflict and transitional society. The social breakdown of society that followed the collapse of concept of development was intensified by the consequences of war conflicts during the nineties of the last century and the consequences of natural disasters in the first decades of the 21stcentury. In the meantime, global processes took place that additionally determined the social development of Bosnia and Herzegovina and Republika Srpska within it. Economic turbulence on the global world capital market in 2007, the corona virus pandemic in 2020 and the war in Ukraine in2022 further disrupted the social stability of the society of Republika Srpska. The constant conflict between the state and the entity has all along acted as a political catalyst for increasing social uncertainty among citizens, especially those who are the most socially sensitive. Changes in the economic environment, demographic processes, foreign and domestic political context have greatly influenced the key risks of the social development of Republika Srpska. The poor, children and young people, persons with disabilities, the elderly, women and members of minority groups are the most socially sensitive groups, whose fates can most clearly identify the key risks of the social development of the contemporary society of the Republic of Srpska, namely: depopulation, poverty and economic deprivation, unemployment, crisis of family and family values, gender inequality, threat to mental health, etc. The article deals with the causes and consequences of certain social risks on the development of Republika Srpska, with implications for the most socially sensitive categories of the population.

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