OD PROMJENE POLITIČKOG DISKURSA DO GRAĐANSKOG RATA: POLITIČKE ELITE I NACIONALNA MOBILIZACIJA U JUGOSLAVIJI
FROM THE CHANGE OF POLITICAL DISCOURSE TO THE CIVIL WAR: POLITICAL ELITES AND NATIONAL MOBILISATION IN YUGOSLAVIA

Summary/Abstract: This paper will try to determine how, as opposed to papers emphasizing deep and profound ethnic hatred and opposing national ideology as dominant explanations for the demise of Yugoslavia, an important factor in the process of demise is the actual role of political elites in weakening of institutional structures of Yugoslavian federal system. The internal structure of the state through divided political loyalty and republic rivalry encouraged inner-ethnic competition, used by political elites for national mobilization. In process of mobilization through institutionalization of separatists sentiments, change of political discourse and alteration of public perception of Yugoslavia, was brought forth by political elites with their increasingly radicalized political demands, which ultimately made the state extremely unstable thus making its disintegration and ultimate demise inevitable.

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