Comments on Gerard Toal’s “‘Republika Srpska will have a referendum’: the rhetorical politics of Milorad Dodik” Cover Image

Komentari na studiju Gerarda Toala: "Republika Srpska će imati referendum": Retorička politika Milorada Dodika"
Comments on Gerard Toal’s “‘Republika Srpska will have a referendum’: the rhetorical politics of Milorad Dodik”

Author(s): Danijela Majstorović
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences
Published by: Atlantska inicijativa: Udruženje za promicanje euroatlantskih integracija BiH
Keywords: Republika Srpska; Milorad Dodik; Bosnia and Herzegovina

Summary/Abstract: The author is clearly critical of Dodik’s rhetoric, but somehow it reads as too simplistic. Dodik’s separationist rhetoric is visible, yet we need to ask ourselves, why is it so powerful, so temptingly populist, and what kind of political imaginary does it offer? Also, does it really bother the international community that much?

  • Issue Year: 2013
  • Issue No: 12-13
  • Page Range: 38-41
  • Page Count: 4
  • Language: English