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): Adis Maksić
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: When Toal argues that Dodik is the RS “body politic,” he refers to the image of a courageous, masculine, and virtuous national leader who embodies the pleasures, pains, needs, and wants of the RS. By articulating the ambitions few others have dared to publicly mention, Dodik initiated a process of placing himself in this position.

  • Issue Year: 2013
  • Issue No: 12-13
  • Page Range: 42-46
  • Page Count: 5
  • Language: English