Psychological Mechanisms of Ethnic Conflict in the Area of Former Yugoslavia — What is to be Done? Cover Image

Nacionalno i nacionalističko. Psihološki mehanizmi međunacionalnih sukoba na prostoru bivše Jugoslavije — Sto da se radi?
Psychological Mechanisms of Ethnic Conflict in the Area of Former Yugoslavia — What is to be Done?

Author(s): Ivan Šiber
Subject(s): Psychology, Geography, Regional studies, Nationalism Studies, Inter-Ethnic Relations, Peace and Conflict Studies
Published by: Fakultet političkih znanosti u Zagrebu
Keywords: ethnic conflict; Yugoslavia; psychological mechanisms;

Summary/Abstract: This paper analyses the grounds, the origins and the manifestations of the ethnic conflict in the area of former Yugoslavia on the basis of the current psychological thought. Deriving from Allport’ s “theory of prejudice”, we outline the historic grounds, the sociocultural diversity and the specific character of the particular social and political situation. Trying to find an answer to the crucial question: What is to be done? we make the distinction between the four stages of conflict: latency, manifestation, actualization and consolidation, as well as the three lines of action: institutional solutions, influence of the mass media and the process of political socialization.

  • Issue Year: XXXII/1995
  • Issue No: 02
  • Page Range: 77-90
  • Page Count: 14
  • Language: Croatian