Ethnic Changes In The Population Structure Of Counties In Slavonia Between Two Censuses (1991–2001) Cover Image

Etničke promjene u strukturi stanovništva slavonskih županija između dvaju popisa (1991–2001)
Ethnic Changes In The Population Structure Of Counties In Slavonia Between Two Censuses (1991–2001)

Author(s): Dragutin Babić
Subject(s): Social Sciences
Published by: Institut za migracije i narodnosti
Keywords: Slavonia; war conflicts; ethnic/national structure; counties;

Summary/Abstract: In the period between two censuses (1991–2000), the population structure of Slavonia experienced significant socio-demographic changes, and structural disruption especially affected the ethnic/ national segment. This area of Croatia had been quite heterogeneous ethnically, with a significant proportion of both Croats and Serbs in the total population. Hence, in the 1991 census, in five Slavonian counties the total population had been 977,399, of which Croats accounted for 703,959 or 72.0% and Serbs for 167,094 or 17.0%. These two groups were followed by ethnic minorities, the greatest numbers and proportions of which in the Slavonian population were made up by Hungarians, Bosniaks, Slovaks, Ruthenians, Czechs and Ukrainians. Ethno-political mobilisation and the activation of prejudices and stereotypes in regard to others / different people in the pre-war period, and especially war conflicts deriving from Serb expansionist nationalism, brought about the disintegration of networks of primary social relations in local communities.

  • Issue Year: 2003
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 47-68
  • Page Count: 22
  • Language: Croatian