Croatian Politics in Bosnia and Herzegovina in the Context of the Declarative and Realistic Spatial Coverage of the Croatian Community / Republic Cover Image

Hrvatska politika unutar Bosne i Hercegovine u kontekstu deklarativnoga i realnoga prostornog opsega Hrvatske zajednice / Republike Herceg-Bosne
Croatian Politics in Bosnia and Herzegovina in the Context of the Declarative and Realistic Spatial Coverage of the Croatian Community / Republic

Author(s): Saša Mrduljaš
Subject(s): Social Sciences
Published by: Institut društvenih znanosti Ivo Pilar
Keywords: Croats; Serbs; Muslims/Bosniacs; Bosnia and Herzegovina; Croatian community / Republic of Herzeg- -Bosnia; international community

Summary/Abstract: In this paper the author analyses the character of the Croatian positional policy in Bosnia and Herzegovina in the context of its (initial) positions regarding the size of the Croatian unit in a complexly organised Bosnia and Herzegovina as well as its subsequent influence in that area. Based on insight, the conclusion has been reached that due to pretensions against a number of Serbian and Bosnian ethnic spaces in Bosnia and Herzegovina, the mentioned positions could justifiably have been understood in a negative way, especially on the Serbian and Bosnian side. However, the Croatian policy for establishing an autonomous Croatian territorial unit in Bosnia and Herzegovina was mostly reduced to Croatian ethnic spaces and their protection, with a willingness, expressed at negotiations held under the auspices of the international community, to accept that the Croatian unit include even less territory than covered by Croatian ethnic spaces in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

  • Issue Year: 18/2009
  • Issue No: 102+103
  • Page Range: 825-850
  • Page Count: 26
  • Language: Croatian