IZGRADNJA NADNACIONALNOG IDENTITETA U BOSNI I HERCEGOVINI
CONSTRUCTION OF TRANSNATIONAL IDENTITY IN BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA

Summary/Abstract: In this paper, I have elaborated the phenomenon of state affiliation as a form of transnational identification of national community members in Bosnia and Herzegovina. On the political agenda in Bosnia and Herzegovina, the individual does not function as a citizen but exclusively as a member of ethnic identity, which significantly slows down reintegration processes. A multiethnic being of Bosnia and Herzegovina is appropriate for symbiosis of national and republican models of political community in which the republican model refers to citizenship focused on the political community,which transcends ethnic and religious identities. The symbiosis of the two models would affirm patriotism of national communities towards the state of Bosnia and Herzegovina as well as the participation of individuals (citizens) in the political life of Bosnia and Herzegovina. On the plan of building the transnational identity in Bosnia and Herzegovina it is necessary to make a distinction between ethnic and political identity. Switzerland represents the paradigm of transnational identification of the members of different national communities in which the sense of shared participation is an expression of patriotism towards the common state. In this paper I have also elaborated assumptions of loyalty of members of national communities in Bosnian society and state, among which are: Bosnia’s accession to the European Union, affirmation of education for democracy, coexistence and tolerance, building trust and shared values among members of national communities in Bosnia and Herzegovina, forming a nation as a political community.

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