Collective Minority Rights and Problems in Their Legal Protection: The Example of Yugoslavia
Collective Minority Rights and Problems in Their Legal Protection: The Example of Yugoslavia
Author(s): Tibor VáradySubject(s): Political history, Government/Political systems, Politics and society, Social differentiation, Ethnic Minorities Studies, Sociology of Politics, Identity of Collectives
Published by: SAGE Publications Ltd
Keywords: Yugoslavia; ethnic minorities; minority rights; loss of standard; ethnic groups;
Summary/Abstract: Today in Yugoslavia (or in what was Yugoslavia) it has become painfully obvious that the standard was lost. Recriminations about the first blow are abundant. Some would single out an event of yesterday or of last week, others go far back in history searching for facts (or myths) that would explain (and justify) everything. Although very little time has been given to the teaching of national histories in the past decades in or outside of school, one of the characteristics of people belonging to embattled ethnic groups in Yugoslavia today is that they have all of a sudden become "experts" in national history, and particularly in the history of national myths. [...]
Journal: East European Politics and Societies
- Issue Year: 06/1992
- Issue No: 03
- Page Range: 260-282
- Page Count: 23
- Language: English
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