ETHNIC DISTANCE IN MONTENEGRO 2013
ETHNIC DISTANCE IN MONTENEGRO 2013

Author(s): Miloš Bešić, Nenad Koprivica, Dženita Brčvak
Subject(s): Inter-Ethnic Relations, Ethnic Minorities Studies
Published by: CEDEM Centar za Demokratiju i Ljudska Prava
Keywords: Ethnic Distance;
Summary/Abstract: The issue of interethnic relations is a particularly sensitive issue in multinational environments. Montenegro is a multi-ethnic society with every fifth citizen belongs to a minority group. This problem is also particularly complex at the national plane due to the fact that at the historical plane there is serious discrepancy in terms of the dominant ethnic group. More specifically, the conflict is more political than ethnic and it particularly concerns Montenegrin and Serbian identities. This conflict, which concerns the self-definition and the identity of Montenegrins and Serbs, has been persistently repeating itself in the important historical periods, producing tensions at the political plane that destabilise Montenegrin society. Also, it must be borne in mind that exactly this very conflict constituted a key element of political divisions in recent Montenegrin history that led to referendum in 2006 and to the separation of Montenegro from the State Union with Serbia.

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