Minority refugee return as a tool to reverse ethnic cleansing : the case of Bosnia and Herzegovina

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Result on the web

<a href="https://hrcak.srce.hr/210674" target="_blank" >https://hrcak.srce.hr/210674</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

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Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Minority refugee return as a tool to reverse ethnic cleansing : the case of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Original language description

In the post-war Bosnia and Herzegovina, the internationally administered peacebuilding process stressed minority refugee return as an unprecedented tool for reversing outcomes of the war-time massive ethnic cleansings. This paper utilizes newly available statistical data to systematically assess the actual impact of the minority return process on the post-conflict demography of the country in regard to its intended goal of restoring its ethnic heterogeneity. By comparison of the 2013 census data to the pre-war demographic figures it is uncovered to what extent has the refugee return succeeded in reversing the ethnic cleansing of 1990s. Findings reveal significant group-related and regional differences in the impact of the return on reversal of homogenization effects of the conflict. The overall return rate of Bosniak minority communities is estimated at 48%, Croat at 27%, and Serb at only 11%. However, all three groups experienced both successful and failed outcomes of the process in different areas that follow wider regional patterns. In general, the country certainly lost significant part of its pre-war local heterogeneity in the war. Nevertheless, while effects of war-time homogenization have been confirmed in some areas, the minority return partially reversed cleansings in other regions.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_ost - Miscellaneous article in a specialist periodical

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

50601 - Political science

Project

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Continuities

S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach

Publication year

2018

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Forum for Security Studies

ISSN

2459-6639

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

vol. 2

Issue of the periodical within the volume

no. 2

Country of publishing house

HR - CROATIA

Number of pages

40

Pages from-to

6-45

UT code for WoS article

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EID of the result in the Scopus database

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