Identity and Secession: The Case of the Secession of Slovenia and Croatia from Yugoslavia
The secessions of Slovenia and Croatia – two interrelated and interdependent processes – put an end to the existence of the socialist federal Yugoslavia. The article examines the mutual influence of the identity transformations of the Slovenes and Croats in the second half of the 1980s – early 1990s...
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doaj-010f4b8903d34c2dbdbe7230416b7fac2021-08-31T06:10:30ZengАссоциация независимых экспертов «Центр изучения кризисного общества» (in English: Association for independent experts “Center for Crisis Society Studies”)Контуры глобальных трансформаций: политика, экономика, право2542-02402587-93242021-01-01141749710.23932/2542-0240-2021-14-1-4530Identity and Secession: The Case of the Secession of Slovenia and Croatia from YugoslaviaD. V. Efremenko0Institute of Scientific Information for Social Sciences of the Russian Academy of Sciences (INION RAN)The secessions of Slovenia and Croatia – two interrelated and interdependent processes – put an end to the existence of the socialist federal Yugoslavia. The article examines the mutual influence of the identity transformations of the Slovenes and Croats in the second half of the 1980s – early 1990s and the disintegration of the SFRY. Historical and cultural background, the influence of socio-political conditions and the purposeful efforts of key actors to transform identities are analyzed. It is shown that the main vector of changes in the identity of Slovenes and Croats in the second half of the 1980s – early 1990s favored secessions, but they were not predetermined. The influence of external factors was very strong, including, firstly, changes in the political landscape of Serbia and their echoes in the structures of power at the federal level, and, secondly, the approaching collapse of the political regime in the USSR and other countries of Eastern Europe, and also the end of the Cold War. The actions of political leaders were of particular importance for the transformations in the sphere of identity. Thanks to their efforts, the secessionist strategies strongly affected the identities of Slovenes and Croats. But in Croatia, with the coming to power of F. Tudjman and the Croatian Democratic Union, practically the entire system of government bodies began to function in the regime of a “nationalizing state” (R. Brubaker).https://www.ogt-journal.com/jour/article/view/719identityethno-nationalismsecessionpolitical agencydisintegration of the sfrysloveniacroatiaserbia |
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D. V. Efremenko Identity and Secession: The Case of the Secession of Slovenia and Croatia from Yugoslavia Контуры глобальных трансформаций: политика, экономика, право identity ethno-nationalism secession political agency disintegration of the sfry slovenia croatia serbia |
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Identity and Secession: The Case of the Secession of Slovenia and Croatia from Yugoslavia |
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Identity and Secession: The Case of the Secession of Slovenia and Croatia from Yugoslavia |
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Identity and Secession: The Case of the Secession of Slovenia and Croatia from Yugoslavia |
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Identity and Secession: The Case of the Secession of Slovenia and Croatia from Yugoslavia |
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Identity and Secession: The Case of the Secession of Slovenia and Croatia from Yugoslavia |
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identity and secession: the case of the secession of slovenia and croatia from yugoslavia |
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Ассоциация независимых экспертов «Центр изучения кризисного общества» (in English: Association for independent experts “Center for Crisis Society Studies”) |
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Контуры глобальных трансформаций: политика, экономика, право |
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The secessions of Slovenia and Croatia – two interrelated and interdependent processes – put an end to the existence of the socialist federal Yugoslavia. The article examines the mutual influence of the identity transformations of the Slovenes and Croats in the second half of the 1980s – early 1990s and the disintegration of the SFRY. Historical and cultural background, the influence of socio-political conditions and the purposeful efforts of key actors to transform identities are analyzed. It is shown that the main vector of changes in the identity of Slovenes and Croats in the second half of the 1980s – early 1990s favored secessions, but they were not predetermined. The influence of external factors was very strong, including, firstly, changes in the political landscape of Serbia and their echoes in the structures of power at the federal level, and, secondly, the approaching collapse of the political regime in the USSR and other countries of Eastern Europe, and also the end of the Cold War. The actions of political leaders were of particular importance for the transformations in the sphere of identity. Thanks to their efforts, the secessionist strategies strongly affected the identities of Slovenes and Croats. But in Croatia, with the coming to power of F. Tudjman and the Croatian Democratic Union, practically the entire system of government bodies began to function in the regime of a “nationalizing state” (R. Brubaker). |
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identity ethno-nationalism secession political agency disintegration of the sfry slovenia croatia serbia |
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