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There are two general approaches to the role of sport in the development of minority ethnic communities. One focuses on the process of assimilation, while the other focuses on maintaining ethnic identity. This paper uses the example of Croats in New Zealand and their descendants to analyse the role of rugby in terms of both approaches. According to the main thesis, rugby played an important role in the process of integrating many members of the Croatian diaspora into New Zealand society, while simultaneously preserving identity elements of their country of origin and finally renewing their ties to Croatia after decades of being relatively poorly connected.

The goal of this paper is to discuss the heterogeneity of Croatian Diaspora based on a number of factors which could be used to potentially formulate and implement the politics directed toward Croats outside the Republic of Croatia. The paper is based on an analysis of 28 interviews and 11 focus groups, which altogether included 87 members of Croatian diaspora communities and repatriates and immigrants in Croatia. They provided us with a deeper insight into the current state of Croatian communities in the US, Canada, Argentina, Chile, Venezuela, Paraguay, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Denmark, Norway, Sweden and Australia. From these perspectives, we have analyzed the main provisions of the Act on the Relations of the Republic of Croatia with the Croats Abroad, which is the main legislative act in terms of providing a framework for the diaspora politics of Croatia.

Cilj rada je pruæiti uvid u teorijski okvir istraæivanja migracijskih procesa te πire kontekstualizirati iseljavanje s podruËja Hrvatske. To Êe omoguÊiti bolje razumijevanje rezultata istraæivanja koji se predstavljaju u narednim tekstovima u sklopu tematskog broja Ëasopisa. Pri tome se posebna vaænost obraÊa na osnovne karakteristike iseljeniËkih politika dræava kojih je Hrvatska bila sastavni dio od 19. stoljeÊa, a koje se prepoznaje kao vremenski okvir poËetka modernih masovnih migracija na ovom prostoru

U članku se na temelju 39 radova posvećenih iseljeničkoj tematici, objavljenih u Časopisu za suvremenu povijest
od 1969. do 2018., analizira istraženost povijesti hrvatskoga iseljeništva unutar hrvatske historiografije. Analiza je provedena na dvije razine. S jedne strane problematizirana je opća (pod)zastupljenost
navedene tematike u kontekstu cjelokupne hrvatske historiografije, a potom je postavljeno pitanje utjecaja dominantnoga narativa na istraživanje kroz tri ključne domene: izbor tema, upotreba karakteristične metodologije te sama interpretacija. Pritom su odvojeno promatrana dva razdoblja, za vrijeme Socijalističke Federativne Republike Jugoslavije te po ostvarenju samostalnosti Republike Hrvatske.
Usporedno s tim dijelom analize osnovne karakteristike radova na temu hrvatskoga iseljeništva kontekstualizirane su s dosezima stranih historiografija te srodnih znanstvenih disciplina s aspekta primjene teorijskih i metodoloških okvira istraživanja.

As opposed to the discourse marking the division between the subculturalists and the post-subculturalists, we hold that subculturalisation and tribalisation are essentially the same social process. The process within which the Croatian ultras subculture was formed, took place from the late 1970s to the late 1980s. Nationalism and violence are broadly acknowledged as the main features of this new subcultural style in socialist Yugoslavia. However, to fully understand the process it is necessary to study broader spectrum of influences and relationships between actors on the social scene. Therefore we put emphasis on the interaction between football supporters and subcultural styles founded on rock and similar genres of music. This interaction proved to be crucial in anti-establishment and anti-mainstream sensibilities of the emerging football supporter scene. This is particularly important while these sensibilities have remained one of basic characteristics of the ultras subculture in modern Croatia.