ETHNOCENTRISM AND STRIFE AMONG POLITICAL ELITES: THE END OF YUGOSLAVIA

In: Governance: an international journal of policy and administration and institutions, Band 6, Heft 3, S. 372-385

Abstract

THIS ARTICLE OFFERS HYPOTHESES AND EXPLANTIONS OF THE ETHNOCENTRISM AND STRIFE AMONG POLITICAL ELITES IN FORMER YUGOSLAVIA. IT EXAMINES EARLY DECENTRALIZATION ARRANGEMENTS AND THE RESULTING ETHNOCENTRIC MOBILIZATION INSTEAD OF DEMOCRATIC PLURALIZATION. THE DISINTEGRATION OF THE FEDERAL/NATIONAL ELITE, AND THE YUGOSLAV ARMY ELITE ARE EXPLORED. IT CONCLUDES THAT FUTURE PEACE AND STABLITY OF THE REGION AS A WHOLE ARE DIRECTLY DEPENDENT ON TWO FACTORS: THE ABOLITION OF THE AUTHORITARIAN REGIMES WHICH STILL EXIST AND THE UNCOMPROMISING REMOVAL FROM POWER OF ALL OF THE ELITES RESPONSIBLE FOR THE WAR.