Suchergebnisse

Es werden forschungs- und praxisrelevante Ergebnisse von Untersuchungen zum Politikverstaendnis Jugendlicher sowie zum Einfluss des politischen Systems und der Erziehungsinstitutionen auf politische Meinungsbildung, Verhalten und Einstellungen vorgestellt. Geschlecht, Alter, Bildungsstand, Lebenseinstellung, soziales Umfeld, sozialer Status u. a. waren Aspekte der Untersuchungen. (DIPF/St.)

Argues that responsibility for the disintegration of Yugoslavia cannot be laid solely on Balkan tribalism, but must also consider other variables -- flawed Yugoslav & international institutions, criminally irresponsible political leaders manipulating national/ethnic tensions, & an unstable international security environment. It is shown that both ethnonationalism & a failure of political institutionalization contributed to the collapse of both interwar & post-WWII southern Slav efforts at state building. Further, recent political leaders are demonstrated to have manipulated the continuing ethnic unrest for their political interest; international institutions such as the International Monetary Fund & the World Bank are indicted for creating conditions in which such leaders could become successful. It is concluded that, if democratic institutions are to be created in this area in the near future, it will have to be done in the political context of ethnonationalism. 2 Appendixes. D. M. Smith