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Intro -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- 1: Introduction -- Introduction -- A Brief History of Identities -- Identities at Present -- Identities and Social Cohesion or Intergroup Conflict -- Group and Identity Threats at Present -- Identity in Post-Conflict Devolved Nations -- Agenda of the Present Research -- References -- 2: Setting the Stage: Research on National, Ethnic, and Religious Identities after the Recent Violent Conflicts in the Western Balkans -- Being Young in the Western Balkans: Introduction -- Social Identities of Youth in the Western Balkans -- National Identity -- Conceptions of National Identity in the Region -- The Ethno-National Overlap -- Conclusions -- Ethnic Identity -- Structure of Ethnic Identity -- Self-perception -- Social Psychological Construction -- Conclusions -- Religious Identity -- Structure of Religious Identity -- Individual and Social Roles of Religious Identity -- Relations Between Ethnic and Religious Identities -- Conclusions -- Interplay Between Identities in Minority and Majority Groups -- Interethnic Relations -- Contact Between Ethnic Groups -- Feelings of Closeness/Distance Towards Other Groups -- Images of Others: Ethnic Stereotypes -- Identities and Relations Between Groups -- Conclusions -- Summary: Identities and Intergroup Relations -- References -- 3: Methods Section: Quantitative and Qualitative Examination of Social Identities and Their Mutual Relations -- The Quantitative Survey -- Respondents and Sampling -- Instrument -- Identification with Social Groups -- Data Analysis -- The Qualitative Study -- Focus Group Discussions -- Goals -- Participants -- Procedure -- The Instrument: Discussion Topics -- Data Analysis -- Case Studies -- Goal -- Participants -- Procedure -- The Instrument: Case Study Protocol -- Data Analyses

This book examines the identities of young adults in Bosnia-Herzegovina, Serbia, Kosovo, and Macedonia. With research drawn from a large multidisciplinary project exploring a potential for reconciliation in post-conflict societies, the authors discuss the interplay between ethnic, religious and national identities that have been the source of recent violent conflicts. They focus on people aged 18-30, representing generations that are socialized after the wars, but live in ethnically divided societies burdened with a difficult history. Another aim of the project was to compare majority and minority perspectives within each country, and to provide a unique view on how to reinterpret and build more inclusive social identities. Scholars and organizations interested in areas of social psychology, political science and sociology will find this research of great value.

Abstract. Gateway Groups are characterized by a unique social categorization which enables them to be identified with two or more groups within the context of intergroup relations. Due to their strategic situation, Gateway Groups have been found to have the potential to improve the relations between their distinct social counterparts. In this paper we attempted to replicate the Gateway Group line of research in the Western Balkan context with two different kinds of Gateway Groups: Children of mixed Serb(s) and Bosniak families, and Bosniak citizens of Serbia. As in previous Gateway Group studies, we found that in both cases the exposure to a dually identified Gateway Group lead to a more complex perception of the Gateway Group itself, a higher belief in the potential of the Gateway Group to bridge the relations between the ingroup and the outgroup, and a greater sense of closeness between the ingroup and the outgroup.

Despite global commitments and efforts, a gender‐based division of paid and unpaid work persists. To identify how psychological factors, national policies, and the broader sociocultural context contribute to this inequality, we assessed parental‐leave intentions in young adults (18–30 years old) planning to have children (N = 13,942; 8,880 identified as women; 5,062 identified as men) across 37 countries that varied in parental‐leave policies and societal gender equality. In all countries, women intended to take longer leave than men. National parental‐leave policies and women's political representation partially explained cross‐national variations in the gender gap. Gender gaps in leave intentions were paradoxically larger in countries with more gender‐egalitarian parental‐leave policies (i.e., longer leave available to both fathers and mothers). Interestingly, this cross‐national variation in the gender gap was driven by cross‐national variations in women's (rather than men's) leave intentions. Financially generous leave and gender‐egalitarian policies (linked to men's higher uptake in prior research) were not associated with leave intentions in men. Rather, men's leave intentions were related to their individual gender attitudes. Leave intentions were inversely related to career ambitions. The potential for existing policies to foster gender equality in paid and unpaid work is discussed.