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War participation is an intense psychosomatic deprivation. The consequences may range from war trauma to the loss of physical ability. As a result, war veterans upon returning from war may suffer civil life adaptation issues, and are at a high risk of marginalization. States accommodate the consequences of this process by creating various means of looking after this population. Previous research, although minor in scope, reveals the lack of looking after this population and shows the discontent of this population towards the ways the state and civil society treat them. The text is searching for an answer to the question whether the war veterans in Serbia may be considered a marginalized group and why this is the case. The conclusion is that the war veterans are indeed marginalized for not receiving appropriate compensation for the public service at the most perilous time; furthermore, there is discrimination within the war veteran community itself. The experience of marginalization is both formal and subjective. The formal marginalization is manifested in the lawsuit filed to the European Court of Human Rights; and the subjective marginalization is present in the stereotypes and labeling attitudes from the public, and in state institutions, too. Modern discourse treats the definition of equality increasingly less frequently as a wealth distribution inequality, and more often as equal opportunities for all. Therefore, besides considering economic inequality, it is vital to establish more egalitarian relationships towards the social and cultural acceptance of the otherness. Above all, war veterans require appreciation, even more than the welfare assistance in the form of the so-called "war wages". This holds the state responsible towards the citizens that have done their public service in defending the territorial integrity and sovereignty of the state.

It is quite possible to argue that sociology has acquired a large part of its scientific legitimacy by studying social inequalities, and it can also be said that sociologists' interest in their study was often mediated by the ideological mark of the community they belonged to, as well as other group and personal interests. The interest in acquiring a notion of the extent to which the sociological scientific public of Serbia, according to the articles published in a relevant scientific journal, was sensitive to the study of this problem is not conditioned solely by the awareness of the importance of the study itself. Our point of view is that sociology has often 'sharpened' its critical potential by pointing to different sources and outcomes of social inequalities in various domains of social life, giving unambiguous empirical evidence about them and offering theoretical and methodological frameworks for their explanation and understanding. This has not only made it a relevant social science dealing with this universal phenomenon affecting all societies that is increasingly being studied globally, but it enabled it to put the results of the research into the service of humane objectives of social development. The paper presents the results of an analysis of the contributions published in the Sociološki pregled/ Sociological Review relating to social inequalities, whether they are economic, political or cultural inequalities, as well as their consequences. The results of an elementary analysis of the thematic orientation and methods of processing the mentioned problems are presented with the aim to establish the scope and nature of scientists' interest in this socially extremely important problem. The papers with explicit content belonging to the mentioned topic published in the aforementioned journal were analyzed, representing a relevant periodical in the field of sociology in the Yugoslav area and the journal of the professional association of sociologists in Serbia.