Shaping Social Identities After Violent Conflict : Youth in the Western Balkans

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. Front Matter ....Pages i-xxv Introduction (Felicia Pratto)....Pages 1-11 Setting the Stage: Research on National, Ethnic, and Religious Identities after the Recent Violent Conflicts in the Western Balkans (Marija Branković, Vladimir Turjačanin, Edona Maloku)....Pages 13-51 Methods Section: Quantitative and Qualitative Examination of Social Identities and Their Mutual Relations (Olja Jovanović, Marko Vladisavljević, Marija Branković, Iris Žeželj)....Pages 53-67 Ethnic, Religious, and National Identities among Young Bosniaks and Serbs in Minority and Majority Contexts in Bosnia and Herzegovina (Vladimir Turjačanin, Srđan Dušanić, Siniša Lakić, Sabina Čehajić-Clancy, Maja Pulić de Sanctis)....Pages 69-88 Is It Always Us or Them: How Do Young Serbs and Bosniaks Perceive Intergroup Borders? (Olja Jovanović, Maša Pavlović)....Pages 89-112 Who Is This New We? Similarities and Differences of Ethnic, Religious, and National Identity among the Albanian Majority and the Serb Minority in Post-Conflict Kosovo (Edona Maloku, Kaltrina Kelmendi, Marko Vladisavljević)....Pages 113-133 Towards Inclusive Social Identities in the Republic of Macedonia (Ali Pajaziti, Biljana Blaževska-Stoilkovska, Ana Fritzhand, Agron Rustemi, Admir Qose)....Pages 135-158 What Identities in the Present May Mean for the Future of the Western Balkans (Iris Žeželj, Felicia Pratto)....Pages 159-188 Back Matter ....Pages 189-196 Annotation 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 Felicia Pratto, Iris Žeželj, Edona Maloku, Vladimir Turjačanin, Marija Branković, Editors. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.