National minorities and interethnic relations on the Balkans
Since the earliest times the Balkans is the very complex region where meets, collides and crosses many various civilizations, cultures and religions. Ethnic and confessional pictures of the Balkans is the result of different demographic development (natural increase, migration, changed declaration o...
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Serbian Sociological Association, Belgrade
2001-01-01
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| description | Since the earliest times the Balkans is the very complex region where meets, collides and crosses many various civilizations, cultures and religions. Ethnic and confessional pictures of the Balkans is the result of different demographic development (natural increase, migration, changed declaration of nationality) as well as the action of political, historical geographical and other factors. Political changes in the Balkan countries in the last decade of this century, resulted in the formation new national states, ethnocentric migration (forced and willing), the great number of refugees and displaced persons, etc. It significantly changed the ethnic picture of the Balkan countries. At the same time, the issues of interethnic relations, and the protection of status and the rights of national minorities become very significant. Because of geostrategic and geopolitical status, of economic factor, of socio-cultural features (multiethnic, multiconfessional), of political opportunity (potential and actual ethnic conflict), as well as the great demographic differences, the Balkans was and remained very important and very complex region. For this reason, the knowledge and the respect of pluralism of different nationalities, cultures and religions, geographical and historical similarities of the Balkan countries is necessary for peace and stability of this region |
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| spelling | doaj.art-3b474e2eed924fa6852a1cda3481e1ec2022-12-21T23:36:01ZengSerbian Sociological Association, BelgradeSociološki Pregled0085-63202560-48802001-01-01351-2759110.5937/socpreg0101075R0085-63200101075RNational minorities and interethnic relations on the BalkansRaduški Nada M.0Institute of Social Sciences, Belgrade, SerbiaSince the earliest times the Balkans is the very complex region where meets, collides and crosses many various civilizations, cultures and religions. Ethnic and confessional pictures of the Balkans is the result of different demographic development (natural increase, migration, changed declaration of nationality) as well as the action of political, historical geographical and other factors. Political changes in the Balkan countries in the last decade of this century, resulted in the formation new national states, ethnocentric migration (forced and willing), the great number of refugees and displaced persons, etc. It significantly changed the ethnic picture of the Balkan countries. At the same time, the issues of interethnic relations, and the protection of status and the rights of national minorities become very significant. Because of geostrategic and geopolitical status, of economic factor, of socio-cultural features (multiethnic, multiconfessional), of political opportunity (potential and actual ethnic conflict), as well as the great demographic differences, the Balkans was and remained very important and very complex region. For this reason, the knowledge and the respect of pluralism of different nationalities, cultures and religions, geographical and historical similarities of the Balkan countries is necessary for peace and stability of this regionhttp://scindeks-clanci.ceon.rs/data/pdf/0085-6320/2001/0085-63200101075R.pdfnational minoritiesethnic structuremigrationdemographic developmentBalkans |
| spellingShingle | Raduški Nada M. National minorities and interethnic relations on the Balkans Sociološki Pregled national minorities ethnic structure migration demographic development Balkans |
| title | National minorities and interethnic relations on the Balkans |
| title_full | National minorities and interethnic relations on the Balkans |
| title_fullStr | National minorities and interethnic relations on the Balkans |
| title_full_unstemmed | National minorities and interethnic relations on the Balkans |
| title_short | National minorities and interethnic relations on the Balkans |
| title_sort | national minorities and interethnic relations on the balkans |
| topic | national minorities ethnic structure migration demographic development Balkans |
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