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Citizens of an Empty Nation: Youth and State-Making in Postwar Bosnia-Herzegovina

Citizens of an Empty Nation: Youth and State-Making in Postwar Bosnia-Herzegovina - Hardcover

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Availability:In StockContributor:Azra HromadzicSeries:Ethnography of Political ViolencePublish date:2015-05-12Pages:248
Language:EnglishPublisher:University of Pennsylvania PressISBN-13:9780812247008ISBN-10:812247000UPC:9780812247008Book Category:Education, Social Science, Political ScienceBook Subcategory:Administration, Anthropology, Civics & CitizenshipSize:9.10 x 6.30 x 1.20 inchesWeight:1.2015Product ID:SC9C7XK7E7

In the wake of devastating conflict in Bosnia-Herzegovina, the polarizing effects of everyday ethnic divisions, combined with hardened allegiances to ethnic nationalism and the rigid arrangements imposed in international peace-building agreements, have produced what Azra Hromadzic calls an "empty nation." Hromadzic explores the void created by unresolved tensions between mandated reunification initiatives and the segregation institutionalized by power-sharing democracy, and how these conditions are experienced by youths who have come of age in postconflict Bosnia-Herzegovina.

Building on long-term ethnographic research at the first integrated school of Bosnia-Herzegovina, Citizens of an Empty Nation offers a ground-level view of how the processes of reunification play out at the Mostar Gymnasium. Hromadzic details the local effects of the tensions and contradictions inherent in the processes of postwar state-making, shedding light on the larger projects of humanitarian intervention, social cohesion, cross-ethnic negotiations, and citizenship. In this careful ethnography, the Mostar Gymnasium becomes a powerful symbol for the state's simultaneous segregation and integration as the school's shared halls, bathrooms, and computer labs foster dynamic spaces for a rich cross-ethnic citizenship--or else remain empty.
Language:EnglishPublisher:University of Pennsylvania PressISBN-13:9780812247008ISBN-10:812247000UPC:9780812247008Book Category:Education, Social Science, Political ScienceBook Subcategory:Administration, Anthropology, Civics & CitizenshipSize:9.10 x 6.30 x 1.20 inchesWeight:1.2015Product ID:SC9C7XK7E7
Azra Hromadzic teaches anthropology at Syracuse University.
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press

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