Parent States<i>versus</i>Secessionist Entities: Measuring Political Legitimacy in Cyprus, Moldova and Bosnia &amp; Hercegovina

Berg, Eiki

doi:10.1080/09668136.2012.698048

Cited by 19 publications

(13 citation statements)

References 32 publications

(19 reference statements)

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…In spite of the resurgence of religion and ethnicity since the latest war as well as the emphasis on multiculturalism, it appears as if Serbian cultural and religious artefacts have been marginalized in the museum space. This state of affairs follows BiH's ethnic, economic, cultural, and political fragmentation (Berg 2012;Bieber 2000;Dahlman & Tuathail 2005).…”

Section: Reshaping the Narratives In The Museum Spaces The National Mmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…14 The establishment of this new entity and the name-change of the museum, together with the expulsion of the non-Serbian population from the region and the removal of statues and other symbols, which were associated with the previous regime, from the museum space, are few of several examples of the comprehensive institutional and other changes, a weakening of pre-war 'brotherhood and unity' discourses and the strengthening of the secessionist policies of the Republic of Srpska (cf. Berg 2012;Bieber 2000).…”

Section: Reshaping the Narratives In The Museum Spaces The National Mmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Srpska are 'forced to live together in a common state whose legitimacy is not recognised by its constituent peoples' (Berg 2012(Berg : 1292. Instead, there is a desire to maintain BiH as a unified state, with the specific history, which can be traced to the Middle Ages.…”

mentioning

confidence: 99%

See 2 more Smart Citations

(Re)Shaping History in Bosnian and Herzegovinian Museums

Lozic

2015

Cult. Unbound

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

The current article explores how political changes in the past 130 years have shaped and reshaped three major museums in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH). The overall aim is to describe structural processes of national museum building in BiH and the ways the museological representation of history is connected to state and nation making and to political transitions and crises. The analysed museums are the National Museum of BiH, the History Museum of BiH, and the Museum of the Republic of Srpska. The source material analysed consists of the directories and the titles of exhibitions; secondary material, which describes previous exhibitions; and virtual museum tours. The article illustrates that during the Austrian-Hungarian Empire, which established the National Museum in 1888, the museum played an important part in the representation of Bosnian identity (bosnjastvo). After World War II, in the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, all three analysed museums were summoned to interpret the past in accordance with the guidelines of the communist regime. Since the 1990s, a highly ethnicized process of identity building and of the musealization of heritage, and history permeates all three museums analysed here. When it comes to the central exhibition-themes following the 1990s war, one could conclude that whereas the National Museum and the History Museum highlight the recent creation of an independent BiH and ostracize BIH-Serbs, the Museum of the Republic of Srpska asserts the ostensible distinctiveness of the Republic of Srpska and excludes the narratives about BiH as a unified and independent nation-state. If an agreement about the future of BiH and its history is to be reached, a step towards multi-vocal historical narratives has to be made from both sides.

show abstract

Section: Reshaping the Narratives In The Museum Spaces The National Mmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Reshaping the Narratives In The Museum Spaces The National Mmentioning

confidence: 99%

See 1 more Smart Citation

(Re)Shaping History in Bosnian and Herzegovinian Museums

Lozic

2015

Cult. Unbound

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…Rather, we examine an important foundational question: What are the local perceptual factors that shape internal legitimacy in de facto states? While researchers have begun to measure internal legitimacy in de facto states (Berg ; Berg and Mölder ), there is need for conceptual debate about what internal legitimacy means, as well as theoretical thought about the perceptual variables shaping it.…”

Section: Internal Legitimacymentioning

confidence: 99%

Convincing State-Builders? Disaggregating Internal Legitimacy in Abkhazia

et al. 2013

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

De facto states, functional on the ground but unrecognized by most states, have long been black boxes for systematic empirical research. This study investigates de facto states’ internal legitimacy—people's confidence in the entity itself, the regime, and institutions. While internal legitimacy is important for any state, it is particularly important for de facto states, whose lack of external legitimacy has made internal legitimacy integral to their quest for recognition. We propose that the internal legitimacy of de facto states depends on how convincing they are to their “citizens” as state‐builders. Using original data from a 2010 survey in Abkhazia, we examine this argument based on respondent perceptions of security, welfare, and democracy. Our findings suggest that internal legitimacy is shaped by the key Weberian state‐building function of monopoly of the legitimate use of force, as well as these entities’ ability to fulfill other aspects of the social contract.

show abstract

“…Though the states remain by far the main actors at the international political scene, this perspective raises the question whether the state is the final step in the evolution of the modern political order and whether there is a limit of the proliferation of de-jure independent states and, respectively, political borders, considering that sovereignty is the ultimate goal of hundreds of secessionist movements all over the world (Popov, 2011). Borders around uncontrolled territories remain a source of tension, and there is an extensive literature which seeks to establish criteria which can be used by the international community for at least recognizing de-facto states and thus contributing to the solution of dangerous conflicts (see, for instance, Berg andToomla, 2009 andBerg, 2012).…”

mentioning

confidence: 99%