The article deals with different occurences and forms of repression by the bodies of the communist Rákosi regime (particularly the State security service) in the border triangle, the Porabje/Raba Valley, especially following the Informbiro. One of the most efficient methods of removing unwanted persons were deportations to closed forced labour camps in the provinces of Hortobágy, Nagykunság, Hajdúság in Eastern Hungary. Forced labour in camps, police surveillance, pysical and mental maltreatment of inmates, inhuman living conditions, belong among the coercive measures of the authorities. The presentation of the then events is supported by relevant archival documents and the inmates' testimonies.
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This scholarly article examines the possibilities of utilizing regionalism (particularly in SE Europe) as possible tools for successful diversity management in plural and diverse contemporary societies. It stresses that regionalism as a specific form of territorial autonomy should be considered one of concepts and mechanisms that could be used in concert with other concepts and mechanisms (such as e.g., non-territorial autonomies). Successful strategies of diversity management and policies should create and provide stable conditions and framework for coexistence and equal cooperation in those societies. In his analysis the author pays particular attention to possible introduction territorial and non-territorial autonomies, regionalism and federalism and their applicability in South Eastern Europe. Successful diversity management seems to be particularly important in divided societies, where there appears to be a greater likelihood of possible escalation of conflicts. Concluding sections, written as a policy paper, offer general strategic recommendations for the countries of the region, particularly addressed to the governments and civic society actors indicating the possible steps and activities that can contribute to the promotion and introduction of regionalism and autonomies in these countries, thereby contributing also to peace and stability in Europe.
COBISS.SI-ID: 12434253
Migration theory is being dichotomised at many different analytical aspects. The aim of this article is to view the migration movements within a holistic scheme depending on the geographical structure at both the origin and the destination areas, rather than on the conceptualizations involving the intrinsic dualisms. The former Yugoslavia with its myriads of cases shows that migration has to be viewed without the biased international or internal lenses. Furthermore, the author argues that the migration movements were rather a part of a more or less organized system which tended to create circumstances, possibilities and/or inabilities to move. In this way, the concept of pseudo-voluntary migration movements was proposed. In changing the perspective, the article benefited greatly from the mooring theory constructed by Bruce Moon. The latter was supplemented by a set of variables and factors in order to make a further use possible at the level of international or internal migration.
COBISS.SI-ID: 12439885
The 1950 Cazin Peasant Revolt – from Truth to Justice is the second, revised edition of the original book The 1950 Cazin Peasant Revolt, published in Sarajevo in 1991, which already had two reprints (1993, 2012). Substantial new value added to this Extended Edition is the author's political and legal science work Resolution on the Cazin Peasant Revolt and on the Condemnation of the State Revenge against the People of Cazinska krajina and Kordun in 1950. The Resolution, which the author originally prepared for the adoption at the state level in Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Republic of Croatia, was adopted so far by the Municipality of Cazin (2011) and at the regional level by the Una-Sana canton (2013), which, among other things, is presented in the book. The book’s reviewers were the historian Drago Roksandic, Ph. D. (Zagreb) and the literary historian Rasheed Durić, Ph. D. (Starnberg , Germany).
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The monograph provides an insight into the unique and at the same time not well known mix of cultural, linguistic, ethnic and other social features, which are present among the inhabitants of four villages in the south of Bela krajina. This border area due to Uskok origin of indigenous inhabitants in these respects differs from the surrounding area for centuries, though the situation does not remain static. The monograph is the result of years of research in this area and seeks to answer the following questions in particular: Can the population of these villages be regarded as articulated national community with all the features that are generally regarded as a necessary condition for recognition of an ethnic group as a national minority in international practice? Does this population desire the status of a national minority and does it possess adequate social vitality that would enable it to exercise the minority rights in case of recognition of the status of a national minority? Translation of the monograph in the Serbian language provides for the dissemination of the results of the scientific research of the INV/IES to a wider interested public in the international arena, particularly in the area of former Yugoslavia. After two presentations of the publication in Belgrade and Niš we got many positive responses to the monograph from the Serbian academic community and the wider public.
COBISS.SI-ID: 12337997