Gordon Allport defined intrinsic religious orientation as the polar opposite of the utilitarian and instrumental extrinsic orientation. On the other hand, Rodney Stark and associates developed a theory of religion according to which the utilitarian motive is at the very core of (any) religious motivation. A study of undergraduate students from three social settings with different dominant religions (Catholic, Islamic and Eastern Orthodox) showed that the intrinsic religious orientation and the perceived religious rewards, such as expectations of eternal life in heaven or perceptions of God's help in everyday life, tend to form a unidimensional construct in all the observed samples. On the one hand, these results shed new light on the assumption of intrinsic religious orientation being free of utilitarian and instrumental motives. On the other hand, they lend substantial support to the basic assumption of the rational choice approach to religion.
F.02 Acquisition of new scientific knowledge
COBISS.SI-ID: 18392328The study analyzed whether the dissolution of Yugoslavia and the establishment of succeeding mono-national states was the expression of "longing" of mass proportions on the part of the nationalities within respective federal units. Using the data from two pan-Yugoslav surveys from the period preceding the dissolution, results were obtained that indicated a very limited support for this hypothesis. More specifically, results indicated that support for emancipation was rather weak, among youth in 1986 and even among the adult population in 1990, although some significant mean differences between the federal units and between major nationalities within them were evident. Specifically, opinions favoring independence were detected among Kosovo Albanians and later among Slovenians in Slovenia. In addition, findings also indicated that those with higher socioeconomic status were not more inclined toward independence. Results thus pointed more towards the idea that the dissolution was indeed instigated by a small group of "political entrepreneurs" not captured by the survey data.
F.02 Acquisition of new scientific knowledge
COBISS.SI-ID: 18648072Within the Centre for the Research post-Yugoslav societies (CEPYUS) at the Faculty of UM, we organized international sociological conference on post-Yugoslav societies (held on 1st and 2nd December 2011 in Maribor, ***). At the conference, researchers presented their findings, policy makers and representatives of NGOs from all post-Yugoslav countries (with excluding Kosovo). Scientific co-organizer of the conference was Friedrich Ebert Stiftung,unit Zagreb.
B.01 Organiser of a scientific meeting
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