The Croat Fortress and the Cave Dwellers - Nationalism, Identity and Football in Bosnia-Herzegovina

This book is a study of a people and a place and various performances in a post-conflict milieu that was once known as the state of Yugoslavia. A war between three militaries between 1991-95 was ended with the Dayton Peace Accords (DPA) and whilst the fighting stopped, the grievances remained. The Skripari consider themselves the vanguard of a football inspired ethno-political nationalism that has at times centuries old antecedents.Who in this post-conflict political milieu might compromise- and how and with whom- and in the face of what reasoning? Such postulations seek further answers around what were - or might be - the structures, contexts, and issues which frustrate or might facilitate the pursuit of a post-conflict civil society.

Product details

• Authors: Gary Armstrong, Massimiliano Maidano
• Publisher: Academia Verlag
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 18.03.2024
• EAN: 9783985721436
• ISBN: 978-3-9857214-3-6
• No. of pages: 430
• Dimensions: 158 mm x 30 mm x 230 mm
• Weight: 690 g
• Series: Academia Sport
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Miscellaneous; Fussball, Nationalismus, Zivilgesellschaft, Konfliktforschung, Verstehen, Bürgerkrieg, Soccer, Bosnien-Herzegowina, N3-Rabatt, Identität, Civil Society, Bosnien und Herzegowina, Conflict Studies, Civil War, Friedens- und Konfliktforschung, Nationalism, Identity, fußballfans, Ultras, Kroaten, Bosnia and Herzegovina, ehemaliges Jugoslawien, Soccer fans, Politikwissenschaft und politische Theorie, former Yugoslavia, NK Široki Brijeg, Skripari, postkonfliktäre Gesellschaft, post-conflict society, Croatians, ethno-political nationalism, ethno-politischer Nationalismus