What explains the disintegration of Yugoslavia?

Type :

Presentation

Pages :

8 pages

Format :

.doc

Published date :

12/20/2006

Category :

Political science

Sub category :

International relations

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Summary :

Introduction
The second Yugoslavia: A mosaic of ethnic groups
Diversity of the traditions and cultures of the Yugoslav nations and the failure to constitute a Yugoslav culture
The unity of Yugoslavia
The death of Tito
Economic problems after his death
1. The increasing disparities between regions in Yugoslavia
2. D. Jovic's doubts about the consequences of the economic crisis
3. An increase in ethnic tensions
4. Undermining the unity of Yugoslavia
The changing international context
Ethnic hatred and nationalism
The rise of nationalist leaders in the 1980's
Conclusion
Bibliography

Abstract

The Second yugoslavia created in 1943, under the name of Democratic Federation of yugoslavia, was a federal state consisting of six republics -Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia- and two autonomous provinces - Kosovo and Vojvodina. It became the Federal People's Republic of yugoslavia in 1946 and then the Socialist Federal Republic of yugoslavia in 1963. This federation broke up in the early 1990s when Slovenia and Croatia declared their independence on June 25, 1991, followed by Macedonia in October and Bosnia Herzegovina in November. what explains this disintegration? It is impossible to reduce "the complexity of socialist Yugoslav disintegration to some supposed pre-eminent factor. On the contrary, economics choices, institutional structures, religious cultures, elite dynamics, and deficiencies in system legitimacy all played a role in pushing the country toward violent break-up". Indeed, "the disintegration of yugoslavia had many causes, not a single one". yugoslavia was a mosaic of ethnic groups, whose unity was undermined by Tito's death, economic crisis, ethnic tensions, changing international context and the rise of nationalism in the 1980s.