Evropske integracije Bosne i Hercegovine i logika konsocijalizma

Abstract

The subject of research in this work is the scope of consociational democracy on the example of the European integration of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The logic of consociational democracy is in the mutual respect of the segments of a divided society and the construction of mechanisms to prevent the "tyranny of the majority" over numerically smaller groups. History shows that consociational instruments maintain the state of peace and democracy in divided and post-conflict societies. The European Union and Bosnia and Herzegovina are areas that prove this. Therefore, accepting the logic of consociationalism is an appropriate choice in the context of the European integration of Bosnia and Herzegovina. This would not be questionable if some actors in Bosnia and Herzegovina and the European Union did not insist on changing the existing consociational political system of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is paradoxical that in the negotiation process of European integration, anti-consociationist policies are often advocated for the reorganization of Bosnia and Herzegovina with the aim of "harmonizing" it with the European Union, which is maintained and united precisely on the logic of consociationalism.