Abstract
The results of the 1990 local elections in Croatia have been largely neglected in the present literature on ethnic conflict in the former Yugoslavia. This article argues that this lack of attention is regrettable since their results reveal some important facts which one cannot see clearly from election results at the national level. In order to do so, it first presents a theoretical overview of the relationship between elections and ethnic conflict, identifying and defining two distinct dynamics: radicalization and ethnicization. It then analyses the election results both at the national and local level in Croatia in 1990. The results of the local elections show that both radicalization and ethnicization occurred in Croatia in 1990, although to different scale, and that they had considerable effects on inter-ethnic relations in Croatia after the elections.
Published Version
Talk to us
Join us for a 30 min session where you can share your feedback and ask us any queries you have
Schedule a call