The spectres of the Yugoslav wars: Minorities’ response to state disintegration
Journal: Filozofija i drustvo
Year: 2023

This article discusses minorities? responses to conflicts in post-1989 Eastern Europe that focuses on them embracing violence to cede from their original state and join their motherland or gain independence. The discussion focuses on the actions of minorities in the contested areas in the former Yugoslavia at the peak of the country?s 1990s crisis, described as a drive towards ethnic self-determination. Faced with political crisis, disintegration and/or oppression, most ethnic groups opted for c