Srbská otázka v Chorvatsku v letech 1989–1990

• Authors: Boris Mosković

Title variants

EN

The Serbian Question in Croatia in 1989–1990

• Languages of publication: CS

Abstracts

EN

This study focuses on the evolution of the Serbian question in Croatia from the first manifestation of political and social actuation of the Serbian community in Croatia at the beginning of 1989 until the nadir in Croatian-Serbian relations at the end of May1990. The most important theme tracked here is the transformation of the moods and opinions of a large percent of the Croatian Serbs, which, in the period analyzed, underwent a fundamental transformation. The author primarily pays heed to the circumstances and causes for this process, which is contextualized within the wider Yugoslav crisis. Both the leaning of a significant percent of the Croatian Serbs away from the communist system, and the first months of activity of the oppositionally-inclined Serb Democratic Party (SDS) led by Jovan Rašković (1929–1992) are described in detail. The crux of the study is its analysis of the growing support for the nationalist ideas in the political preferences of the Serbian community in Croatia. The study is based upon detailed research into news articles on the pages of the leading Croatian periodicals (Vjesnik, Slobodna Dalmacija, Večernji list, Danas, and Start).

Keywords

EN

Serbs in Croatia; Serb Democratic Party; Jovan Rašković; Yugoslav crisis; ethnic relations

Discipline

• HISTORY: HISTORY

• Publisher: Institute of History, Czech Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Slovanský přehled: historická revue pro dějiny střední, východní a jihovýchodní Evropy (Slavonic Review: Review for Central, Eastern and Southeastern European history)
• Year: 2016
• Volume: 102
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 277–309

Contributors

author

Boris Mosković

• Masarykův ústav a Archiv AV ČR, Gabčíkova 2362/10, 182 00 Praha 8, Czech Republic