The aim of this article was to analyse the retold experiences of 27 survivors from the 1990s war in Bosnia and Herzegovina. I have examined verbal markers of reconciliation and implacability and ...analysed the described terms for reconciliation that are being actualized in the narratives. The material for the study was gathered through qualitative interviews with 27 individuals who survived the war in north-western Bosnia and Herzegovina. This study joins those narrative traditions within sociology where oral presentations are seen as both discursive- and experience-based. In addition, I perceive the concept of reconciliation as an especially relevant component in those specific stories that I analysed. Stories on implacability, reconciliation, and conditions for reconciliation are not shaped only in relation to the war as a whole but also in relation to an individual's wartime actions and those of others. In these stories, implacability is the predominant feature, but reconciliation is said to be possible if certain conditions are met. Examples of these conditions are justice for war victims, perpetrator recognition of crimes, and emotional commitment from the perpetrator (by showing remorse and shame, for example). Previous research on post-war society emphasized structural violence with subsequent reconciliation processes. Researchers have focused on the importance of narratives, but they have neither analysed conditions for reconciliation in post-war interviews. This article tries to fill this gap by analysing the stories told by survivors of the Bosnian war during the 1990s.
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Prižgane so lučke za nepokopane. Dobre misli gredo v klas. Celijo se nezaceljene rane. To je delček drobne pesmi Toneta Kuntnerja. Prebral jo je na današnji žalni slovesnosti, v gozdovih Kočevskega roga, po maši sprave, na dan, ko naj bi Slovenci enkrat za vselej zaprli knjigo vojnih in povojnih ran, ko naj bi dokončno, brez sprenevedanja, pa vendar z vsem dostojanstvom in spoštovanjem pokopali vse mrtve tistega časa. Če je bila maša sprave mišljena iskreno, potem je bil tudi današnji dan zgodovinski.
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Kočevski rog: a reconciliation ceremony for the opponents in WW2: the Mass is led by the Archbishop Alojzij Šuštar. Milan Kučan giving a speech in the name of the state.
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Kočevski rog: spravna slovesnost med nasprotniki v drugi svetovni vojni; mašo vodi nadškof Alojzij Šuštar, v imenu države govori predsednik Milan Kučan.
From the Five Star Movement to Podemos, from the Pirate Parties to La France Insoumise, from the movements behind Bernie Sanders to those backing Jeremy Corbyn, the last decade has witnessed the rise ...of a new blueprint for political organisation: the digital party. Paolo Gerbaudo addresses the organisational revolution that is transforming political parties in the time of Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and Cambridge Analytica. Drawing on interviews with political leaders and organisers, Gerbaudo demonstrates that besides rapidly growing in votes, these formations have also revitalised party democracy, involving hundreds of thousands in discussions carried out on online decision-making platforms. Participatory, yet plebiscitarian, open and democratic, yet dominated by charismatic 'hyperleaders', digital parties display both great potentials and risks for the development of new forms of mass participation in an era of growing inequality. All political parties will have to reckon with the lessons of the digital party.
Prestože se ceská mesta neúcastnila stavovského povstání v letech 1618-1620 tak aktivne jako oba šlechtické stavy, následky bitvy na Bílé hore se v jejich dalším vývoji odrazily prinejmenším stejne ...velkou merou. Zatímco dvacátá léta byla ve znamení zásahu do jejich vnitrního života ze strany vítezného císare Ferdinanda II. a jeho tábora, následující dve desetiletí byla dobou bezprostredního válecného ohrožení a vytvárení obranných mechanismu vuci nemu. Kniha, kterou držíte v rukou, sleduje vliv konfesijních a politických zápasu první poloviny 17. století na praxi správy ceských mest ve dvou rovinách. Zemský kontext zohlednuje hlavne královská mesta jako samostatný zemský stav a zároven presne vymezenou cást ceské urbánní síte, bezprostredne podléhající centrálním úradum (podkomorí, ceská komora, apelacní soud). Nejcasteji zastoupeným dobovým typem urbánního sídla ale bylo poddanské mesto ci mestecko cítající maximálne nekolik set domu. Predstavu o míre rozdílných i shodných rysu správy ruzných typu mest umožnuje lokální sonda do oblasti Polabí, zahrnující tri sídla na stredním toku reky: Nymburk jako královské mesto, Brandýs nad Labem jako vrchnostenské mesto a Celákovice jako menší vrchnostenské mestecko. Na této mikrohistorické rovine se sledování správních struktur protíná s konkrétními osudy predstavitelu místních politických a intelektuálních elit.Prílohu ke stažení najdete na stránce titulu.
Expanding Boundaries Laine, Jussi P; Moyo, Inocent; Changwe Nshimbi, Christopher
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This book challenges the common European notions about African migration to Europe and offers a holistic understanding of the current situation in Africa. It advocates a need to rethink Africa-Europe ...relations and view migration and borders as a resource rather than as sources of a crisis.
Migrant movement from Africa is often misunderstood and misrepresented as invasion caused by displacement due to poverty, violent conflict, and environmental stress. To control this movement and preserve national identities, the EU and its various member states resort to closing borders as a way of reinforcing their migration policies. This book aims to dismantle this stereotypical view of migration from Africa by sharing cutting-edge research from the leading scholars in Africa and Europe. It refutes the flawed narratives that position Africa as a threat to European societies, their economies, and security, and encourages a nuanced understanding of the root causes as well as the socioeconomic factors that guide the migrants’ decision-making. With chapters written in a concise style, this book brings together the migration and border studies in an innovative way to delve into the broader societal impacts of both. It also serves to de-silence the African voices in order to offer fresh insights on African migration – a discourse dominated hitherto by the European perspective.
This book constitutes a valuable resource for research scholars and students of Border Studies, Migration Studies, Conflict and Security Studies, and Development Studies seeking specialisation in these areas. Written in an accessible style, it will also appeal to a more general public interested in gaining a fuller perspective on the African reality.