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Agonistisk fred i Bosnien och Hercegovina, en möjlighet?

Dekic, Jelena LU (2023) STVM25 20222
Department of Political Science
Abstract
When the Bosnian civil war ended in 1995 by signing the Dayton-peace agreement, the
international community imposed so-called liberal peacebuilding, known as the top-down approach. Since this proceeding had brought unsuccessful results, the number of nongovernmental organizations began to increase in order to build a sustainable and more inclusive peace in post-Dayton BiH. This thesis examines the civil society efforts and contributions to peacebuilding, by applying agonistic peace theory, which seeks to uncover the potential transformation of relations from former enemies to legitimate adversaries. In the context of multiethnic- Bosnia, this theory helps to discover how civil society activism contributes to coexistence, tolerance, and... (More)
When the Bosnian civil war ended in 1995 by signing the Dayton-peace agreement, the
international community imposed so-called liberal peacebuilding, known as the top-down approach. Since this proceeding had brought unsuccessful results, the number of nongovernmental organizations began to increase in order to build a sustainable and more inclusive peace in post-Dayton BiH. This thesis examines the civil society efforts and contributions to peacebuilding, by applying agonistic peace theory, which seeks to uncover the potential transformation of relations from former enemies to legitimate adversaries. In the context of multiethnic- Bosnia, this theory helps to discover how civil society activism contributes to coexistence, tolerance, and acceptance between the three ethnic groups: Serbs, Croats, and
Bosniaks. The analysis is carried out as a qualitative case study of agonistic peace by realizing nine semi-structured interviews with non-governmental organizations (NGOs) located in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The results, derived by thematic analysis, have shown a tangible presence of agonistic reasoning within NGO activities as well as projects. This reflects among others, in promoting the interaction between the three ethnically different groups in BiH. Lastly,
the findings have also indicated the lack of political elites’ support in transforming the relations, thus, limiting the domain within which the NGOs can operate. (Less)
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author
Dekic, Jelena LU
supervisor
organization
alternative title
En kvalitativ intervjustudie om icke-statliga organisationers bidrag till agonistiska relationer i det bosniska samhället
course
STVM25 20222
year
type
H2 - Master's Degree (Two Years)
subject
keywords
agonistisk fred, relationer, icke-statliga organisationer, post-konflikt Bosnien och Hercegovina, etniska grupper, etnicitet, identitet, nationalism, det förflutna, Dayton fredsavtalet.
language
Swedish
additional info
Först vill jag framför ett varmt tack till alla som har stöttat mig under uppsatsprocessen. Ett stort tack till alla intervjupersonerna som ägnade tiden åt att diskutera Era värdefulla kunskap och erfarenheter kring fredsbyggandet i BiH. Jag vill även uttrycka min tacksamhet till deltagarnas varma välkommande och Era inspirerande och minst sagt tunga berättelser om kriget i Bosnien och Hercegovina. Slutligen, riktar jag stort tack till min handledare Anders Uhlin vid statsvetenskapliga institutionen vid Lunds universitet, för hans vägledning
genom fältarbetet samt skrivprocessen.
id
9105543
date added to LUP
2023-02-22 14:11:37
date last changed
2023-02-22 14:11:37
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  abstract     = {{When the Bosnian civil war ended in 1995 by signing the Dayton-peace agreement, the 
international community imposed so-called liberal peacebuilding, known as the top-down approach. Since this proceeding had brought unsuccessful results, the number of nongovernmental organizations began to increase in order to build a sustainable and more inclusive peace in post-Dayton BiH. This thesis examines the civil society efforts and contributions to peacebuilding, by applying agonistic peace theory, which seeks to uncover the potential transformation of relations from former enemies to legitimate adversaries. In the context of multiethnic- Bosnia, this theory helps to discover how civil society activism contributes to coexistence, tolerance, and acceptance between the three ethnic groups: Serbs, Croats, and 
Bosniaks. The analysis is carried out as a qualitative case study of agonistic peace by realizing nine semi-structured interviews with non-governmental organizations (NGOs) located in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The results, derived by thematic analysis, have shown a tangible presence of agonistic reasoning within NGO activities as well as projects. This reflects among others, in promoting the interaction between the three ethnically different groups in BiH. Lastly, 
the findings have also indicated the lack of political elites’ support in transforming the relations, thus, limiting the domain within which the NGOs can operate.}},
  author       = {{Dekic, Jelena}},
  language     = {{swe}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Agonistisk fred i Bosnien och Hercegovina, en möjlighet?}},
  year         = {{2023}},
}