Croatian Serb Culture, Language, and Minority Education Rights

Aleksandra Paravina
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Aleksandra Paravina: Department of Sociology, University of Helsinki, 00014 Helsinki, Finland

Social Sciences, 2022, vol. 11, issue 7, 1-19

Abstract: This article examines the ongoing debate on national minority rights for Croatian Serbs in the spheres of education, identity, and minority language policies. The controversy results from research on legislative acts and integration strategies in the European Union, which are predominantly focused on citizenship issues and the integration of immigrant workers and less on the constitutionally recognised language rights of minorities and the new social space created after the collapse of the former Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. A new sense of identity emerged for the Serb minority in Croatia as a result of the post-war environment. The article provides an analysis of in-depth interviews between Croatian Serbs and Croatian cultural and academic professionals through boundary-work that emphasises the importance of cultural values and legal norms for the minority, especially in minority education (Models A, B, and C).

Keywords: boundary-work; minority education; Serbian language; culture and representation; Croatia (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: A B N P Y80 Z00 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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