Illusory Disparities : Unravelling the Paradox of the Absence
of Horizontal Inequalities in Bosnia and Herzegovina

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Illusory Disparities : Unravelling the Paradox of the Absence of Horizontal Inequalities in Bosnia and Herzegovina

BURIANOVÁ, Romana and Adriana ILAVSKÁ

Basic information

Original name

Illusory Disparities : Unravelling the Paradox of the Absence of Horizontal Inequalities in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Authors

BURIANOVÁ, Romana and Adriana ILAVSKÁ

Edition

Nationalities Papers, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2026, 0090-5992

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Article in a journal

Country of publisher

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Confidentiality degree

is not subject to a state or trade secret

References:

URL

Marked to be transferred to RIV

Organization

Fakulta sociálních studií – Repository – Repository

Keywords in English

horizontal inequalities; grievance; Bosnia and Herzegovina; Republika Srpska; political mobilization; corrigendum

Links

MUNI/A/1665/2024, interní kód Repo.

Changed: 26/2/2026 00:51, RNDr. Daniel Jakubík

Abstract

In the original language

The article investigates perceived and objective inequalities in Bosnia and Herzegovina, focusing on Republika Srpska amid rising societal tensions, bolstering the secession narrative, and political mobilization. Aimed at identifying objective inequalities that might fuel grievances causing societal upheaval, the findings reveal no significant disparities between Republika Srpska and the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Despite the absence of objective economic, social, or political inequalities, a perception of disparity persists among Bosnian Serbs, driven by the nationalist rhetoric of local leaders. Hence, the research underscores the gap between perceived inequalities and objective disparities, challenging conventional beliefs about the causal chain from objective horizontal inequalities to social mobilization by demonstrating how unfounded grievances can still drive tensions and secessionist agendas.

Cite

BURIANOVÁ, Romana and Adriana ILAVSKÁ. Illusory Disparities : Unravelling the Paradox of the Absence of Horizontal Inequalities in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Nationalities Papers. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2026, vol. 54, No 1, p. 162-189. ISSN 0090-5992. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1017/nps.2025.36.

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BURIANOVÁ, Romana and Adriana ILAVSKÁ. Illusory Disparities : Unravelling the Paradox of the Absence of Horizontal Inequalities in Bosnia and Herzegovina. \textit{Nationalities Papers}. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2026, vol.~54, No~1, p.~162-189. ISSN~0090-5992. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1017/nps.2025.36.

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