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Community, Integration, and Stability in Multinational Yugoslavia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 August 2014

Steven L. Burg  and
Michael L. Berbaum
Steven L. Burg
Affiliation:
Brandeis University
Michael L. Berbaum
Affiliation:
Brandeis University
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Abstract

In 1981 a higher proportion of the multinational population of Yugoslavia chose to declare “Yugoslav” in place of an ethnic identity in response to the census question on nationality than ever before. We present arguments to support the interpretation of Yugoslav identity as evidence of shared political identity, and carry out an analysis of aggregate data on the level of social and material development, political socialization, and interethnic contact in the country's nearly five hundred counties to discover the sources of that identity. We find that with certain important regional variations, Yugoslav identity seems to be the product of interethnic contact and higher education rather than the level of material well-being. These findings support an interpretation of Yugoslav identity as evidence of diffuse support for the existence of a shared political community and suggest both the sources and vulnerabilities of Yugoslav stability.

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American Political Science Review , Volume 83 , Issue 2 , June 1989 , pp. 535 - 554
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Copyright © American Political Science Association 1989

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