Cultures of Victory and the Political Consequences of Foundational Legitimacy in Croatia and Kosovo
| Autor: | Vjeran Pavlaković, Mieczysław P. Boduszyński |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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Cultural Studies
History Hegemony Sociology and Political Science Croatia Kosovo Victory State formation Special Section: Cultures of Victory Guest Editor: John Paul Newman Former Yugoslavia politics of memory statebuilding war veterans Politics Political economy Political science Politics of memory Democratization Legitimacy |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Contemporary History |
| ISSN: | 1461-7250 0022-0094 |
| Popis: | What are the consequences of a culture of victory in countries undergoing new state formation and democratic transition? In this article, we examine ‘foundational legitimacy,’ or a hegemonic narrative about the way in which a new state was created, and the role particular groups played in its creation. We argue that the way in which victory is institutionalized can pose a grave threat to the democratic project. If reconciliation and democratization depend of integrating losers into the new order and recognizing plural narratives of state formation, then exclusivist narratives based on foundational legitimacy pose a direct challenge to both. We focus on two Yugoslav successor states, Kosovo and Croatia. For both cases, we trace how appeals to ‘foundational legitimacy’ by groups that claim a leading role in the struggle for independence fostered a politics of exclusion, which ran counter to both the spirit of democracy. In Croatia, foundational legitimacy was partly challenged after 2000 by reformist political forces, though more recently it has re-appeared in political life. In Kosovo, foundational legitimacy was never successfully challenged and continues to shape political dynamics to the present day. |
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