Stefanovic, Djordje, Loizides, Neophytos G. (2017) Peaceful Returns: Reversing Ethnic Cleansing after the Bosnian War. International Migration, 55 (5). pp. 217-234. ISSN 0020-7985. E-ISSN 1468-2435. (doi:10.1111/imig.12382) (KAR id:63457)
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/imig.12382 |
Abstract
This article questions the conventional wisdom which claims forced migration is irreversible following massive ethnic cleansing campaigns, by investigating durable returns to pre-conflict home communities in Bosnia-Herzegovina. We formulate a set of novel hypotheses on the demographic determinants of return as well as on the role of social capital, nationalist ideology, integration, and war victimization. We use a 2013 Bosnian representative sample with 1,007 respondents to test our hypotheses. The findings support the expectation that gender and age have a major impact on return. Net of other factors, women and those experiencing wartime victimization are less likely to return. Older Bosnians with positive memories of pre-conflict interethnic relations are more likely to return than younger persons or those with negative memories. Finally, ethnic Bosniacs are more likely to return than ethnic Croats or Serbs. More nationalistic internally displaced persons (IDPs) are less likely to return.
Item Type: | Article |
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DOI/Identification number: | 10.1111/imig.12382 |
Subjects: | H Social Sciences |
Divisions: | Divisions > Division of Human and Social Sciences > School of Politics and International Relations |
Depositing User: | Neophytos Loizides |
Date Deposited: | 18 Sep 2017 08:03 UTC |
Last Modified: | 04 Mar 2024 17:31 UTC |
Resource URI: | https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/63457 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes) |
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