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Identity management by multiple identification: religious leaders and EU integration of Bosnia and Herzegovina
| Τίτλος: | Identity management by multiple identification: religious leaders and EU integration of Bosnia and Herzegovina |
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| Συγγραφείς: | Bajramović, Ružica Čubela, Nilsson, Marco, 1971 |
| Πηγή: | Journal of Contemporary European Studies. 33(1):104-120 |
| Θεματικοί όροι: | Bosnia and Herzegovina, EU integration, religious leaders, social identity management strategies, Social Identity Theory, the European society |
| Περιγραφή: | This research examines the identity management strategies among Bosnian religious leaders belonging to the three major religious groups in Bosnia and Herzegovina (B&H), namely the Islamic Community, the Serbian Orthodox Church, and the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Vrhbosna. The research is based on 31 semi-structured interviews conducted with religious leaders from the aforementioned groups. It specifically focuses on how religious leaders manage negative in-group identities in the context of the country’s EU integration process. Identity management strategies described in the previous literature cannot explain how the respondents in the post-conflict environment of B&H deal with negative in-group perceptions. Instead, this research identifies a new strategy: multiple identification, i.e. identifying not only with the in-group but also with an out-group, thereby paving the way for a novel approach to identity management through multiple group affiliations, emphasizing shared values. With the help of thematic analysis, the article demonstrates how multiple identification with both the in-group and the perceived European society as an out-group evolves in this empirical case. |
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| Σύνδεσμος πρόσβασης: | https://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-64791 https://doi.org/10.1080/14782804.2024.2360035 |
| Βάση Δεδομένων: | SwePub |
| ISSN: | 14782804 14782790 |
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| DOI: | 10.1080/14782804.2024.2360035 |