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The task of this chapter is to set up the subsequent analysis of SDS by providing a way to understand the political context within which the party emerged in the spring and summer of 1990. It discusses a convergence of the various developments that led to the collapse of the Yugoslav communist party-state hegemony and created a pluralist political terrain that heavily favored ethno-nationalists. The analysis shows that Bosnia-Herzegovina initially resisted a surging wave of nationalism coming from Serbia and Croatia. As late as the summer of 1990, Bosnia had a vibrant pluralist scene with dozens of parties and informal movements but few signs of latent nationalist sentiments that would come to dominate later in the year.
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Maksić, A. (2017). Riding the Tide of Nationalism: The Collapse of Yugoslav Party-State and the Emergence of SDS. In: Ethnic Mobilization, Violence, and the Politics of Affect. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-48293-4_3
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