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A fish stinks from the head: Ethnic diversity, segregation, and the collapse of Yugoslavia

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  • E. A. Hammel

    (University of California, Berkeley)

  • Carl Mason

    (University of California, Berkeley)

  • Mirjana Stevanovic

    (Stanford University)

Abstract

Demographic analysis clarifies political issues in the collapse of Yugoslavia. In most regions, 1961-1991, ethnic diversity (estimated by informational entropy) increased and segregation (estimated by Theil’s H) decreased. In a few regions there was a reversal in 1991 as migration flows or presentations of self perhaps changed in anticipation of war. The analysis strengthens refutations of the view that long standing ethnic hatreds were the root cause of the Yugoslav collapse and supports analyses that attribute collapse to general economic crisis, economic competition between regions, and failures at the peak of government.

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  • E. A. Hammel & Carl Mason & Mirjana Stevanovic, 2010. "A fish stinks from the head: Ethnic diversity, segregation, and the collapse of Yugoslavia," Demographic Research, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, Germany, vol. 22(35), pages 1097-1142.
    • Handle: RePEc:dem:demres:v:22:y:2010:i:35
    DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2010.22.35
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    Keywords

    ethnicity; segregation; Yugoslavia; diversity; ethnic politics; collapse of Yugoslavia;
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    • J1 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics
    • Z0 - Other Special Topics - - General

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