Muhidin Mulalic

Muhidin Mulalic
International University of Sarajevo · Social and Political Sciences

PhD

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Bosnia and Herzegovina is ranked 73rd in the Global Gender Gap Index 2022. A questionable democratization process, ethno-nationalism, and changes in the political culture strongly affected gender equality, participation, and representation in Bosnia and Herzegovina. This article tackles the impact of preferential voting on the representation of wom...
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This paper aims to divert from the conventional understanding of diplomacy and foreign policy, which is conditioned by postmodern realities. These emerging realities, which transcend national borders, strongly consider science, technology, climate, environment, and security. Thus, the postmodern age, characterized by fragmentation, uncertainty and...
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Türkiye ve Bosna-Hersek arasında 500 yıla dayanan bir kardeşlik ilişkisi bulunmaktadır. Sosyalist Yugoslavya`nın dağılması ile teker teker bağım- sızlık ilan eden federe devletler arasında en zorlu geçiş sürecini yaşayan Bosna-Hersek olmuştur. 1992-1995 yılları arasındaki acı kayıplara yol açan savaştan sonra 1995 yılında imzalanan Dayton Barış Ant...
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Postmodern metamorphosis and unpredictability of the world, reflexively perceived as fragile and liquid, requires new methodological (de)construction and framing of the Western Balkans. Most of the studies on the Western Balkans have neglected emerging realities that frame and model the Western Balkan's mutual social, cultural, economic, environmen...
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Edited by MUHIDIN MULALIĆ, EMEL TOPCU, JAHJA MUHASILOVIĆ A continuous association of the Western Balkans with negative metaphors reflected in the destruction, ethnic hatred, divisiveness, backwardness, and radical nationalism, significantly inhibit the future of this region. Thus, this book aims to explore the democratization process, reconciliatio...
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This paper aims to introduce readers to the changes and transformations of gender political equality in Bosnia and Herzegovina and their impact on the legal and institutional framework. A brief survey of major changes and transformation will demonstrate to what extent the position of women’s political participation and representation has improved i...
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The conception of a migration (hijra) is one of the most important concepts, not merely because of the Islamic calendar but, because of the beginning of the Islamic culture and civilization as a whole. Although in the Islamic Tradition the conception of migration (hijra) has clear etymological meaning, migrations throughout the history have multipl...
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This chapter analyzes Serbo-Croatian views of the Sarajevo Assassination based on leading daily newspapers in these two countries. It is significant to make a comparative analysis of the same event by taking into consideration historical distance of 1914 and present-day views in both Serbia and Croatia. The first part of the paper surveys historica...
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Although sociology is a modern discipline, sociologists in Bosnia and Herzegovina must consider distant past and present to tackle the questions of identity, nationality, ethnicity, language and religion. Sociological prominence had gained its focus in post-war Bosnia and Herzegovina because of conflict resolution, peace building and overall social...
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Because of globalization process politicians, diplomats, policy-makers, sociologists and economists began using increasingly the word cultural diplomacy. In the past decades, developed countries have been effectively using cultural diplomacy for the promotion of culture, values, education and liberal ideas. Their primarily interest is to create a p...
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This paper deals with the public perceptions of the national identity in Bosnia and Herzegovina, which has been in flux throughout history. Hence, the common national identity was replaced by exclusive ethnic national identities and ideologies of Bosnians, Serbs, and Croats. In particular, the postwar period, marked by unrest and ethnic tension as...
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This paper begins with a survey of historical, cultural and civilization dynamics in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Since ancient times, Bosnia has been at the crossroads of different cultures, civilizations, religions and traditions, which inevitably affected the creation of a unique Bosnian multicultural model. Pilarska is right in asserting that “such...
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The modern materialistic worldview has influenced educational institutions to emphasize more on inculcating students with skills and knowledge to the neglect of the students' values and virtues. Consequently, education is a commodity, shaped according to the market. Education, influenced by the market, neglects a comprehensive approach and students...
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Twenty years after the Dayton Peace Agreement an exclusive ethnic ideology, international tutelage and dependency characterize Bosnia and Herzegovina. Wrong political approaches by the international and local political actors in Bosnia and Herzegovina created permanent crisis, the status quo and a 'case' country. Conflict, furthermore enriched with...
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This paper surveys present socio-political predicaments in Bosnia and Herzegovina by taking into consideration post-war peace-building, state-building, exclusive ethnic ideology, international tutelage and dependency politics. Short survey indicates how wrong approaches by the international and local political actors created in Bosnia and Herzegovi...
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The Energy politics is today at the center of the Russian and the Western Balkans relations. It is widely known that Russia has been playing significant role in world energy supply. Therefore, Russian energy companies have taken a leading role in the promotion of their businesses in the Western Balkans. The Western Balkans region has become geostra...
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Fostering of civil society is vital in multiethnic, multicultural, multi-religious and post-conflict societies such as that of Bosnia-Herzegovina. Therefore, this paper examines the role of Muslim women's non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in fostering of civil society in Bosnia-Herzegovina. In this regard, this paper puts in the perspective pre...
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The perceptions of the Balkans, as a region torn apart by the ethnic conflicts, have an historical and geopolitical basis. The term Balkans itself was especially associated with the ethnic and tribal strife during the 1900s and again in the 1990s. Therefore, common perceptions prevail that the term Balkans represents something negative, which i...
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This paper theoretically explores Bosnian conflict, past peace initiatives and current political issues in Bosnia-Herzegovina. In order to put the Dayton Peace Agreement (DPA) into the perspective, this paper surveys the Bosnian conflict with special emphasis on different national aspirations during the 1990s. Significant portion of this paper deal...
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The role of higher education is vital in successful functioning of a state, especially of post-conflict states, such as that of Bosnia-Herzegovina, that are in the process of peace-building, state-building and nation-building. Therefore, this paper deals with prospects and challenges of private higher education in Bosnia-Herzegovina. In order to pu...
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Very often conflict and post-conflict images of Bosnia-Herzegovina overshadow noteworthy developments and changes. Similarly the role and contributions of women’s NGOs in the process of civil society building don’t receive proper publicity and acknowledgment. Therefore, this paper aims to put in the perspective women’s NGOs in Bosnia-Herzegovina by...
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Matlamat utama perbincangan artikel ini ialah untuk mengemukakan suatu paparan tentang faham perseja-rahan Islam di sisi al-Tabari (m. 310/ 923). Beliau mem-pelopori suatu fasa bam dalam perkembangan historio-grafi Islam dengan memperkayakannya dengan kaedah persejarahan analistik yang asli, di samping falsafah sejarah. Ini dapat diperhatikan mener...

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