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Bosniaks in Croatia : immigration and transnational social spaces

The paper presents a segment of the social relations of Bosniaks in Croatia that is relevant for the contemporary debates in the social sciences - their transnational social spaces. Transnational ties of Bosniaks in Croatia are exceptionally developed and present a relevant case with many specificities, which can be used for comparative study of the emergence of transnational social spaces. Unlike other migrant groups included in contemporary research, Bosniaks mostly immigrated during the time when there were no administrative and political obstacles for the development of pluri-local ties, in the form of international borders. Also, they have the status of a national minority, their immigration is additionally generated by the existing social ties at the meso-level, and, following the dispersion of Bosniaks during the 1992-1995 war and their forced migration, the emergence of international borders and stronger transnational linking of Bosniak migrants took place. The conditions for maintaining transnational ties of Bosniaks in Croatia, their legal and political status, the proximity of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and the mobilization of the second generation, will certainly help the sustainability of specific transnational social spaces that should be included in future comparative studies aiming to create valid empirical generalizations, if not to generate theory itself.

Bosniaks, diaspora, Croatia, migration, ethnic minorities, transnational social spaces

Dostupno i na hrvatskom jeziku - Migracije iz Bosne i Hercegovine (2013), Sarajevo: Fakultet političkih nauka Univerziteta u Sarajevu, Ministarstvo za ljudska prava i izbjeglice BiH, ISBN: 978-9958-598-47-0