Playing in Long Shadows:Bosnian Sport after Yugoslavia, Socialism and War

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Mills, Richard (2020) Playing in Long Shadows:Bosnian Sport after Yugoslavia, Socialism and War. In: Sport, Statehood and Transition in Europe. Routledge, pp. 96-117. ISBN 9780367344405

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Abstract

For Bosnia & Hercegovina, the war of 1992-5 marked a violent rupture with the republic’s socialist Yugoslav past. The shattered state that emerged from the conflict was ethnically divided, impoverished, and administered by the international community. It was a far cry from the proud multi-ethnic republic at the heart of Yugoslavia that hosted the 1984 Winter Olympic Games, and boasted many Yugoslav, European, and Olympic champions. This chapter explores the evolution of Bosnian sport before, during, and after a conflict that altered the state irrevocably. The Winter Olympic legacy and gradual reintegration of football have already attracted the attention of researchers, but the paths of other sports – including men’s and women’s basketball, handball, and volleyball – have been neglected. In addition to the long shadow of a war which devastated sports facilities, tore clubs apart, and provoked the exodus of hundreds of talented athletes, a strong socialist legacy can be observed in the republic’s sporting bodies, clubs, and facilities. In the face of innumerable difficulties, since the 1990s Bosnia & Hercegovina has added proud new sporting chapters to its history.

Item Type:	Book Section
Uncontrolled Keywords:	bosnia,sport,transition,history,football,yugoslavia,socialism,sdg 16 - peace, justice and strong institutions ,/dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/peace_justice_and_strong_institutions
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Arts and Humanities > School of History
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Depositing User:	LivePure Connector
Date Deposited:	12 Feb 2020 07:48
Last Modified:	06 Jan 2024 01:21
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/74166
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