Peace Psychology in the Balkans

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xvi

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2. Peace Psychology in the Balkans: In Times Past, Present, and Future

   • Olivera Simić, Zala Volčič, Catherine R. Philpot

   Pages 1-14

3. Explaining the Past

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 15-15

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4. Explaining the past

   1. Ethnic Conflict and Reconciliation in Post-Communist Romania

      • Vasile Cernat

      Pages 17-34

   2. Theories of Ethnocentrism and Their Implications for Peacebuilding

      • Boris Bizumić

      Pages 35-56

   3. Transforming Violent Masculinities in Serbia and Beyond

      • Ivana Milojević

      Pages 57-73

   4. Making or Breaking the Peace: The Role of Schools in Inter-Ethnic Peace Making

      • W. Duffie VanBalkom, Mirjana Beara

      Pages 75-87

5. Examining the Present

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 89-89

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6. Examining the present

   1. Journalistic Views on Post-Violent Peacebuilding in Bosnia and Herzegovina

      • Karmen Erjavec, Zala Volčič, Melita Poler Kovačič, Igor Vobič

      Pages 91-108

   2. War Through Other Means: Examining the Role of Symbols in Bosnia and Herzegovina

      • Iva Pauker

      Pages 109-128

   3. Imagine Being Alone: Making Sense of Life in Contemporary Bosnia and Herzegovina by Remembering the Past

      • Sandina Begić

      Pages 129-141

   4. Internalizing and Externalizing Symptoms in a Sample of Bosnian Young Adults: Ten Years After the War

      • Namik Kirlić, Adela Langrock

      Pages 143-156

   5. Family in Exile: Examining the Risk and Resilience of Refugees in Serbia

      • Tijana Mirović

      Pages 157-173

7. Envisioning the Future

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 175-175

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8. Envisioning the future

   1. Parallel Worlds of Divided Community: Time Does Not Make Much Difference

      • Dinka Čorkalo Biruški, Dean Ajduković

      Pages 177-198

   2. OpenOption: Roma, Discrimination, and Peace Building in Macedonian Šuto Orizari

      • Despina Angelovska

      Pages 199-214

   3. Overcoming Ethnic Hatred: Peacebuilding and Violent Conflict Prevention in Divided Societies

      • Scott Nicholas Romaniuk

      Pages 215-234

   4. Coming to Terms with the Past Marked by Collective Crimes: Collective Moral Responsibility and Reconciliation

      • Sabina Čehajić-Clancy

      Pages 235-244

9. Back Matter

   Pages 245-248

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The volume covers the development of peace psychology in the Balkans. The Balkans is a region marked by post-communist and post-conflict transitional turmoil, and this book provides a comprehensive introduction to research in peace psychology in this part of the world, written by scholars primarily working in the Balkan area. It brings together innovative scholarship that examines interdisciplinary aspects of peace psychology researched and written by scholars from Kosovo, Serbia, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Romania, Macedonia, Croatia, and Slovenia as well as presenting research that responds to contemporary global issues by tracking the ways in which peace psychology is developing and implementing in the Balkans.

• Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Coercive Power-sharing
• communism and nationalism
• ethnocentrism and conflict
• postwar society
• social identity

• Griffith University, Griffith Law School, Gold Coast, Australia

  Olivera Simić

• , School of Journalism and Communication, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia

  Zala Volčič

• , School of Psychology, University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Australia

  Catherine R. Philpot

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