20.500.12556/RUL-161449 When structural factors that cause interethnic violence work in favour of peace the story of Baljvine, a warless Bosnian‑Herzegovinian peace mosaic In this paper, we analyse the dynamics of interethnic relations in Baljvine, a village in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), where local Bosniaks and Serbs did not resort to interethnic violence that otherwise marked most of BiH during the last war. Drawing on structural factors that shed light on the dynamics of relations in post-conflict societies where interethnic violence occurred, the aim is to explain why and how bloodshed was prevented in Baljvine during the last war. To achieve this, we employ a multi-method research approach, combining qualitative observation with participation and interviews with the villagers. The results show that intersubjective motivations and a set of smaller coincidences in Baljvine affected structural factors and resulted in avoidance of interethnic violence. This enabled us to coin the concept of “peace mosaic” to demonstrate how several smaller pieces have to align in a community to allow it to remain peaceful. The key contribution is in advancing the argument that the structural factors that explain interethnic violence can also work in favour of peace. Baljva's cross-ethnic relations reconciliation post-conflict rebound cross-ethnic violence structural factors Baljvine medetnični odnosi sprava postkonfliktno odbobje medetnično nasilje strukturni dejavniki true false true Angleški jezik Slovenski jezik Bosna in Hercegovina; Članek v reviji 2024-09-11 10:19:26 2024-09-11 10:19:34 2024-09-12 04:23:43 0000-00-00 00:00:00 2024 0 0 Str. 341–364 Vol. 27 2024 0000-00-00 PostprintKoncna Objavljeno NiDoloceno 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 2024-05-13 2025-05-13 323.1(497.6) 1408-6980 10.1057/s41268-024-00331-8 195323139 https://link.springer.com/article/10.1057/s41268-024-00331-8 1 88081e64-7016-11ef-b232-0050569b8976 https://repozitorij.uni-lj.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=190381 s41268-024-00331-8.pdf s41268-024-00331-8.pdf 1 961CE327596BE9A0725EB152F070D0CE 2330edde2750f8917fdbc13147986ab7ae66b734f523823db13a1305c860656b 71c3e624-7018-11ef-b232-0050569b8976 https://repozitorij.uni-lj.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=190387 Fakulteta za družbene vede 0 0 0