20.500.12556/RUL-175549 Ethnicised citizenship and the post-socialist model of diversity management the case of Slovenia’s ‘unrecognised’ minorities from former Yugoslavia This article examines how Slovenia’s post-communist approach to diversity management marginalizes minorities from the former Yugoslav republics. The constitution grants cultural rights and parliamentary representation to Italian and Hungarian minorities, but communities from Bosnia, Serbia, North Macedonia, Kosovo, and Croatia are excluded from these protections. Recognised mainly by religious affiliation, these groups have limited access to formal minority rights. Their fight for recognition is fragmented, lacking unified political representation, and the 1992 “erasure”—the removal of thousands from the permanent resident registry after independence—still undermines their sense of belonging. Drawing on theories of racialized citizenship, belonging, multiculturalism, and social mobility, the article examines how exclusionary legal frameworks create hierarchies of belonging that hinder mobility for these unrecognised minorities. The qualitative interviews with descendants of Bosnian migrants reveal intergenerational struggles with recognition, ambivalent experiences of citizenship, and discrimination. Set in the post-communist Eastern European context, the study argues that even under the pressures of EU integration, citizenship regimes remain divided along ethnic lines. This division maintains structural inequalities and marginalizes certain groups despite their long-term residence and formal citizenship. The study contributes to debates on ethnicised citizenship and diversity management by showing how legal exclusion, historical legacies, and fragmented minority politics limit belonging and mobility in post-communist societies. ethnicised citizenship minority recognition post-socialist Europe post-Yugoslav minorities politics of belonging Slovenia državljanstvo etnične skupine manjšine priznanje postsocialistična Evropa pripadnost Slovenija true false false Angleški jezik Slovenski jezik Neznano 2025-11-03 13:08:49 2025-11-03 13:08:57 2025-12-12 03:42:45 0000-00-00 00:00:00 2025 0 0 Str. 1-17 iss. 4, 120 Vol. 9 2025 0000-00-00 Zaloznikova NiDoloceno NiDoloceno 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 2025-01-01 323.1 2313-5778 10.3390/genealogy9040120 255660291 RAZ_Mandelc_Damjan_2025.pdf RAZ_Mandelc_Damjan_2025.pdf 1 4ABA9C2B74CD049F3A2D7D6281911241 80b29f2d275799c75776721e64989695c255f948fb9b4359f54315b1a7d94672 a04a4f07-b8ad-11f0-9328-0050569b8976 https://repozitorij.uni-lj.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=221298 https://www.mdpi.com/2313-5778/9/4/120 1 90574615-b8ad-11f0-9328-0050569b8976 https://repozitorij.uni-lj.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=221297 Filozofska fakulteta 0 0 0