@article{1c4c0cc5-02df-40a5-a048-7825f82e9ae8,
author = {Mirosław Dymarski},
title = {Political Situation of Ethnic Minority Groups in Independent Montenegro},
journal = {Central European and Balkan Studies},
volume = {2017},
number = {Tom XXVI},
year = {2018},
issn = {2451-4993},
pages = {205-219},keywords = {ethnic minorities; Montenegro; elections; Albanians; Serbs; Bosnians; political parties; political activity},
abstract = {The situation of the ethnic minorities in Montenegro is quite complex. Although they enjoy full civic rights, a lot of discontent is on record. Serbs, the largest minority (29% of population of Montenegro), want their position enshrined in the constitution. They believe in their basic ethnic and cultural identity with the Montenegrins and claim that 1/3 of the people of Montenegro cannot be regarded as a mere minority. In 2006 the Serbs of Montenegro were totally opposed to the proclamation of independence. For this reason they alone have not shared power in Montenegro. The smaller minorities (Albanians, Bosnians, Croats, Muslims) were adamant in their support of the independence of Montenegro. They have coexisted with the central authorities of Montenegro and members of these minorities have been participating in public office. Their enmity to Serbs dating to the war in former Yugoslavia has made the position of Milo Djukanović secure for over two decades. The election scheduled for 16 October 2016 could change the status quo. The activists of ethnic minorities, in recent years disillusioned with the policy of the government of Montenegro, have built a multi-ethnic coalition with some ethnic Montenegrins which aims at removing the team of Milo Djukanović, in their opinion corrupt and criminal, from power. A quarter of a century after the war in Yugoslavia, the new generation has come of age for whom the future of the country rather than the memory of the fratricidal war is the primary concern.},
doi = {10.4467/2543733XSSB.17.033.8331},
url = {https://ejournals.eu/en/journal/ssb/article/political-situation-of-ethnic-minority-groups-in-independent-montenegro}
}