Bosnia ed Erzegovina sulla strada di uno stato moderno: Relazione tra disintegrazione nazionale ed integrazione internazionale

First and second chapter deals with classical problems in terms of state, nation, people, minority, society. BiH was dealing with frequent change of state polity and therefore fallowing influence to the social and cultural change of its people. At the end the individual and collective identity modifications created distinct value disagreements. BiH society is confronting dichotomy in its ethnic affiliations regarding the concept of †œmulticulturalism†� among the Bosniaks' majority and other two constitutive people Serbs and Croats in terms of three B, believing/belonging/becoming. One will say that ethnicity is a changeable socially constructed concept like e.g. the class, race, etc. another will accentuate the natural constant of ethnic solidarity and the third will emphasize the long-term effects of institutional and cultural environment of ethnic relations. The theoretical framework in the context of ethnographic data is necessary to reach a social and cultural maturity. BiH was experiencing the process of territorial and constitutional transformation after the dissolution of common state of Yugoslavia. Constitutional order of 1995 created complex decision making system and complex state structure blocking the state functions and creating the frequent political, economic and social crises. As a part of international peace agreement the forcible Constitution created unequal standing for three constitutive peoples, the †œOthers†� and citizens of BiH. In its end line it froze the war territorial division. The term †œconstitutive†� people were taken from the last Yugoslav constitution where the state sovereignty was diffused between different holders: the peoples and republics and at the end conditioned by consensus. The reinforced EU presence is a crossforce in supporting the domestic stakeholders and BiH citizens in the EU integration process as well in sooner closure of the OHR and transfer of competencies to the state of BiH and to the other domestic stakeholders. The initiation of †œlate†� approval of crucial laws of BiH e.g. the Law on citizenship, the Law on residence and the Law on Personal identification number happened under the pressure of civil society with †œbaby revolution†�. In the last chapter the accent is on good practice examples of Crossborder Cooperation Program Croatia/BiH 2007-2013 aiming the better quality of life of people in the border region of Una-Sana Canton. An opportunity is entrance of Croatia to EU considering that now 2/3 of the internationally recognized BiH's border is external border of EU now. The European Aid funds are welcomed in this area, although the consumption of funds could be better. Here is to point out a field work in a multicultural environment of the municipality of Bosanski Petrovac where peace agreement of 1995 established an internal administrative boundary line making two municipalities Bosanki Petrovac and Petrovac.