Abstract: With this case study of Bosnia and Herzegovina, I contribute to the discussion about the influence of bridging and bondings effect on tolerance levels among different groups in a post conflict and fragmented society. By studying the relationship between bridging and bonding trust and participation in associations and tolerance level for five chosen groups in Bosnia and Herzegovina, the study shows that: 1) the impact of social capital is dependent on rural and urban context; 2) bridging social capital has a higher influence on tolerance levels than bonding social capital; 3) trust has a higher influence on tolerance levels than participation; and 4) the social capital effect on tolerance is not significant for all groups. The study shows that the social capital variables of trust and participation effect the tolerance level for the groups Atheist and Ethnic group and this effect is larger in the smaller city of Tuzla where a large part of the respondents came from different homogenous villages in the municipality.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:uu-477536 |
| Date | January 2017 |
| Creators | Haracic, Alma |
| Publisher | Uppsala universitet, Statsvetenskapliga institutionen |
| Source Sets | DiVA Archive at Upsalla University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Student thesis, info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesis, text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
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