AUTHOR:
Vira Burdiak
ABSTRACT:
The paper deals with politicization of ethnic awareness of the society over the period of transformational changes, what especially negatively revealed in the Balkans. Permanent, relentless conflicts, which loomed large in the region in the 90s of the previous century, occasionally emerge nowadays. However, the state despite all events which take place in the neighboring countries and complexity of internal political, social and economic situation managed to avert apparent social confrontation. The analysis of the transformational process in Bulgaria gives us reasons to conclude that the state lacks a clear program of ethnic policy development, while manifestations of nationalism were enough to commence the changes. After joining the EU and NATO situation in the country experienced a vast improvement.
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