Slovakia as a Safe Country – The Perspective of the Slovak Community members of Vojvodina
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This article explores the current migration of the Slovak community members of
Serbia to Slovakia, focusing on their perception of safety and risk, in the period since
1990 when the post-Communist transition began both in Serbia and Slovakia. The
authors attempt to analyse how the members of the given community, who migrated
to Slovakia during the reference period, perceive Slovakia today from the point of
view of their safety, understood as the search for freedom from threats. They focus
on individual safety factors (life, health, status, wealth and freedom). After 1990,
Slovakia became not only a country left by migrants, but also a country of destination
for migrants. One such migrant group is the members of Slovak communities abroad,
in particular Serbia, Romania and Ukraine. The first wave of migration of Slovaks
from Serbia took place in the early 1990s in connection with the violent ethnic
conflicts in former Yugoslavia, and the next one as a result of the global fina...ncial
crisis in 2008, which intensified after 2015. The main push factors of the migration
of Vojvodina Slovaks to Slovakia in the 1990s included attempts to avoid mobilisation
and participation in combat operations; after 2008, the key role was played primarily
by material issues which they perceived as an existential threat to themselves and to
their families. The main pull factor in favour of choosing Slovakia comprise of the
relatively small administrative barriers and linguistic proximity. While our interlocutors
regarded their concerns about the impacts of the 1990s war conflicts as short-term
threats, they perceived the social impacts of the economic transition and uncontrolled
global financial crisis after 2008 as long-term or even permanent threats. In this
context, they consider Slovakia a safe country. The article is based on extensive
multi-sited fieldwork – in-depth interviews with the members of the community –
and on other available sources (legal documents, statistical data, media, etc.).
Кључне речи:
Slovak community of Vojvodina / co-ethnic migration / individual safety / Serbia / Slovakia / diaspora policyИзвор:
Slovenský národopis / Slovak Ethnology, 2020, 68, 2, 136-160Издавач:
- Bratislava : Institute of Ethnology and Social Anthropology of the Slovak Academy of Sciences
Финансирање / пројекти:
- Министарство науке, технолошког развоја и иновација Републике Србије, институционално финансирање - 200173 (Етнографски институт САНУ, Београд) (RS-MESTD-inst-2020-200173)
DOI: 10.2478/se-2020-0008
ISSN: 1335-1303
WoS: 000592187000002
Scopus: 2-s2.0-85092494228
URI
https://www.sav.sk/?lang=sk&doc=journal-list&part=article_response_page&journal_article_no=18600https://dais.sanu.ac.rs/123456789/14556
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Етнографски институт САНУ / Institute of Ethnography SASATY - JOUR AU - Marušiak, Juraj AU - Zlatanović, Sanja PY - 2020 UR - https://www.sav.sk/?lang=sk&doc=journal-list&part=article_response_page&journal_article_no=18600 UR - https://dais.sanu.ac.rs/123456789/14556 AB - This article explores the current migration of the Slovak community members of Serbia to Slovakia, focusing on their perception of safety and risk, in the period since 1990 when the post-Communist transition began both in Serbia and Slovakia. The authors attempt to analyse how the members of the given community, who migrated to Slovakia during the reference period, perceive Slovakia today from the point of view of their safety, understood as the search for freedom from threats. They focus on individual safety factors (life, health, status, wealth and freedom). After 1990, Slovakia became not only a country left by migrants, but also a country of destination for migrants. One such migrant group is the members of Slovak communities abroad, in particular Serbia, Romania and Ukraine. The first wave of migration of Slovaks from Serbia took place in the early 1990s in connection with the violent ethnic conflicts in former Yugoslavia, and the next one as a result of the global financial crisis in 2008, which intensified after 2015. The main push factors of the migration of Vojvodina Slovaks to Slovakia in the 1990s included attempts to avoid mobilisation and participation in combat operations; after 2008, the key role was played primarily by material issues which they perceived as an existential threat to themselves and to their families. The main pull factor in favour of choosing Slovakia comprise of the relatively small administrative barriers and linguistic proximity. While our interlocutors regarded their concerns about the impacts of the 1990s war conflicts as short-term threats, they perceived the social impacts of the economic transition and uncontrolled global financial crisis after 2008 as long-term or even permanent threats. In this context, they consider Slovakia a safe country. The article is based on extensive multi-sited fieldwork – in-depth interviews with the members of the community – and on other available sources (legal documents, statistical data, media, etc.). PB - Bratislava : Institute of Ethnology and Social Anthropology of the Slovak Academy of Sciences T2 - Slovenský národopis / Slovak Ethnology T1 - Slovakia as a Safe Country – The Perspective of the Slovak Community members of Vojvodina SP - 136 EP - 160 VL - 68 IS - 2 DO - 10.2478/se-2020-0008 UR - https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_dais_14556 ER -
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Marušiak, J.,& Zlatanović, S.. (2020). Slovakia as a Safe Country – The Perspective of the Slovak Community members of Vojvodina. in Slovenský národopis / Slovak Ethnology Bratislava : Institute of Ethnology and Social Anthropology of the Slovak Academy of Sciences., 68(2), 136-160. https://doi.org/10.2478/se-2020-0008 https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_dais_14556
Marušiak J, Zlatanović S. Slovakia as a Safe Country – The Perspective of the Slovak Community members of Vojvodina. in Slovenský národopis / Slovak Ethnology. 2020;68(2):136-160. doi:10.2478/se-2020-0008 https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_dais_14556 .
Marušiak, Juraj, Zlatanović, Sanja, "Slovakia as a Safe Country – The Perspective of the Slovak Community members of Vojvodina" in Slovenský národopis / Slovak Ethnology, 68, no. 2 (2020):136-160, https://doi.org/10.2478/se-2020-0008 ., https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_dais_14556 .