Social Studies / Socijalne studije, ISSN 2637-2908 on-line

Drowning the Truth in the Sea of Lies: Unveiling the Infodemic and Modern Censorship in the Post-truth Era

2023-12-20T13:34:27+00:00

Book review: Joel Simon and Robert Mahoney, "The Infodemic: How Censorship and Lies Made the World Sicker and Less Free" (e-book: Columbia Global Reports, New York, 2022, 192 pages)

Dekolonijalna reaproprijacija feminizma: Feminizam u borbi protiv rasnog kapitalizma, imperijalizma i eurocentrizma

2023-12-20T13:38:20+00:00

Book review: Françoise Vergès, "Dekolonijalni feminizam" (TPO Fondacija, Sarajevo, 2019, str. 114)

Political Exploitation of the Symbol of Suffering in the Past Bosnia and Herzegovina War

2023-12-20T11:52:23+00:00

Reminder of the victims, innocent casualties of the past Bosnian- Herzegovinian war, crimes, and atrocities during that period, are a daily occurrence in the media space of post-Dayton Bosnia and Herzegovina. The level of mutual disregard is illustratively evidenced by the ways in which the role of the opposing side in the tragic events is presented, often implying a threat from the other side and ill intentions. In this paper, among other things, the aim is to determine the level and nature of media representation of symbols of suffering in the past war on certain news portals in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and, indirectly, to indicate the nature of the analyzed content. The content of articles dedicated to this topic attempts to present the character of representing tragic events and answer the assumption that it involves the exploitation of tragic events from the war past to justify ethnonationalistic policies of isolationism, whether justified or unjustified. The escalation of ethnonationalistic hatred, fueled by continuous emphasis on the ethnicity’s vulnerability, spreads and sustains an atmosphere of fear, mistrust, and insecurity in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The thanatopolitics of the post-Dayton ethnonationalistic political corpus largely denies the right of others to be a victim and, in that sense, is identical for all political options that declare, in nominal and functional terms, themselves national. Using inductive and deductive methods, critical methods focused on contextual understanding, qualitative and quantitative content analysis, this study aims to diagnose the way thanatological content is presented and suggest its role in the political system of post-Dayton Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Uticaj socio-ekonomskih prilika porodice na obrazovna postignuća djece s teškoćama u razvoju

2023-12-20T12:15:07+00:00

In the paper, the influence of socioeconomic family circumstances on the educational achievements of children with developmental disabilities is indicated through a theoretical and empirical analysis. In this regard, in the theoretical elaboration, the influence of the family climate on the educational achievements of children, especially those with disabilities, and on the functions of the family (developmental, reproductive, educational, function of social position, economic and function of providing protection) was pointed out. In addition, the theoretical analysis method was used to analyse the specifics of the education of children with developmental disabilities in Bosnia and Herzegovina, as well as the family circumstances they live in. A special focus in the work is placed on the results of the empirical research, which included a total of 96 parents from Sarajevo Canton. The results of the research show that the socioeconomic conditions have a significant impact on the educational achievements of children with developmental disabilities, that is, children with disabilities who live in better circumstances and whose parents have a higher level of education have greater prerequisites for achieving better success in school. Through the analysis, it was also realized that these families are burdened with additional costs for a child with developmental disabilities, which is the reason for involving important social actors in providing all types of support that can contribute to better socio-economic opportunities, all with the aim of improving their school performance. The empirical analysis is based on the views of parents of children with developmental disabilities, and the presented results confirm that socio- economic conditions are causally related to the success of their children, which was the general hypothesis in the research.

Cooperation of Social Protection and Civil Protection Services on Disaster Risk Reduction in Canton Sarajevo

2023-12-20T13:05:03+00:00

Social protection in Bosnia and Herzegovina is not the responsibility of the state but of entities, districts, cantons, municipalities and Brčko District of BiH. Additional complication in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina takes place at the level of ten cantons, so that in this entity alone there are 11 almost separate social protection systems with a low degree of cooperation and coordination. This prevents unique access to the resources and possibilities of the social protection system, so that the differences in the realization of the social rights of citizens are evident. Civil protection in Bosnia and Herzegovina is also not organized at the state level, but at the level of entities, districts, cantons and municipalities. The specificity of civil protection activities in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina is reflected in the fact that, in addition to the management structure, there is also a leadership structure for the implementation of protection and rescue measures and activities. The management structure is presented through civil protection administrations at the entity and canton level and civil protection services at the municipal level; and the leadership structure that works to implement the decisions of the management structure is represented through the civil protection headquarters at the entity, canton and municipal levels. Given that the social protection and civil protection services work with vulnerable categories of the population by nature of their regular activities, much greater cooperation is necessary at all levels, especially in Sarajevo Canton, which is economically the strongest, in order to provide assistance and reduce the risk of disasters.

Family Leisure Time and Well-Being

2023-12-20T13:28:26+00:00

Family leisure time is an integral part of family everyday life. A significant proportion of what family members do together is leisure time. Throughout the literature, it is emphasized that the way in which families spend their leisure time together greatly affects intra-family relations and dynamics, that is, family functioning. It is not disputed that leisure brings multiple benefits to families. The aim of this paper is to examine patterns and detect challenges and perspectives of family leisure time. By questioning the attitudes of students (N=107), the results were obtained that show that family free time is most often spent in socializing and going out, playing, and relaxing activities. Students think that leisure activities are a significant predictor of personal growth and, in this connection, improvement of the quality of (family) life. On the other hand, it is clear that the biggest challenges are of a motivational and organizational nature. Based on the findings, guidelines for building an inclusive culture of family leisure time will be specified, all in order to improve the educational effects of leisure activities.