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Teaching History with an Ethno-Nationalistic Approach: History Textbooks in the Education System of Bosnia and Herzegovina

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This article examines how ethno-nationalistic politics influence school history textbooks and how politicized state institutions abuse their powers to revise history, presenting new narratives to build a national ethos. It tries to increase understanding of the relationship between history education, historical awareness, and identity politics.

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    In BiH at least four different laws regulate the preparation and approval of textbooks. See: Federalno ministarstvo obrazovanja i nauke (2009).

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Jozelić, J. (2020). Teaching History with an Ethno-Nationalistic Approach: History Textbooks in the Education System of Bosnia and Herzegovina. In: Ognjenović, G., Jozelić, J. (eds) Nationhood and Politicization of History in School Textbooks. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-38121-9_11

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