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16. 6. 2016.
Population Politics in Bosnia and Herzegovina: A Reply to Bochsler and Schläpfer
Abstract In this reply to Daniel Bochsler and Basil Schläpfer, a number of issues prompted by their article ‘An indirect approach to map ethnic identities in post-conflict societies’, which proposes a method to estimate population shares in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina in light of the lack of data on ethnicity from the most recent Bosnian census, are raised. In particular, two concerns are highlighted: firstly, whether estimates of the ethnic composition of the population can be free from the same politics that has affected the census itself; and secondly, what the practical purpose of producing such estimates might be.