@article{article_444557, title={EUROPEAN UNION PERCEPTION OF BOSNIA and HERZEGOVINA’S PEOPLE}, journal={Balkan Araştırma Enstitüsü Dergisi}, volume={7}, pages={1–30}, year={2018}, DOI={10.30903/Balkan.444557}, author={Akdemir, Erhan}, keywords={Bosnia and Herzegovina,European Union,Perception,Identity,Public Opinion}, abstract={<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:35.45pt;line-height:normal;"> <span lang="en-us" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;" xml:lang="en-us">The main purpose of this article is to measure and analyze the perceptions, attitudes, behaviors and knowledge of Bosnia and Herzegovina’s public opinion about the Bosnian Herzegovina-EU relations and the EU. </span> <span lang="en-us" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;" xml:lang="en-us"> </span> <span lang="en-us" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;" xml:lang="en-us">The study used three key dimensions regarding the EU perception of the Bosnian Herzegovina people: Political, economic and cultural. Each dimension identifies the EU perception of the Bosnia and Herzegovinian public opinion. This provides us with important data on how the public perceive the EU. </span> <span lang="en-us" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;color:#222222;" xml:lang="en-us"> </span> <span lang="en-us" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;" xml:lang="en-us">Does the public opinion see the EU as a key to solve internal economic and political problems of the BiH? According to public opinion what are the main obstacles in front of Bosnia and Herzegovina’s EU membership? </span> <span lang="en-us" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;color:#222222;" xml:lang="en-us"> </span> <span lang="en-us" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;" xml:lang="en-us">The answers to these questions were sought in the study. </span> </p> <p> </p>}, number={1}, publisher={Trakya University}