This chapter examines socioeconomic violence and injustice in war, providing compelling evidence of its relevance for post-conflict societies, from the perspective of people in Prijedor and Zenica who lived through the Bosnian War. The chapter provides a short background on the two cities, before analysing how people in Prijedor and Zenica experienced socioeconomic violence against the background of the war, which in Prijedor entailed an organised campaign of ethnic cleansing. It highlights the pervasiveness of dismissals, social exclusion and deprivation and the powerful impact it has on people's lives.

This chapter examines socioeconomic violence and injustice in war, providing compelling evidence of its relevance for post-conflict societies, from the perspective of people in Prijedor and Zenica who lived through the Bosnian War. The chapter provides a short background on the two cities, before analysing how people in Prijedor and Zenica experienced socioeconomic violence against the background of the war, which in Prijedor entailed an organised campaign of ethnic cleansing. It highlights the pervasiveness of dismissals, social exclusion and deprivation and the powerful impact it has on people's lives.

This short chapter conceptualises the political and economic transformations of Bosnia and Herzegovina over the past decades. It draws on the framework developed in Chapter 2 to contextualise socioeconomic injustice within Bosnia’s post-war and post-socialist conditions. The chapter touches on the socialist era, and highlights the economic dimension of Yugoslavia’s disintegration, before analysing the war from a politico-economic perspective in greater depth.

This short chapter conceptualises the political and economic transformations of Bosnia and Herzegovina over the past decades. It draws on the framework developed in Chapter 2 to contextualise socioeconomic injustice within Bosnia’s post-war and post-socialist conditions. The chapter touches on the socialist era, and highlights the economic dimension of Yugoslavia’s disintegration, before analysing the war from a politico-economic perspective in greater depth.