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Disintegration and possibilities for rebuilding of war-affected communities : The Vojnić Municipality case

War and war-related events can cause disintegration of vital community dimensions at the micro-level (related to everyday life of habitants), meso-level (regarding social relations) and macro-level (factors that make community autonomous entity). This article presents an example of a community that manifests characteristics of a disintegrated community in Croatia: at the micro-level with reduced living standards ; at the meso-level with divided ethnic groups and non-functional social ties ; at the macro-level with incomplete institutional development and underdeveloped economy. Approaches in community rebuilding tackling all three dimensions are proposed. On those grounds, the role of social work in rebuilding postwar communities is suggested.

community disintegration; community rebuilding; impact of war; inequalities; social work

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