The Spatial Demographic Definition of the Term Bosanska Posavina

Through the democratization of the inner relations in Yugoslavia via the installation of a multiparty system, and the fact the in the first democratic elections in Bosnia and Herzegovina, which were held at the end of 1990, the nationally affirmative parties had won -- such events had, amongst other things, created political space for the adequate regulation of the status of the Bosanska Posavina Croats. In accordance with the demands which were clear within the Croatian political leadership in Bosnia and Herzegovina by the end of 1991, the most desirable aspect of the regulation of that status was to have become evident through the installment of, as it were, a Croatian Bosanska Posavina territorial entity within a complexly arranged Bosnia and Herzegovina. However, the notion of a Greater Serbia and its aggression in Bosnia and Herzegovina eliminated the possibility of a peaceful regulation of the status and relations between the peoples of Bosnia and Herzegovina. In the end, the results of that aggression and the war which had prompted it had a crucial impact on the nature of the internal arrangement of the country. In the work presented and in following the results of the 1991 census, we have tried to determine the exact spatial frame and ethnic characteristics of the area within Bosanska Posavina which is mostly inhabited by Croatians and to determine the rational and optimal political framework the Croats from Bosanska Posavina had, based on this insight. To conclude, we also introduced the results of the war and post-war happenings/occurrences in relation to the demographic and political positions of the Bosanska Posavina Croats. Adapted from the source document.