SSC MTS EXAM

Detailed explanation-1: -From the very beginning, the various ethnicities struggled for power within the new Yugoslavia. The largest group was the Serbs (about 45 percent), followed by the Croats (about 25 percent). Croats often felt they were treated as lesser partners under the Serbs.

Detailed explanation-2: -With the death of Tito in 1980, the communist regime began to weaken and tensions between Yugoslavia’s ethnic groups emerged. This was due to the fact that the communists never managed to build viable political institutions to codify and regulate relations among the groups (Kupchan, 1995, p:105).