Following the conclusion of the general strike of Bosnia and Herzegovina in May 1906, civil servants of the Habsburg occupation administration attempted to figure out why exactly these events had occurred. Their reports pointed to the pursuits of local actors involved in the workers\u2019 movement and efforts to enact agrarian reform, as well as national activists. Interestingly, the civil servants also often blamed administrators on the ground for having failed to act to prevent these moments of social conflict.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Traditionally scholars of Habsburg Bosnia have interpreted bureaucratic inconsistencies, deviations, and failures like those of May 1906 in the context of the regime\u2019s ongoing attempts to establish control after 1878. But what if we stepped back to reconsider these instances in their own terms? This paper argues that in the case of May 1906 in the district of Ljubu\u0161ki such moments of perceived failure were often occasions where administrators debated their relationship to local actors as well as to other civil servants, and provide insight into the nature of Habsburg rule in Bosnia. Moreover, the case demonstrates how the reframing of supposed bureaucratic failure can provide a means to investigate the relationship between government, state, and society across the entire monarchy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Rachel Trode is a PhD researcher at the European University Institute. Her thesis examines the nature of late Habsburg rule in Bosnia and Herzegovina.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Zentrum f\u00fcr S\u00fcdosteuropastudien, SOEGA & S\u00fcdosteuropa-Gesellschaft<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Ort: HS 04.01 – Universit\u00e4tsplatz 4, EG<\/p>\n\n\n\n