State-building and local resistance in Kosovo: Minority exclusion through inclusive legislation
Apstrakt
This article focuses on the participation of local citizens in Kosovo in the process of state building and their engagement with the institutions imposed by the international community. While previous literature focuses either on the constitutional and institutional framework or on the more direct forms of local resistance to international intervention, this article looks into more subtle forms of resistance whereby local citizens change the meanings of imposed institutions. To this purpose, this article examines the process of adoption of two minority-relevant laws: the Law on Historic Centre of Prizren and the Law on the Village of Velika Hoca/Hoce e Madhe. By employing a critical frame analysis, this paper points to the very subtle forms of resistance to the international rule such as: exclusion of citizens from participation in decision-making, defining citizenship in ethnic terms or changing the meaning of minority relevant legislation by framing it from the perspective of state- ...and nation-building. All of these actions resist the international efforts to build Kosovo as a multiethnic state and impugn the legitimacy of the system. These findings indicate the important role of local citizens in creating the sustainable peace. (C) 2016 Published by Elsevier Ltd on behalf of The Regents of the University of California.
Ključne reči:
Resistance / State-building / Citizen participation / Liberal peace / Cultural heritage / KosovoIzvor:
Communist and Post-Communist Studies, 2016, 49, 3, 279-290Izdavač:
- Elsevier Sci Ltd, Oxford
DOI: 10.1016/j.postcomstud.2016.06.004
ISSN: 0967-067X
WoS: 000392262200008
Scopus: 2-s2.0-84992129579
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Institucija/grupa
FPNTY - JOUR AU - Lončar, Jelena PY - 2016 UR - http://rfpn.fpn.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/571 AB - This article focuses on the participation of local citizens in Kosovo in the process of state building and their engagement with the institutions imposed by the international community. While previous literature focuses either on the constitutional and institutional framework or on the more direct forms of local resistance to international intervention, this article looks into more subtle forms of resistance whereby local citizens change the meanings of imposed institutions. To this purpose, this article examines the process of adoption of two minority-relevant laws: the Law on Historic Centre of Prizren and the Law on the Village of Velika Hoca/Hoce e Madhe. By employing a critical frame analysis, this paper points to the very subtle forms of resistance to the international rule such as: exclusion of citizens from participation in decision-making, defining citizenship in ethnic terms or changing the meaning of minority relevant legislation by framing it from the perspective of state- and nation-building. All of these actions resist the international efforts to build Kosovo as a multiethnic state and impugn the legitimacy of the system. These findings indicate the important role of local citizens in creating the sustainable peace. (C) 2016 Published by Elsevier Ltd on behalf of The Regents of the University of California. PB - Elsevier Sci Ltd, Oxford T2 - Communist and Post-Communist Studies T1 - State-building and local resistance in Kosovo: Minority exclusion through inclusive legislation EP - 290 IS - 3 SP - 279 VL - 49 DO - 10.1016/j.postcomstud.2016.06.004 ER -
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Lončar, J.. (2016). State-building and local resistance in Kosovo: Minority exclusion through inclusive legislation. in Communist and Post-Communist Studies Elsevier Sci Ltd, Oxford., 49(3), 279-290. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.postcomstud.2016.06.004
Lončar J. State-building and local resistance in Kosovo: Minority exclusion through inclusive legislation. in Communist and Post-Communist Studies. 2016;49(3):279-290. doi:10.1016/j.postcomstud.2016.06.004 .
Lončar, Jelena, "State-building and local resistance in Kosovo: Minority exclusion through inclusive legislation" in Communist and Post-Communist Studies, 49, no. 3 (2016):279-290, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.postcomstud.2016.06.004 . .