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Kosovo: The Politics of Identity and Space
Contributor(s): Kostovicova, Denisa (Author)

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 ISBN: 0415348064     ISBN-13: 9780415348065
Publisher: Routledge
OUR PRICE: $171.00  

Binding Type: Hardcover - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: July 2005
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Annotation: Throughout the 1990s, pictures of Albanian youngsters studying in makeshift classrooms became a symbol of Serbian state repression in Kosovo. The establishment of so-called parallel education in private houses and businesses in Kosovo became part of Albanian resistance to Serbian rule and an important gesture towards the existence of the self-declared Albanian shadow state in Kosovo.
This book explores the construction of the nation identity of Kosovo Albanians after Slobodan Milosevic's rise to power and the abolition of Kosovo's autonomy through the lends of the province's educational system. The text is woven around the story of ethnic segregation in Kosovo's education system and its impact on the emergence of exclusive notions of nation and homeland among the Albanian and Serbian youth in segregated schools in the province during the 1990s. While focusing on the issue of education in post-autonomy Kosovo, this monograph critically explores the wider contest of the Albanian resistance, including the emergence of the parallel state as an integral component of non-violent resistance. Ultimately, this book provides an insight not only into events that led to the bloodshed in Kosovo in the late 1990s, but also show that the legacy of segregation is one of the most major challenges the international community faces in its efforts to establish an integrated multiethnic society in the province.
Of interest to academics and students of Albanian culture and Balkan history, this book is an important advance in research on one of the most tragic European conflicts of recent times. ""

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BISAC Categories:
- Political Science | Political Ideologies - Nationalism & Patriotism
- Education | Student Life & Student Affairs
- Political Science | Civil Rights
Dewey: 371.829
LCCN: 2004065841
Series: Routledge Advances in European Politics
Physical Information: 0.93" H x 6.48" W x 9.54" L (1.44 lbs) 340 pages
Features: Bibliography, Glossary, Index, Maps, Table of Contents
Review Citations: Reference and Research Bk News 11/01/2006 pg. 239
 
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Kosovo: The Politics of Identity and Space explores the Albanian-Serbian confrontation after Slobodan Milosevic's rise to power and the policy of repression in Kosovo through the lens of the Kosovo education system. The argument is woven around the story of imposed ethnic segregation in Kosovo's education, and its impact on the emergence of exclusive notions of nation and homeland among the Serbian and Albanian youth in the 1990s. The book also critically explores the wider context of the Albanian non-violent resistance, including the emergence of the parallel state and its weaknesses. Kosovo: The Politics of Identity and Space not only provides an insight into events that led to the bloodshed in Kosovo in the late 1990s, but also shows that the legacy of segregation is one of the major challenges the international community faces in its efforts to establish an integrated multi-ethnic society in the territory.

 
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