Abstract
AbstractThe article analyzes, from a historical and
institutional perspective, the sociopolitical
cleavages existing between ethnic Macedonians and
ethnic Albanians in the Republic of North Macedonia.
Although primarily ethnic, the division between the
two groups is deeply connected to state ownership
and the official status each group occupies and
wishes to occupy in it. By scrutinizing both groups’
claims, standpoints, and dissatisfactions, the
article asserts that the implementation of
consociationalism in 2001, through the de facto
institutionalization of ethnicity, has partly
soothed both groups’ frustrations, using the
pragmatic exploitation of the existing ethnic divide
as a proxy for “state sharing” in addition to power
sharing.
Publisher
Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Subject
Political Science and International Relations,History,Geography, Planning and Development
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