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Looking Back Without Anger: Favourable Factors of Ethnic Kosovar Conflict Revisited

Authors :
Eduardo Infante Rejano
Source :
SSRN Electronic Journal.
Publication Year :
2005
Publisher :
Elsevier BV, 2005.

Abstract

The present work depicts and analyses macro-factors that contributed to the emergence of ethnic conflict at Kosovo province in former Yugoslavia. Geographical, historical, political, economical, sociological, anthropological, and psychosocial factors are considered in order to explain the conflicting nature of Yugoslav regions and the independent movements developed among its Balkan cultures. Kosovo‘s conflict is then defined as both a religious and ethnic one but promoted by economical interests of national and international agents. Our reflections on the matter pointed out that power imbalance between primary parts, politics of autarchy, symbolic strategies around ―ethnic cleansing‖, sacred ideologies, and political pressures of outer countries are on the origin of this ethnic conflict. The definition of ―nation‖ is then de constructed to explain achievements of economical positions. Finally, the potential of a renewing war between Albanian and Serbian groups at Kosovo is also carefully thought using this theoretical analysis and content analysis of Spanish recent columns from three main newspapers of different social ideology.

Details

ISSN :
15565068
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
SSRN Electronic Journal
Accession number :
edsair.doi...........8f10fecc57a65bce88ef7e8dee3fb128
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.735004