Kosovo The Politics Of Identity And Space (routledge Advances In European Politics)

11 Kosovo 11 11 11 111 111 111 111 The sight of Albanian youngsters studying in makeshift classrooms in private houses became a symbol of Serbian repression and of Albanian resistance in Kosovo in the 1990s. So-called parallel education, established following the abolition of Kosovo’s autonomy and the mass disenfranchisement of Albanians, was the embodiment of the Albanian non-violent struggle in Kosovo. This book tells the story of the Serbian–Albanian conflict over Kosovo through the lens of its education system after Slobodan Milo¡evicœ’s rise to power. It analyses space as a central component in the construction of national identity and traces the rise of exclusive notions of nation and homeland among Albanians and Serbs in post-autonomy Kosovo. The focus is on segregated education, discussed critically within the wider context of the Albanian resistance in Kosovo. The view from inside the Albanian national movement includes an account of the creation of the Albanian shadow state, with its strengths and weaknesses, and the Albanians’ embrace of non-violence and their subsequent disenchantment with it. While exploring events that led to the bloodshed in Kosovo in 1999, Denisa Kostovicova shows that the legacy of ethnic segregation is one of the major obstacles the international community faces in its efforts to establish an integrated multi-ethnic society in this territory. Of interest to academics and students of nationalism and politics as well as practitioners and journalists, this book is an important advance in research on one of the most tragic European conflicts of recent times. Denisa Kostovicova is a Research Fellow at the Centre for the Study of Global Governance, London School of Economics and Political Science. She has published articles on nationalism and post-war reconciliation in the Balkans and on the challenges of the region’s integration with Europe. Routledge Advances in European Politics 1 Russian Messianism Third Rome, revolution, Communism and after Peter J.S. Duncan 12 The European Union and e-Voting Addressing the European Parliament’s internet voting challenge Edited by Alexander H. Trechsel and Fernando Mendez 2 European Integration and the Postmodern Condition Governance, democracy, identity Peter van Ham 13 European Union Council Presidencies A comparative perspective Edited by Ole Elgström 3 Nationalism in Italian Politics The stories of the Northern League, 1980–2000 Damian Tambini 14 European Governance and Supranational Institutions Making states comply Jonas Tallberg 4 International Intervention in the Balkans since 1995 Edited by Peter Siani-Davies 15 European Union, NATO and Russia Martin Smith and Graham Timmins 5 Widening the European Union The politics of institutional change and reform Edited by Bernard Steunenberg 6 Institutional Challenges in the European Union Edited by Madeleine Hosli, Adrian van Deemen and Mika Widgrén 7 Europe Unbound Enlarging and reshaping the boundaries of the European Union Edited by Jan Zielonka 8 Ethnic Cleansing in the Balkans Nationalism and the destruction of tradition Cathie Carmichael 9 Democracy and Enlargement in PostCommunist Europe The democratisation of the general public in fifteen Central and Eastern European countries, 1991–1998 Christian W. Haerpfer 10 Private Sector Involvement in the Euro The power of ideas Stefan Collignon and Daniela Schwarzer 11 Europe A Nietzschean perspective Stefan Elbe 16 Business, the State and Economic Policy The case of Italy G. Grant Amyot 17 Europeanization and Transnational States Comparing Nordic central governments Bengt Jacobsson, Per Lægreid and Ove K. Pedersen 18 European Union Enlargement A comparative history Edited by Wolfram Kaiser and Jürgen Elvert 19 Gibraltar British or S