The Albanian National Question And The Myth Of Greater Albania
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The Albanian National Question And The Myth Of Greater Albania
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Author : United States Army War College
language : en
Publisher: CreateSpace
Release Date : 2014-03-31
The Albanian National Question And The Myth Of Greater Albania written by United States Army War College and has been published by CreateSpace this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-03-31 with Political Science categories.
In order to know what the Albanian National Question (ANQ) is, one should learn it not from what its neighbors, namely Serbia and Greece, have to say, but from a more direct and reliable source, the voice of the Albanians themselves. No nation is in a position in which it can express in a realistic way the needs, the rights and aspirations of a different nation in the same way as an individual cannot be an exact representative for someone but himself. For many years the Western countries used to rely on either Serbian or Greek lenses for the ANQ. In the late 1990s the U.S.-led intervention against Serbia over Kosova on humanitarian grounds and the Albanian insurgency in Macedonia has contributed to an altered power balance in the region. The neighbors frightened by the power shift in the Southern Balkans use their propaganda machinery to express the danger posed by the alleged Greater Albania scheme in order to demonize and morally downgrade the ANQ. However, one can easily see that Albanians since the creation of their state have not, are not, and will not pursue an irredentist agenda toward their neighbors.
The Myth Of Greater Albania
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Author : Paulin Kola
language : en
Publisher: NYU Press
Release Date : 2003-07-01
The Myth Of Greater Albania written by Paulin Kola and has been published by NYU Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003-07-01 with Political Science categories.
When Kosovar Albanians came to Albania after the fall of Communism, they were surprised to find an impoverished motherland whose people were consumed with questions of basic survival. Albania's citizens, for their part, were dumbstruck by the relatively opulent lifestyles of the Kosovars. Yet despite their profound differences, the myth of a "Greater Albania" persists. In this timely book, Paulin Kola challenges this myth, arguing that there is not widespread support for a "Greater Albania" among the Albanian-speaking peoples. He shows that Albanians do not wish to join a single, politically recognized entity and demonstrates how the Albanians are marked by ideological, religious, and other divisions. While a "Greater Kosovo" remains a remote possibility, there is little chance of the Albanians of either Albania or the diaspora supporting moves to dissolve the present international borders in pursuit of an "Albanian homeland." Albanians appear content to retain their discrete political entities, while traveling and trading freely. Accessible and urgent, this book effectively puts to rest the cherished myths of Albanian nationalism.
The Search For Greater Albania
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Author : Paulin Kola
language : en
Publisher: C. HURST & CO. PUBLISHERS
Release Date : 2003
The Search For Greater Albania written by Paulin Kola and has been published by C. HURST & CO. PUBLISHERS this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003 with History categories.
In this text, Paulin Kola offers an argument challenging the idea that Albanian-speaking peoples in the Balkans wish to form a common state.
Greater Albania
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Author : Jovan M. Čanak
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1998
Greater Albania written by Jovan M. Čanak and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998 with Albania categories.
Albanian Identities
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Author : Stephanie Schwandner-Sievers
language : en
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Release Date : 2002
Albanian Identities written by Stephanie Schwandner-Sievers and has been published by Indiana University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002 with Albania categories.
The contributors to this study critically de-construct Albanian myths and offer insights into Albanian history and politics. They conclude with contemporary Albanian critiques of the origins and functions of Albanian politics and ideologies.
Albanian Nationalism After The Cold War
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Author : Mirada Vickers
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2021-06-24
Albanian Nationalism After The Cold War written by Mirada Vickers and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-06-24 with categories.
Is There An Albanian Question
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Author : Judy Batt
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2008
Is There An Albanian Question written by Judy Batt and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with Albania categories.
Is there an 'Albanian question'? If so, what is it? Is it a traditional 'national question', centred on the dream of a 'Greater Albania' that would gather in all the Albanian communities in the Balkans? Many outside observers, in particular among the Albanians' neighbours in the Balkans, see it that way and fear its destabilising consequences, but none of the contributors to this Chaillot Paper finds this scenario convincing. The core of the Albanian national question today is Kosovo, an issue that has the power to unite Albanians in the Balkans and in the sizeable diaspora communities spread across the globe. While the answer - for Albanians - is independence for Kosovo, beyond that, views diverge. It seems that only a minority of Albanians remain committed to the project of Pan-Albanian political unification. Most Albanians are fully aware of the diversity of interests of the various Albanian communities in the Balkans, who have lived in different states over the past century. The end of communism made it much easier for Albanians to keep in contact with each other, but this did not lead to greater national cohesion. The dramatic 'high politics' of the Kosovo issue tends to obscure the fact that for most Albanians, the most urgent questions today are not 'national' ones at all, but questions of economic underdevelopment, unemployment, the quality of democratic governance, political corruption and criminality, and the emigration of large numbers of the brightest and best of the younger generation. None of these challenges is unique to the Albanians, but they possess a particular asset in their young diaspora in the West, closely linked via the internet with young democracy activists in the Albanians' Balkans homelands. This new generation of Albanians aims to leap out of the isolation and introversion of traditional village and clan-based politics to form a new 'post-modern' transnational political community, committed to building democracy within their states and across them.
Conflict Areas In The Balkans
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Author : Pinar Yürür
language : en
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Release Date : 2020-10-27
Conflict Areas In The Balkans written by Pinar Yürür and has been published by Rowman & Littlefield this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-10-27 with Political Science categories.
The situation in the Balkans, such as the solution to the status of Kosovo, is currently the largest international political problem in Europe, with the potential to burst into a world crisis regarding the Eastern - Western relations. On the other hand, a successful solution to the problem in the Balkans could serve as a model for solving the Muslim - Christian tensions elsewhere in the world. It is the intention of this book to contribute proposals for solutions to the problems of Balkans. The starting principle for the solutions to be effective is that they should come in a natural way from the people below and should not be enforced by the political elites from above. Based on self-determination of nations as a starting principle, they should encourage intra-regional cooperation among the regional entities (economic, cultural, sport, as a basis for political, social understanding and cooperation); secondly, accelerate their economic, political and social development and thirdly, as a final step enable the inclusion of the Balkan countries into the European Union.
Ideologies And National Identities
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Author : John R. Lampe
language : en
Publisher: Central European University Press
Release Date : 2004-01-10
Ideologies And National Identities written by John R. Lampe and has been published by Central European University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004-01-10 with Political Science categories.
Twentieth-century Southeastern Europe endured three, separate decades of international and civil war, and was marred in forced migration and wrenching systematic changes. This book is the result of a year-long project by the Open Society Institute to examine and reappraise this tumultuous century. A cohort of young scholars with backgrounds in history, anthropology, political science, and comparative literature were brought together for this undertaking. The studies invite attention to fascism, socialism, and liberalism as well as nationalism and Communism. While most chapters deal with war and confrontation, they focus rather on the remembrance of such conflicts in shaping today's ideology and national identity.
The Case For Kosova
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Author : Anna Di Lellio
language : en
Publisher: Anthem Press
Release Date : 2006-07-01
The Case For Kosova written by Anna Di Lellio and has been published by Anthem Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-07-01 with Political Science categories.
This book makes the case for the independence of Kosova – the former province of 'old-Yugoslavia' and now temporarily a United Nations-led International protectorate – at a time in which international diplomacy is deeply involved in solving the contested issue of its 'Final Status'. The aim of the book is to counteract the anti-Albanian propaganda waged by some parties, but never to propose a counter-propaganda hostile to others or to the goals of a democratic Kosova.