Nordmazedonien zwischen slawo-mazedonischem Nationalstaat und multiethnischer Willensnation. Eine historische Analyse der Verfassungen von 1944 bis 2019
North Macedonia: Between a Slavic-Macedonian Nation-State and a Multiethnic Nation Based on a Shared Will. A Historical Analysis of the Constitutions from 1944 to 2019

Summary/Abstract: This historical study examines the distribution of political power in socialist and democratic Macedonia in the context of the participatory integration of the ethnically diverse population. The research gap lies in the overview of the historical development of minority policy. The source analysis of the Macedonian constitutions from 1946 to 2019 uses a comparative-discursive approach and is analytically supported by theoretical concepts from Brubaker (nation/ethnicity), Lijphart (consensus democracy), Young (inclusion), and Fraser (symbolic recognition). The results show that the status of ethnic minorities, especially the Albanian ones, was strongly dependent on the state and self-image of the Macedonian majority society. Historically, North Macedonia has fluctuated between a Slav-Macedonian nation-state and a multi-ethnic nation of will. Further questions could draw on Foucault’s concept of violence, for example.

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