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Analiza lokalnih izbora na Kosovu 2013. godine
Analysis of 2013 local elections in Kosovo

Author(s): Aleksandar Đokić
Subject(s): Government/Political systems, Electoral systems, Demography and human biology, Present Times (2010 - today), Inter-Ethnic Relations
Published by: Fakultet političkih nauka Univerziteta u Beogradu
Keywords: Local elections in Kosovo; party programs; political parties;

Summary/Abstract: This paper provides an analysis of the results of the latest local elections in Kosovo in relation to the most important political parties that are active in that territory. The author attempts to analyze and interpret the results of the local elections in Kosovo, using concrete data from the last and the previous election cycles in conjunction with the demographic factors that affect the rating of the parties in question. Furthermore, the author places the development of Albanian parties in Kosovo in two phases: the first phase of ethnic homogeneity when Albanians gathered around a single party, while the second phase is marked by a fledgling multiparty system. The author analyzes the development of political parties in correlation with the election results and various party programs. A special point of interest of this paper is the explanation of a trend of increasing confidence, among the Albanians in Kosovo, in the nationalist political movement called Self-Determination. The author also analyzes the results of Serbian political parties in the last local elections in Kosovo and the challenges that these parties and their leaders faced.

  • Issue Year: 2014
  • Issue No: 10
  • Page Range: 73-81
  • Page Count: 9
  • Language: Serbian