DOES MACEDONIA BECOMES BI-NATIONAL STATE Cover Image

POSTAJE LI MAKEDONIJA BINACIONALNA DRŽAVA
DOES MACEDONIA BECOMES BI-NATIONAL STATE

Author(s): Vesna Stanković-Pejnović
Subject(s): Government/Political systems, Evaluation research, Nationalism Studies, Sociology of Culture, Inter-Ethnic Relations
Published by: Српско социолошко друштво
Keywords: Macedonia; multiculturalism; nationalism; bi-national state;

Summary/Abstract: Two main ethnic communities do not have feeling of common identity and certainly do not share common idea of nation, according to Mill, because Macedonian and Albanians do not have feeling of common interest and common political „road. This article also relate to problems of implementation of the Ohrid Agreement, as well as it is argued that the power-sharing provisions laid out in the Agreement pushes Macedonia closer to the creation of a de facto Macedonian-Albanian bi-national state, rather than promoting a civic oriented, multiethnic state. Paradoxically, the Agreement seeks to promote the development of a civic state through ethnically defined measures. Neither Macedonians nor Albanians, pay much attention to the interests of other ethnic groups in the country. These have largely been left out of the political equation, and thus the Agreement disqualifies as a blueprint for the development of ethnically inclusive, plural democracy. Agreement has become a framework for the creation of a de facto bi-national political system.

  • Issue Year: 44/2010
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 231-246
  • Page Count: 16
  • Language: Croatian