POWER TURNED INTO LAW
POWER TURNED INTO LAW

Author(s): Belul Beqaj
Subject(s): Constitutional Law, Nationalism Studies, Ethnic Minorities Studies
Published by: Foruma za etničke odnose
Keywords: Nationalism; Repression; Discrimination; Kosovo; Self-determination
Summary/Abstract: The disintegration of Yugoslavia and the collapse of communist ideology led national oligarchies to manipulate nationalism to retain or acquire power, especially in Serbia, where the government used Kosovo’s myth to consolidate support for a hegemonic state. The Albanian population in Kosovo, under increasing repression, resisted the Serbian regime’s discriminatory policies, which included economic marginalization, loss of autonomy, and systematic legal actions that aimed to erase Albanian culture and identity. Despite international human rights frameworks, the Serbian regime persisted with a policy of internal colonialism and ethnocide, violating Albanian rights and dismantling Kosovo’s autonomy, resulting in an increasingly polarized and dangerous political climate.

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