АМБИВАЛЕНТНОСТ МУЛТИКУЛТУРАЛИЗМА У МАКЕДОНИЈИ
AMBIVALENCE OF MULTICULTURALISM IN MACEDONIA

Author(s): Vesna R. Stanković Pejnović
Subject(s): Politics, Sociology, Inter-Ethnic Relations, Ethnic Minorities Studies
Published by: Институт друштвених наука
Keywords: Republic of Macedonia; multiculturalism; rights of minorities; interetnic relations; struggles for recognition
Summary/Abstract: Multiculturalism in Macedonia is specific, unique and dynamical process as a result of the historical, socio-economical and political specifics of the Macedonian society. Today, it is a mixture of the liberal multiculturalism in the area of citizenship society and relationships between the different cultural communities in form of consocial democracy which stretches multiculturalism in the area of politics. The elements of the liberal multiculturalism are evident in the inclination towards creation of multicultural (transethnic) public. The consociality of the Macedonian multiculturalism on the other hand, is reflected in the area of inclusion of the representatives of bigger ethnic communities in the formation of institutions, first of all, the dominant political institutions such as the parliament and the government, but also the manner of making the political decisions which enter into the sphere of national identity of the communities. In Macedonian multiculturalism is sressed domination of the autonomous internal ethnic public spheres over the central public sphere, which should dominate in the society. Because of the complexity and dynamics of the social relationship in Macedonia there is struggles for recognition between Macedonians and Albanians which serves to fuel interethnic antagonisms and widen the social distance between each group.

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