Essays about: "macedonians"
Found 3 essays containing the word macedonians.
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1. North Macedonia and the Prespa Agreement : An analysis of the name dispute between Greece and North Macedonia from a realist, a liberal and a constructivist perspective
University essay from Linköpings universitet/Institutionen för ekonomisk och industriell utvecklingAbstract : The Prespa agreement is an international agreement that regulates the resolution of the Macedonian name conflict and which meant that FYROM (Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia) changed its name to North Macedonia and that Greece recognized the country by this name, among other things by lifting its veto against a North Macedonian membership in NATO. The agreement was concluded despite strong domestic political opposition in the two nations. READ MORE
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2. Authoritarian Past, Dystopian Present - Identity in Conflicted "North" Macedonia
University essay from Lunds universitet/SocialantropologiAbstract : This thesis in Anthropology researches the identity of Macedonians in the wake of a controversial name change to solve a long standing dispute with Greece. The dispute is based on rivalring historical narratives and the legacy of antique king and conqueror Alexander the Great of ancient Macedon, a region currently shared by Greece and the newly renamed republic of North Macedonia, who both claim descendence from Alexander's Macedon. READ MORE
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3. Macedonian national identity-A study about the current construction of Macedonian national identity in national history narration
University essay from Lunds universitet/Mänskliga rättigheter; Lunds universitet/Centrum för teologi och religionsvetenskapAbstract : The subject of the study is the contemporary national identity of the Macedonians which reflects the actuality and importance of national identity and nationalism in present time. Grounding the research in theoretical frameworks which explore the shaping of national identity and the meaning of history in relation to it, using Rusen’s typology of historical narration as a methodological tool and pointing the impact national historical narratives in school education have in that creation, the research question is; how is national identity in the republic of Macedonia shaped today through national historical narration? The “significant for us in history” perspective framed with theoretical accounts about the significance of national identity aims to open up new perspectives in the discussion of the contemporary Macedonian identity. READ MORE
