Essays about: "non-majority communities"

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  1. 1. Multiethnicity and Identity in Kosovo through European Integration : The Construction of Group-Differentiated Rights in Kosovo

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för statsvetenskap (ST)

    Author : Elma Mislimi; [2023]
    Keywords : multiethnicity; identity; ethnicity; Kosovo; non-majority communities; group-differentiated rights; minority rights; European integration; European accession;

    Abstract : The Republic of Kosovo’s self-declared multiethnic society has strived to construct an inclusive attitude and tolerating spirit toward all communities within. This study has explored how group-differentiated rights are used to construct identity and multiethnicity in relation to European integration in four official documents using the research questions; how is the production of identity and multiethnicity through group-differentiated rights in Kosovo constructed in the documents and related to EU integration; and how has the EU accession process affected the construction of multiethnicity and identity in Kosovo’s documents on minorities relating to group-differentiated rights? An ethnographic content analysis and comparative design, with a social constructivist perspective, grasping the constituents of group-differentiated rights concerning exclusive rights granted to minorities employed to develop, and safeguard identities was applied. READ MORE