The Ethnopolitics of Territorial Division in the Republic of Macedonia

Datos Bibliográficos

ID12891710
AutoresEben Friedman (autor de correspondencia)
Año2009
Volumen8
Número2
Páginas209-221
Fecha de publicación2009-04-28
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaEthnopolitics (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1744-9057 • E-ISSN: 1744-9065
EditorialTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/17449050802243418
OpenAlexW1977116576
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas5
Referencias citadas6

Within the range of solutions available to policy-makers charged with addressing the political problems of ethnically divided societies, partition tends to rank among the least popular. At the same time, multiple forms of territorial division short of partition offer the possibility of altering the numerical relations among ethnic groups living within the boundaries of a given territory. Focusing on the Republic of Macedonia, this article examines the changing deployment of irredentism, external partition, and internal (re)districting in political discourse and practice, concluding that the peace settlement of 2001 has in fact been used to promote ‘territorial solutions to ethnic issues’ rather than to remove them from political agendas. Macedonia's sovereignty and territorial integrity, and the unitary character of the State are inviolable and must be preserved. There are no territorial solutions to ethnic issues. (Framework Agreement, 2001, Article 1.2)

Economics · Ethnic group · Partition (number theory · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Settlement (finance · Sociology · Sovereignty · State (computer science · Territorial integrity · Unitary state · Balkans: History, Politics, Society · Law · Mathematics