Gëzim Krasniqi
Biographic Data
| ID | 799809 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Gëzim Krasniqi |
| GIVEN NAMES | Gëzim |
| FAMILY NAME | Krasniqi |
| SIGNATURE | KRASNIQI G |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Edinburgh |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3124-9816 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 17 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 41 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 17 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Beyond the ‘(Post-)Conflict Case Study’: Kosovo’s Subterranean Socio-economic, Cultural and Political Resistances, Struggles, Contradictions and Subjectivities
Over quarter of a century since the end of the war, “Kosovo as a case study” continues to be studied in the realm of post-conflict reconstruction, (international) statebuilding and transitional justice. In this article, the authors argue that the reification of Kosovo as a case study has had two interrelated impacts in international relations (IR) literature and its sub-disciplines. First, the traditional literature has treated Kosovo as a black …
Exploring the link between democratisation and citizenship: Comparing Kosovo and Albania
The paper thus focuses on the impact of democratic upswings and downswings on citizenship. More specifically, it examines citizenship constellations in Kosovo and Albania as a means of exploring the way in which these citizenship regimes evolved in conjunction with uneven democratic development and migration trends in these two different political contexts. The paper analyses political developments and citizenship changes in these two countries a…
Macedonia, Bosnia and Kosovo: Contested Statehood and the EU
This article analyses the interplay of political discourses about the state, nation, and Europe in North Macedonia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Kosovo, focusing on the way in which contested statehood and/or nationhood impact these countries’ policies towards the European Union (EU). It examines texts by leading political figures related to EU integration process’ debates and practices as a way of exposing dominant, shifting, and opposing position…
Contested States as Liminal Spaces of Citizenship: Comparing Kosovo and the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus
Through a comparative analysis of two contested states—Kosovo and the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC), the paper analyses the impact of internal and/or external statehood contestation on the scope of citizenship rights. It does so by introducing the concept of liminality in the study of citizenship in contested states. It contends that while the negative impact of contested statehood on citizenship rights is inevitable, the degree of i…
Uneven Citizenship: Minorities and Migrants in the Post-Yugoslav Space
Essentially Contested? Kosovo’s Perplexing and Mixed International Statebuilding Record
Kosovo’s statebuilding record as well as that of international actors involved in the process is mixed and contested. It continues to divide scholars and policymakers alike. On the one hand, for sc
Uneven Citizenship: Minorities and Migrants in the Post-Yugoslav Space
The special issue revolves around the relations between citizenship and various manifestations of diversity including, but going beyond, ethnicity. A number of interesting recent attempts to rethink citizenship are addressed by the addition of ‘uneven citizenship’ to the debate. While referring to uneven citizenship the special issue not only engages with exclusionary legal, political and social practices but also other unanticipated or unaccount…
Equal Citizens, Uneven Communities: Differentiated and Hierarchical Citizenship in Kosovo
This paper looks at the case of citizenship in Kosovo and argues that the mismatch between the idea of a ‘liberal’ state and the practice of group differentiation, on the one hand, and the socio-political reality that emerged in the post-war period, on the other, has resulted in a citizenship regime that is hierarchical. It aims to demonstrate how despite the legally enshrined promise of equality, differentiated citizenship, together with a polit…
Albanians’ Islam(s)
The Kosova Liberation Army. Underground War to Balkan Insurgency, 1948–2001
The Kosova Liberation Army. Underground War to Balkan Insurgency, 1948–2001." Europe-Asia Studies, 66(7), pp. 1195–1196
Albania's Greatest Friend. Aubrey Herbert and the Making of Modern Albania. Diaries and Papers 1904–1923
Quadratic nexus” and the process of democratization and state-building in Albania and Kosovo: A comparison
This paper examines the interplay between internal and external actors in the process of democratization and state-building in Albania and Kosovo. It does so by using David J. Smith's “quadratic nexus” that links Brubaker's “triadic nexus” – nationalizing states, national minorities and external national homelands – to the institutions of an ascendant and expansive “Euro-Atlantic space”. The main argument of this paper is twofold. First, it argue…
Overlapping jurisdictions, disputed territory, unsettled state: The perplexing case of citizenship in Kosovo
This paper examines the nascent citizenship regime in Kosovo since the country's declaration of independence in 2008. It argues that the defining characteristics of the Kosovan citizenship are: (1) adoption of the ‘new-state’ model (i.e. inclusion into its citizenship of all Kosovo residents); (2) tension between civic and multicultural conceptions of citizenship on the one side, and ethno-national conceptions on the other; and (3) contested natu…
Unpacking Post-Communist Socio-Political Transformations in the Western Balkans: A Citizenship-Centred Approach
Article Unpacking Post-Communist Socio-Political Transformations in the Western Balkans: A Citizenship-Centred Approach was published on April 1, 2012 in the journal Comparative Southeast European Studies (volume 60, issue 4)
The ‘forbidden fruit’: Islam and politics of identity in Kosovo and Macedonia
This paper depicts the interplay of religion and politics, as well as of external and internal actors among Albanian communities in Kosovo and Macedonia.It argues that Islam has never been allowed into the political space, despite occasional attempts to politicise it and utilise it for political and nationalist expediency.This relative absence of Islam from the political sphere is due to a specific social and political context, as well as to a sp…
Socialism, National Utopia, and Rock Music: Inside the Albanian Rock Scene of Yugoslavia, 1970–1989
This study examines the nascent Albanian rock scene in Kosovo in the 1970s and 1980s. It argues that the rock scene represented both a subcultural movement as it “deviated” from the prevailing Albanian culture in Yugoslavia (and Albania, as well), introducing new forms of expression, as well as a countercultural movement within the larger Yugoslav space for it conveyed political messages which challenged the predominant political order in Yugosla…
The International Community's Modus Operandi in Postwar Bosnia and Herzegovina and in Kosovo: A Critical Assessment
Article The International Community’s Modus Operandi in Postwar Bosnia and Herzegovina and in Kosovo: A Critical Assessment was published on April 1, 2010 in the journal Comparative Southeast European Studies (volume 58, issue 4)
Equal Citizens, Uneven Communities: Differentiated and Hierarchical Citizenship in Kosovo
This paper looks at the case of citizenship in Kosovo and argues that the mismatch between the idea of a ‘liberal’ state and the practice of group differentiation, on the one hand, and the socio-political reality that emerged in the post-war period, on the other, has resulted in a citizenship regime that is hierarchical. It aims to demonstrate how despite the legally enshrined promise of equality, differentiated citizenship, together with a polit…
Uneven Citizenship: Minorities and Migrants in the Post-Yugoslav Space
The special issue revolves around the relations between citizenship and various manifestations of diversity including, but going beyond, ethnicity. A number of interesting recent attempts to rethink citizenship are addressed by the addition of ‘uneven citizenship’ to the debate. While referring to uneven citizenship the special issue not only engages with exclusionary legal, political and social practices but also other unanticipated or unaccount…
Overlapping jurisdictions, disputed territory, unsettled state: The perplexing case of citizenship in Kosovo
This paper examines the nascent citizenship regime in Kosovo since the country's declaration of independence in 2008. It argues that the defining characteristics of the Kosovan citizenship are: (1) adoption of the ‘new-state’ model (i.e. inclusion into its citizenship of all Kosovo residents); (2) tension between civic and multicultural conceptions of citizenship on the one side, and ethno-national conceptions on the other; and (3) contested natu…
Contested States as Liminal Spaces of Citizenship: Comparing Kosovo and the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus
Through a comparative analysis of two contested states—Kosovo and the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC), the paper analyses the impact of internal and/or external statehood contestation on the scope of citizenship rights. It does so by introducing the concept of liminality in the study of citizenship in contested states. It contends that while the negative impact of contested statehood on citizenship rights is inevitable, the degree of i…
Exploring the link between democratisation and citizenship: Comparing Kosovo and Albania
The paper thus focuses on the impact of democratic upswings and downswings on citizenship. More specifically, it examines citizenship constellations in Kosovo and Albania as a means of exploring the way in which these citizenship regimes evolved in conjunction with uneven democratic development and migration trends in these two different political contexts. The paper analyses political developments and citizenship changes in these two countries a…
Macedonia, Bosnia and Kosovo: Contested Statehood and the EU
This article analyses the interplay of political discourses about the state, nation, and Europe in North Macedonia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Kosovo, focusing on the way in which contested statehood and/or nationhood impact these countries’ policies towards the European Union (EU). It examines texts by leading political figures related to EU integration process’ debates and practices as a way of exposing dominant, shifting, and opposing position…
Quadratic nexus” and the process of democratization and state-building in Albania and Kosovo: A comparison
This paper examines the interplay between internal and external actors in the process of democratization and state-building in Albania and Kosovo. It does so by using David J. Smith's “quadratic nexus” that links Brubaker's “triadic nexus” – nationalizing states, national minorities and external national homelands – to the institutions of an ascendant and expansive “Euro-Atlantic space”. The main argument of this paper is twofold. First, it argue…
The International Community's Modus Operandi in Postwar Bosnia and Herzegovina and in Kosovo: A Critical Assessment
Article The International Community’s Modus Operandi in Postwar Bosnia and Herzegovina and in Kosovo: A Critical Assessment was published on April 1, 2010 in the journal Comparative Southeast European Studies (volume 58, issue 4)
The ‘forbidden fruit’: Islam and politics of identity in Kosovo and Macedonia
This paper depicts the interplay of religion and politics, as well as of external and internal actors among Albanian communities in Kosovo and Macedonia.It argues that Islam has never been allowed into the political space, despite occasional attempts to politicise it and utilise it for political and nationalist expediency.This relative absence of Islam from the political sphere is due to a specific social and political context, as well as to a sp…
Socialism, National Utopia, and Rock Music: Inside the Albanian Rock Scene of Yugoslavia, 1970–1989
This study examines the nascent Albanian rock scene in Kosovo in the 1970s and 1980s. It argues that the rock scene represented both a subcultural movement as it “deviated” from the prevailing Albanian culture in Yugoslavia (and Albania, as well), introducing new forms of expression, as well as a countercultural movement within the larger Yugoslav space for it conveyed political messages which challenged the predominant political order in Yugosla…
Overlapping jurisdictions, disputed territory, unsettled state: The perplexing case of citizenship in Kosovo
This paper examines the nascent citizenship regime in Kosovo since the country's declaration of independence in 2008. It argues that the defining characteristics of the Kosovan citizenship are: (1) adoption of the ‘new-state’ model (i.e. inclusion into its citizenship of all Kosovo residents); (2) tension between civic and multicultural conceptions of citizenship on the one side, and ethno-national conceptions on the other; and (3) contested natu…
Unpacking Post-Communist Socio-Political Transformations in the Western Balkans: A Citizenship-Centred Approach
Article Unpacking Post-Communist Socio-Political Transformations in the Western Balkans: A Citizenship-Centred Approach was published on April 1, 2012 in the journal Comparative Southeast European Studies (volume 60, issue 4)
Albania's Greatest Friend. Aubrey Herbert and the Making of Modern Albania. Diaries and Papers 1904–1923
Quadratic nexus” and the process of democratization and state-building in Albania and Kosovo: A comparison
This paper examines the interplay between internal and external actors in the process of democratization and state-building in Albania and Kosovo. It does so by using David J. Smith's “quadratic nexus” that links Brubaker's “triadic nexus” – nationalizing states, national minorities and external national homelands – to the institutions of an ascendant and expansive “Euro-Atlantic space”. The main argument of this paper is twofold. First, it argue…
Albanians’ Islam(s)
The Kosova Liberation Army. Underground War to Balkan Insurgency, 1948–2001
The Kosova Liberation Army. Underground War to Balkan Insurgency, 1948–2001." Europe-Asia Studies, 66(7), pp. 1195–1196
Uneven Citizenship: Minorities and Migrants in the Post-Yugoslav Space
The special issue revolves around the relations between citizenship and various manifestations of diversity including, but going beyond, ethnicity. A number of interesting recent attempts to rethink citizenship are addressed by the addition of ‘uneven citizenship’ to the debate. While referring to uneven citizenship the special issue not only engages with exclusionary legal, political and social practices but also other unanticipated or unaccount…
Equal Citizens, Uneven Communities: Differentiated and Hierarchical Citizenship in Kosovo
This paper looks at the case of citizenship in Kosovo and argues that the mismatch between the idea of a ‘liberal’ state and the practice of group differentiation, on the one hand, and the socio-political reality that emerged in the post-war period, on the other, has resulted in a citizenship regime that is hierarchical. It aims to demonstrate how despite the legally enshrined promise of equality, differentiated citizenship, together with a polit…
Essentially Contested? Kosovo’s Perplexing and Mixed International Statebuilding Record
Kosovo’s statebuilding record as well as that of international actors involved in the process is mixed and contested. It continues to divide scholars and policymakers alike. On the one hand, for sc
Contested States as Liminal Spaces of Citizenship: Comparing Kosovo and the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus
Through a comparative analysis of two contested states—Kosovo and the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC), the paper analyses the impact of internal and/or external statehood contestation on the scope of citizenship rights. It does so by introducing the concept of liminality in the study of citizenship in contested states. It contends that while the negative impact of contested statehood on citizenship rights is inevitable, the degree of i…
Uneven Citizenship: Minorities and Migrants in the Post-Yugoslav Space
Macedonia, Bosnia and Kosovo: Contested Statehood and the EU
This article analyses the interplay of political discourses about the state, nation, and Europe in North Macedonia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Kosovo, focusing on the way in which contested statehood and/or nationhood impact these countries’ policies towards the European Union (EU). It examines texts by leading political figures related to EU integration process’ debates and practices as a way of exposing dominant, shifting, and opposing position…
Beyond the ‘(Post-)Conflict Case Study’: Kosovo’s Subterranean Socio-economic, Cultural and Political Resistances, Struggles, Contradictions and Subjectivities
Over quarter of a century since the end of the war, “Kosovo as a case study” continues to be studied in the realm of post-conflict reconstruction, (international) statebuilding and transitional justice. In this article, the authors argue that the reification of Kosovo as a case study has had two interrelated impacts in international relations (IR) literature and its sub-disciplines. First, the traditional literature has treated Kosovo as a black …
Exploring the link between democratisation and citizenship: Comparing Kosovo and Albania
The paper thus focuses on the impact of democratic upswings and downswings on citizenship. More specifically, it examines citizenship constellations in Kosovo and Albania as a means of exploring the way in which these citizenship regimes evolved in conjunction with uneven democratic development and migration trends in these two different political contexts. The paper analyses political developments and citizenship changes in these two countries a…
Political science (13 works) · Balkans: History, Politics, Society (11 works) · Law (11 works) · Politics (11 works) · Sociology (10 works) · Law (8 works) · Political economy (8 works) · Turkey's Politics and Society (8 works) · History (6 works) · Peacebuilding and International Security (6 works)