Kosovo’s Competing Nationalisms
Theorizing an Internal Challenge to Rebel Victor Legitimacy
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11047365 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Isaac Grief (0000-0002-6831-9195, University of York, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 52 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 573-587 |
| Publication date | 2024-05-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Nationalities Papers (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0090-5992 • E-ISSN: 1465-3923 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/nps.2023.34 |
| OpenAlex | W4379513223 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 44 |
This article highlights the significance of Lëvizja Vetëvendosje’s (LVV) left-wing Kosovar Albanian nationalist challenge to the authoritarian and patrimonial nationalist system of Kosovo’s rebel victors. LVV used the political settlement’s own legitimizing metanarrative – that of Kosovar Albanian nationalism – to bolster their own legitimacy while undermining that of post-war elites drawn from organizations active in the conflict of the 1990s. A methodology based on Discursive Institutionalism makes sense of LVV’s position as both a challenger of rebel victors but also as a representative of the same ideological culture that underpins Kosovo’s political culture. There are two key contributions here. Empirically, this study characterizes LVV as a nationalist challenge to the rebel victor parties rather than as a distinctively nationalist or a protest party. The second contribution is theoretical: peacebuilding and political settlements theories must take a more dynamic and agency-sensitive view of legitimacy creation than they have hitherto
Agency (philosophy · Authoritarianism · Democracy · Ideology · Legitimacy · Nationalism · Peacebuilding · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Social science · Sociology · Balkans: History, Politics, Society · Law · Peacebuilding and International Security · Political Conflict and Governance
Between Serb and Albanian
Nations and Nationalism since 1780
Discourses about ethnic group (de‐)essentialism
Navigating Inclusion in Transitions from Conflict
Shaping the Political Arena
Civil society and transitions in the western Balkans
Kosovo
Shaping Peace in Kosovo
Kosovo and International Society
Understanding Civil Wars
Combating Criminalized Power Structures
Peacebuilding in Postconflict Societies
The Persistence of Nationalism
The Politics of Memory and the Reconstruction of Albanian National Identity in Postwar Kosovo
Political settlements and the analysis of institutions
Lessons Learned? The Kosovo Specialist Chambers’ Lack of Local Legitimacy and Its Implications
Jisb Interview
Legitimacy and Coercion in Peacebuilding
Virtuous or Vicious Circle? Governance Effectiveness and Legitimacy in Areas of Limited Statehood
The Performance of Opposition Parties in Competitive Authoritarian Regimes
After civil war
The real politics of the horn of Africa
Cumulative influence
The bequest of Ilegalja
Protests in Postwar Societies
Building the wrong peace
Understanding legitimacy
Rape in Kosovo
Normative Justifications for Liberal Nationalism
UNsatisfied? Public Support for Postconflict International Missions
From victorious rebels to strong authoritarian parties
Postwar Political Economy in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Studying political settlements in Africa
Taking ideas and discourse seriously
Discursive Institutionalism
Thematic Analysis
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2025 - 2025 (1) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |