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Overlapping jurisdictions, disputed territory, unsettled state

The perplexing case of citizenship in Kosovo

Bibliographic Data

ID5100015
AuthorsGëzim Krasniqi (0000-0002-3124-9816, University of Edinburgh, corresponding author)
Year2012
Volume16
Issue3-4
Pages353-366
Publication date2012-06-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueCitizenship Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1362-1025 • E-ISSN: 1469-3593
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/13621025.2012.683214
OpenAlexW2031651804
LanguageEN
Citations received20
References cited19

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 nature and overlapping jurisdictions. In addition, it claims that the present legal, political and territorial dispute in Kosovo seriously undermines the consolidation of Kosovo's citizenship regime and has turned Kosovo into a territory of de facto shared sovereignties (condominium-like constellations)

Citizenship · Declaration of independence · Multiculturalism · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Law · Migration, Refugees, and Integration · Post-Soviet Geopolitical Dynamics · Turkey's Politics and Society

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Unique citing works20
Citations per year1,43
Citation span2012 - 2026 (15)
Citation velocitycurrent
Highly citedNo
Citation typesNeutral: 18

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