Nationhood cleavages and ethnic conflict: A comparative analysis of postcommunist Bulgaria, Montenegro, and North Macedonia

dc.authoridhttp://orcid.org/0000-0002-5431-6962en_US
dc.contributor.authorLika, Idlir
dc.date.accessioned2023-08-09T14:11:19Z
dc.date.available2023-08-09T14:11:19Z
dc.date.issued2023en_US
dc.departmentİktisadi İdari ve Sosyal Bilimler Fakültesien_US
dc.description.abstractWhy do interethnic tensions in some multiethnic countries escalate into violence while in other cases, the tensions exist but they are contained? Most theories focus on the nation-state model’s exclusionary logic, different forms of institutional design, and external intervention by third-party actors. My argument centres around political divisions among the ethnic majority elites over conceptions of nationhood. Elites divided by a nationhood cleavage create an opportunity space for violence through a process of double ethnic outbidding. Majority nationhood cohesion, on the other hand, facilitates cooperation on ethnic issues among majority elites, prevents outbidding, and thus preserves interethnic peace. I develop these arguments building on outcome variation among three otherwise similar Southeast European countries and on conducting 33 semi-structured elite interviews. Post-communist Bulgaria and Montenegro built enduringly peaceful interethnic relations despite dark shadows of an assimilationist past in the former and the threat posed by greater Serbian ideology in the latter. Postcommunist North Macedonia, by contrast, has frequently experienced violent conflict despite a multiethnic past and a series of consociational arrangements tried until present.en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/13629395.2021.1980263en_US
dc.identifier.endpage374en_US
dc.identifier.issn1362-9395
dc.identifier.issn1743-9418
dc.identifier.issue3en_US
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-85115273756en_US
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ1en_US
dc.identifier.startpage347en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11363/5228
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/
dc.identifier.volume28en_US
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000697421200001en_US
dc.identifier.wosqualityQ1en_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Scienceen_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopusen_US
dc.institutionauthorLika, Idlir
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD, 2-4 PARK SQUARE, MILTON PARK, ABINGDON OX14 4RN, OXON, ENGLANDen_US
dc.relation.ispartofMediterranean Politicsen_US
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanıen_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessen_US
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 United States*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/us/*
dc.subjectEthnic conflicten_US
dc.subjectnationhood cleavagesen_US
dc.subjectpostcommunismen_US
dc.subjectBulgariaen_US
dc.subjectMontenegroen_US
dc.subjectNorth Macedoniaen_US
dc.titleNationhood cleavages and ethnic conflict: A comparative analysis of postcommunist Bulgaria, Montenegro, and North Macedoniaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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