Koinova, Maria (2009) Why do ethnonational conflicts reach different degrees of violence? : insights from Kosovo, Macedonia, and Bulgaria during the 1990s. Nationalism and Ethnic Politics, Volume 15 (Number 1). pp. 84-108. doi:10.1080/13537110802672412 ISSN 1353-7113.

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Abstract

Why did ethnonational conflicts reach different degrees of violence during the 1990s: high in Kosovo, middle-ranged in Macedonia, and low in Bulgaria? This article analyzes the relationship between the Albanians of Macedonia and Kosovo, the Turks of Bulgaria, and their respective states. Challenging democratization and security dilemma theories, it argues that the relative changes in minority rights compared to the communist period, rather than the absolute scope of minority rights granted by the new constitutions, created a political threshold early in the transition period that propelled causal chains of minority–majority interactions that led to different degrees of ethnonational violence. Combined with the status change, governmental strategies of co-optation, or coercion prompted the minorities to pursue their demands either through the institutions of the state (Bulgaria), through clandestine activities (Kosovo), or through a combination of both (Macedonia). This article also argues that a timely governmental response to nonterritorial minority demands prevented them from expanding to become territorial and from triggering higher levels of violence.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Subjects:	D History General and Old World > DR Balkan Peninsula
Divisions:	Faculty of Social Sciences > Politics and International Studies
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH):	Bulgaria -- Ethnic relations -- Political aspects, Macedonia (Republic) -- Ethnic relations -- Political aspects, Kosovo (Republic) -- Ethnic relations -- Political aspects, Ethnic conflict -- Bulgaria, Ethnic conflict -- Macedonia (Republic), Ethnic conflict -- Kosovo (Republic)
Journal or Publication Title:	Nationalism and Ethnic Politics
Publisher:	Routledge
ISSN:	1353-7113
Official Date:	2009
Dates:	Date Event 2009 Published
Volume:	Volume 15
Number:	Number 1
Number of Pages:	25
Page Range:	pp. 84-108
DOI:	10.1080/13537110802672412
Status:	Peer Reviewed
Publication Status:	Published
Access rights to Published version:	Restricted or Subscription Access
Date of first compliant deposit:	23 December 2015
Date of first compliant Open Access:	23 December 2015

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