Ethnicity and Subjective Well-being in the Republic of North Macedonia

doi:10.1080/00128775.2021.1908833

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Ethnicity and Subjective Well-being in the Republic of North Macedonia

Biswajit Banerjee¹, Richard Ball², Abdul-Ghaffar Mughal³•Institutions (3)

Ashoka University¹, Haverford College², Northeastern University³

09 Apr 2021-Eastern European Economics (Informa UK Limited)-Vol. 59, Iss: 4, pp 1-18

TL;DR: This paper examined the nature of inter-ethnic relations in North Macedonia drawing on the 2008 European Quality of Life Survey (EQL) and found that the self-declared level of subjective well-being is Ceteris paribus.

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Abstract: This paper examines the nature of inter-ethnic relations in North Macedonia drawing on the 2008 European Quality of Life Survey. Ceteris paribus, the self-declared level of subjective well-being is...

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The Albanians of Kosovo and Macedonia: Ethnic identity superseding religion

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Aydin Babuna

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Abstract: The Albanians are divided between three religions: the Catholics, the Orthodox, and the Muslims. The religious groups participated in the national development of the Albanians around 1900 each in its own way and in proportion to its own strength. As the majority group, the Muslims (70–80%) played the most important role. Most of the Muslims wanted to remain within the Ottoman Empire as long as their traditional rights were maintained, in spite of a strong desire for local self-government, but, as the Ottoman Empire declined, radical Albanian leaders stressing cultural and linguistic unity rather than religious unity were to gain the upper hand. The Albanian language, culture, and feeling of common blood played the most important roles in Albanian nationalism. The Albanian language in particular gave Albanians the feeling of belonging to the same nation.

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...Ethnic tensions in the Republic of North Macedonia (Macedonia, hereafter) between ethnic Albanians and Macedonians have deep historical roots, and the political, cultural, and economic dimensions are intertwined (Babuna 2000; Brunnbauer 2004; Georgieva, Memeti, and Musliu 2011; Reka 2008)....
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...…between ethnic Albanians and Macedonians have deep historical roots, and the political, cultural, and economic dimensions are intertwined (Babuna 2000; Brunnbauer 2004; Georgieva, Memeti, and Musliu 2011; Reka 2008).1 A fundamental cause of the tensions is the collision of the long…...
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The Ohrid Agreement: The Travails of Inter-ethnic Relations in Macedonia

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Armend Reka¹•Institutions (1)

Georgetown University¹

10 Jan 2008-Human Rights Review

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors provide an overview of some of the key changes brought about by the groundbreaking Framework Agreement (known as the Ohrid Agreement) in Macedonia since its signing in 2001.

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Abstract: This article provides an overview of some of the key changes brought about by the groundbreaking Framework Agreement (known as the Ohrid Agreement) in Macedonia since its signing in 2001. A power-sharing arrangement, it saved Macedonia from the brink of civil war. This article describes how the Ohrid Agreement restored peace by addressing the constitutional status of minorities, their equitable representation in the public sector and issues connected with higher education in the 2002–2006 period. It further assesses the merits of decentralization as a remedy for safeguarding a unitary state in a multi-ethnic environment. It consequently argues that the Ohrid Agreement and the ensuing reforms have been important steps in the right direction revitalizing Macedonia by empowering not only the sizeable Albanian population but other less numerous communities as well. However, daunting challenges remain ahead. The perception and language gap between the two main ethnic communities hinder efforts for a truly functioning multi-ethnic state. Moreover, the new government formed after the July 2006 general elections has stirred controversy and caused tensions affecting its Euro-Atlantic perspective. To what extent this will affect Macedonia’s multi-ethnic democracy remains to be seen.

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"Ethnicity and Subjective Well-being..." refers background in this paper

...Ethnic tensions in the Republic of North Macedonia (Macedonia, hereafter) between ethnic Albanians and Macedonians have deep historical roots, and the political, cultural, and economic dimensions are intertwined (Babuna 2000; Brunnbauer 2004; Georgieva, Memeti, and Musliu 2011; Reka 2008)....
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...…roots, and the political, cultural, and economic dimensions are intertwined (Babuna 2000; Brunnbauer 2004; Georgieva, Memeti, and Musliu 2011; Reka 2008).1 A fundamental cause of the tensions is the collision of the long tradition of Albanian nationalism with the Macedonian nation-building…...
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...Inter-ethnic tensions subsided for a while following the implementation of the Ohrid agreement, but the ethnic distance did not decrease (Bartlett et al. 2009; Demjaha 2017; International Crisis Group 2011; Reka 2008; Staniševski and Miller 2009)....
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Fertility, families and ethnic conflict: Macedonians and Albanians in the Republic of Macedonia, 1944–2002*

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Ulf Brunnbauer

01 Sep 2004

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Abstract: In 2001, the Republic of Macedonia—the former Yugoslavia's southernmost republic—was on the brink of civil war as the ethnic Albanian “National Liberation Army” (UCK) was fighting Macedonian securi...

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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors explored the relationship between the quality of life, social exclusion, and policies towards regional and local economic development in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and provided a detailed picture of the situation facing households across regions.

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"Ethnicity and Subjective Well-being..." refers background in this paper

...Bartlett et al. (2009) and Bartlett et al. (2010) focus primarily on regional disparities in the quality of life and do not examine ethnic differences in detail....
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The Role of Government in Managing Intercultural Relations Multicultural Discourse and the Politics of Culture Recognition in Macedonia

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Dragan Stanisevski¹, Hugh T. Miller²•Institutions (2)

Mississippi State University¹, Florida Atlantic University²

10 Sep 2009-Administration & Society

TL;DR: In this article, three theoretical approaches to democracy compete for status in the realm of multicultural politics: majoritarian, consociational, and deliberative democracy, in the context of one divided society, Macedonia, where the government has been assigned a new role: to implement a policy regarding multicultural inclusion.

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Abstract: When intercultural tensions flare up, governments typically must engage the conflict one way or another. This article questions the possible role of government in transforming these difficult social–cultural–political conflicts into democratic moments. Three theoretical approaches to democracy compete for status in the realm of multicultural politics: majoritarian, consociational, and deliberative democracy. The multicultural features of these three theoretical models are compared in the context of one divided society, Macedonia, a place where the government has been assigned a new role: to implement a policy regarding multicultural inclusion. Since the so‐called Framework Agreement of 2001 has been in effect, interethnic conflict in Macedonia has not been the overheated political problem it was at the inception of the Agreement, even though cultural groups remain divided, anxieties continue, and policy processes are mostly top–down.

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"Ethnicity and Subjective Well-being..." refers background in this paper

...Inter-ethnic tensions subsided for a while following the implementation of the Ohrid agreement, but the ethnic distance did not decrease (Bartlett et al. 2009; Demjaha 2017; International Crisis Group 2011; Reka 2008; Staniševski and Miller 2009)....
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Ethnicity and Subjective Well-being in the Republic of North Macedonia

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