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Europeanization and minority policies in post-conflict Kosovo. Genuine inclusion or window dressing?

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  • Potter Michael

    (School of History, Anthropology, Philosophy, and Politics, Queen’s University Belfast, 25 University Square, Belfast BT7 1NN, Northern Ireland, UK)

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This paper examines the position of minorities in Kosovo in the light of Kosovo’s potential candidacy as a member state of the European Union (EU). The paper contends that although the international community has constructed a comprehensive suite of protections and guarantees for minorities, nation-building by internal actors in Kosovo has followed an exclusively ethnocentric dominant narrative, running counter to the state-building project, which promotes a multiethnic Kosovo. The paper considers this dichotomy in the context of Kosovo’s Europeanization. It is concluded that the conditionality principle is not sufficiently defined or measurable in order to set criteria relating to the inclusion or exclusion of minorities in Kosovo to significantly influence decisions on EU membership.

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  • Potter Michael, 2017. "Europeanization and minority policies in post-conflict Kosovo. Genuine inclusion or window dressing?," Comparative Southeast European Studies, De Gruyter, vol. 65(1), pages 35-55, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:bpj:soeuro:v:65:y:2017:i:1:p:35-55:n:3
    DOI: 10.1515/soeu-2017-0003
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