| No 184
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The Conceptualization of an Albanian Nation |
| Institution |
18 Bellevue St, Newton, MA 02158 [e-mail: stark@ai.mit.edu] |
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Publication (Journal) |
Ethnic and Racial Studies 20 no. 1 (January 1997): 123-44 |
| Published in |
U.K., 1997 |
| Language |
English |
| Abstract |
A historical analysis of the development of Albanian national identity suggests that it is neither everlasting nor unchanging. A definitive break in Albanian ideas of nation is identified following the communist era. Although an independent Albanian state was formed in 1912, religious, urban-rural, and North-South differences presented barriers to establishing social unity; thus, coalescence of national identity did not occur until after WWII and the foundation of the communist state. After the communist era the conceptualization of 'nation' continues to be influenced by the geographic spreading of Albanians over Serbia, Macedonia, and Albania; the continuing religious differences; and the conflict over land ownership. |
| Availability |
Library of Central European University, Budapest |
| Discipline(s) |
history
, political science
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| Source(s) |
historical data
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