THE ROLE OF NON-NATIONAL ACTORS IN A NATIONAL START-UP: CASE OF KOSOVO

Year 2023, Volume: 12 Issue: 2, 355 - 381, 31.12.2023

Sertan Akbaba

https://doi.org/10.30903/Balkan.1411676

Cited By: 1

Abstract

The issue concerning Kosovar identity dates back to the dissolution of Yugoslavia and a struggle for sovereignty persisted for more than thirty years. This struggle pertains to a re-positioning of a national identity to re-affirm itself as a separate nation, formerly towards Serbia, and latterly towards many centers. It is the international community demonstrating support for the Kosovo State for different reasons. This study aims to understand the impact of non-national actors on the nationalization of Kosovo. Since the EU, UN, and NATO have and still play an important role in the development of Kosovo, it is important to understand how the nation-state or state-nation project is defined and constructed in Kosovo and how authentic it will be in its final form. Due to the internal and external influences and challenges in re-casting its form under the politics of the nation, Kosovo is becoming more like a pseudo-nation than an authentic one.

Keywords

Kosovo, Nationalism, Nation-state, National Identity, International Community

ULUSLAŞMA SÜRECİNDE ULUS-DIŞI AKTÖRLERİN ROLÜ: KOSOVA ÖRNEĞİ

Abstract

Kosova kimliği meselesi Yugoslavya’nın dağılması süreci ile yeniden sorgulanmaya başlanmıştır. Esasen bu durum otuz yılı aşkın süredir devam eden bir egemenlik mücadelesidir. Bu mücadele bir ulusal kimliğin yeniden konumlandırılması ve ayrı bir ulus olarak önce Sırbistan’a, sonra birçok merkeze (uluslararası toplum) kendini yeniden tasdik ettirmeye ilişkindir. Bu mücadelenin önemli bir bölümü, uluslararası toplumun Kosova’nın bağımsızlığına tam destek verirken, uluslaşma sürecine çok farklı yaklaşmasından kaynaklanmaktadır. Bu çalışma, Kosova’nın uluslaşma projesinde yer alan ulus dışı aktörlerin etkisini anlamayı amaçlamaktadır. AB, BM ve NATO’nun Kosova devletinin gelişmesinde önemli bir rolü olduğu ve hala oynadığı bir gerçektir. Ulus-devlet veya devlet-ulus projesinin Kosova’da nasıl tanımlanıp inşa edildiği ve ne kadar özgün olacağını anlamak açısından önemlidir. Kosova, iç ve dış müdahaleler yaşamakta ve bunun neticesinde kendini tanımlamakta zorlanmaktadır. Bu çalışmanın amacı ise Kosova’nın devlet inşa sürecinin başarısına paralel ulus inşası projesinin otantik olmaktan çok uluslararası toplumun müdahalesi neticesinde sahte bir ulus haline getirilmesini ortaya koymaktır.

Keywords

Kosova, Milliyetçilik, Ulus-devlet, Ulusal Kimlik, Uluslararası Toplum

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