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Transformation of Kosovar Albanians’ Struggle from Parallelism to Armed Conflict: Why is Violence Necessary?

Year 2012, , 97 - 138, 01.05.2012
https://doi.org/10.1501/Intrel_0000000280

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Transformation of Kosovar Albanians’ Struggle from Parallelism to Armed Conflict: Why is Violence Necessary?

Year 2012, , 97 - 138, 01.05.2012
https://doi.org/10.1501/Intrel_0000000280

Abstract

Following the abolition of the Kosovo’s autonomy in the 1989, Albanians refused to accept the legitimacy of Serbian rule over Kosovo and advocated the peaceful strategy to resolve the Albanian-Serbian conflict. In this respect, parallel state structures emerged as a hallmark of the K-Albanians peaceful resistance to Serbian rule. However, in the second half of the 1990s, K-Albanians’ resistance took the form of an armed struggle with the actions of the KLA. Insufficient involvement of international community for solving of the Kosovo issue and lack of democratic cooperation mechanisms and relatedly existence of “democratic deficit” in the issue contributed to the transformation of KAlbanians’ struggle into an armed conflict

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Primary Language English
Subjects Political Science
Journal Section Research Article
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Bülent Sarper Ağır This is me

Publication Date May 1, 2012
Published in Issue Year 2012

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APA Ağır, B. S. (2012). Transformation of Kosovar Albanians’ Struggle from Parallelism to Armed Conflict: Why is Violence Necessary?. The Turkish Yearbook of International Relations(43), 97-138. https://doi.org/10.1501/Intrel_0000000280