Macedonia: the political, social, economic and cultural foundations of a Balkan state

Abstract

List of Captions Map List of Contributors Introduction Victor C de Munck and Ljupcho Risteski Section One: Macedonians in Transition 1. A Tantrum from the Cradle of Democracy: On the Dangers of Studying Macedonian Victor A. Friedman 2. 'Eu as Future?: From a Macedonian Viewpoint The multiple ways of being European in Macedonia and not being in Europe Ilka Theissen 3. 'My Faith, My Nation': Exploring the 'Natural' Affinity Between Orthodox Christianity and National Identity in Macedonia Violeta Duklevska Schubert 4. Nationalism and the Use of Cultural Heritage: Three Post-Socialist Macedonian Examples Davorin Trpeski 5. Conceptualizing Gender in Macedonia Victor C. de Munck & Davorin Trpeski Section Two: Towards Making Macedonia Multicultural 6. Is It Just a Song That Remains? Reflections On Turkish Minorities in Macedonia Burcu Akan Ellis 7. Why a Gypsy in Macedonia Does Not Know 'Correct' Islam Galina Oustinova-Stjepanovic 8. Absent Roma, Imported Interest: 'Roma' as Subject and Agent in the Republic of Macedonia Shayna Plaut 9. Topography of Spatial and Temporal Ruptures: (Im)materialities of (post)socialism in a northern town in Macedonia Rozita Dimova 10. Africa:Europe::Albania:Macedonia- A zero-sum, ecological fallacy theory of ethnic divisiveness Victor C. de Munck & Joseph Moldow Section Three: Nationalism and the Environment 11. National Purities, Ecological Disasters: Greek modernity and the war on nature Anastasia Karakasidou 12. 'Kapka po kapka' (drop by drop): Civil Society and Rural Ecology in the Prespa Lake region of Macedonia Jonathan Matthew Schwartz Index