Abstract
The pur pose of this article is to take stock of the European integration literature in reference to Eastern Europe in order to bett er understand how international forces affe ct minority rights. The article will focus on the status of the Albanian minority in the case of the Republic of Macedonia and att empt to illustrate how European integration has contributed to or hindered ethnic reconciliation between the ethnic Albanian minority and Macedonian majority through a historical-sociological analysis. Additionally, by linking the protection of minority rights to democratic consolidation, this article will show how the former is largely dependent on the latt er.
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