Civic and Uncivic Values in Macedonia

1. Front Matter

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2. Introduction

   1. Introduction

      • Sabrina P. Ramet

      Pages 1-9

3. Values and Agents of Socialization

   1. Front Matter

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   2. Civic Virtues, Liberal Values, and the Civic Culture

      • Sabrina P. Ramet

      Pages 13-25

   3. Macedonian Civic Values within a European Perspective

      • Kristen Ringdal, Albert Simkus, Ola Listhaug

      Pages 26-40

   4. Differences in Values within Macedonia: Macedonian—Albanian Comparisons

      • Hasan Jashari, Albert Simkus

      Pages 41-63

   5. Macedonia and the EU: Reshaping Social Values in Fluid Times

      • Stefano Bianchini

      Pages 64-83

4. The System

   1. Front Matter

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   2. Constitutional Engineering and Institution-Building in the Republic of Macedonia (1991–2011)

      • Biljana Vankovska

      Pages 87-108

   3. Political Parties, Values, and Democratic Consolidation

      • Gordana Siljanovska-Davkova

      Pages 109-133

   4. Understanding the Ohrid Framework Agreement

      • Dejan Marolov

      Pages 134-154

   5. The Development of Civil Society in the Republic of Macedonia: Modeling State—Civil Society Relations

      • Ilo Trajkovski

      Pages 155-172

5. Ethnic Issues

   1. Front Matter

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   2. One State, Divided Society: The Albanians in Macedonia

      • Bashkim Iseni

      Pages 175-193

   3. Ethnic Minorities of Macedonia: Turks, Roma, and Serbs

      • Frances Trix

      Pages 194-213

6. Education and Media

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 215-215

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   2. The Media and Values in Macedonia between Regulation, Privatization, Concentration, Commercialization, and Pluralization

      • Vesna Šopar

      Pages 217-234

   3. Uncertain Future: The Albanian-Language Media in Macedonia

      • Iso Rusi, Katerina Spasovska

      Pages 235-257

   4. Some Aspects of History Textbooks for Secondary School: The Case of Macedonia

      • Irena Stefoska

      Pages 258-275

7. Literature

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One of the central challenges facing Macedonia, along with other Yugoslav successor states, is to develop civic values and to combat such uncivic values as ethnic intolerance, religious bigotry, and homophobia. This volume brings together specialists in Macedonian affairs to offer insights into the experiences and values of the Macedonians.

• Albania
• civic culture
• Europe
• history
• media

“This edited volume will provide a wealthy pool of information and basis for comparison in any future studies on North Macedonian society’s gradual, and often painful, advance toward a fully-fledged civic-value-based democracy.” (Josef M. Djordjevski, Southeastern Europe, Vol. 44 (3), 2020)

• Department of Sociology and Political Science, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway

  Sabrina P. Ramet, Ola Listhaug, Albert Simkus

STEFANO BIANCHINI Professor of East European Politics and History at the University of Bologna, Italy MAJA BOJADZIEVSKA Professor of comparative literature at the University of Skopje, Macedonia BASHKIM ISENI Researcher at the Swiss Forum for Migration and Populations Study at the University of Neuchâtel in Switzerland. HASAN JASHARI Associate Professor and the Director for Doctoral studies at the South East European University in Tetovë, Macedonia DEJAN MAROLOV Assistant Professor at the Goce Delcev University in Stip, Macedonia KRISTEN RINGDAL Professor of Sociology at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim, and a senior researcher with the Centre for the Study of Civil War, PRIO, Oslo, Norway ANDREW ROSSOS Professor of History at the University of Toronto, Canada ISO RUSI is a journalist. He started his professional career with Mlad borec in 1971, and later cooperated with Danas (Zagreb), Delo (Ljubljana), Teleks (Ljubljana), and Na a borba (Belgrade) GORDANA SILJANOVSKA-DAVKOVA Professor of Consitutional Law and Political System at the Law Faculty 'Iustinianus Primus' in Skopje, Macedonia VESNA OPAR Professor of Public Relations at University of Tourism and Management, Skopje, Macedonia KATERINA SPASOVSKA Assistant Professor in the Department of Communication at Western Carolina University, USA IRENA STEFOSKA Assistant Professor of Ancient and Medieval History at the Institute of National History, University of Skopje, Macedonia ILO TRAJKOVSKI Professor of Political Sociology at the University of Skopje, Macedonia FRANCES TRIX Professor of Linguistics and Anthropology at Indiana University, USA BILJANA VANKOVSKA Professor of Political Studies and head of the MA in peace and development at the Faculty of Philosophy in Skopje, Macedonia ANDREW WACHTEL Dean of the Graduate School and the Bertha and Max Dressler Professor of the Humanities, Northwestern University, Illinois, USA

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