AHMETI’s VILLAGE. The Political Economy of Interethnic Relations in Macedonia
AHMETI’s VILLAGE. The Political Economy of Interethnic Relations in Macedonia

Author(s): Author Not Specified
Subject(s): Transformation Period (1990 - 2010), Inter-Ethnic Relations, Ethnic Minorities Studies
Published by: ESI – European Stability Initiative
Keywords: inter-ethnic relations in Macedonia;
Summary/Abstract: This report explores the political economy of ethnic relations in Macedonia – the “other conflict” of diminishing resources and collapsing lifestyles which so often goes unnoticed. … It looks at a region of 52,000 people in Western Macedonia, inhabited by 50 percent ethnic Albanians and 40 percent ethnic Macedonians. Like much of Macedonia, Kicevo (Albanian: Kercova) has a deeply rooted tradition of ethnic coexistence. There has been no communal violence in this region for decades, and it remained peaceful even at the height of last year’s fighting. Yet it exhibits a diversity of economic and social patterns among its communities which seems programmed to generate inter-ethnic suspicion and fear.

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