The risk of war : everyday sociality in the Republic of Macedonia / / Vasiliki P. Neofotistos

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910814040203321
• Autore: Neofotistos Vasiliki P
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Philadelphia, : University of Pennsylvania Press, c2012
• ISBN: 1-283-89878-0; 0-8122-0656-8
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (214 p.)
• Collana: The ethnography of political violence
• Disciplina: 949.7603
• Soggetti: Ethnic relations; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General; Macedonia (Republic) Ethnic relations Political aspects; Macedonia (Republic) Social conditions; Macedonia (Republic) Politics and government 1992-
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [173]-191) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Front matter -- Contents -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. Critical Events -- Chapter 2. The Eruption of the 2001 Conflict -- Chapter 3. Living in a Confusing World -- Chapter 4. Performing Civility -- Chapter 5. When the Going Gets Tough -- Chapter 6. Claiming Respect -- Epilogue -- Appendix: Ohrid Framework Agreement and the 2001 Constitutional Amendments -- Abbreviations -- Notes -- Glossary -- References -- Index -- Acknowledgments
• Sommario/riassunto: The Risk of War focuses on practices and performances of everyday life across ethnonational borders during the six-month armed conflict in 2001 between Macedonian government forces and the Albanian National Liberation Army (NLA)-a conflict initiated by the NLA with the proclaimed purpose of securing greater rights for the Albanian community in Macedonia and terminated by the internationally brokered Ohrid Framework Agreement. Anthropologist Vasiliki P. Neofotistos provides an ethnographic account of the ways middle- and working-class Albanian and Macedonian noncombatants in Macedonia's capital city, Skopje, went about their daily lives during the conflict, when fear and uncertainty regarding their existence and the viability of ; the state were intense and widespread. Neofotistos finds that, rather than passively observing the international community's efforts to manage the political crisis, members of the Macedonian and Albanian communities responded with resilience and wit to disruptive and threatening changes in social structure, intensely negotiated relationships of power, and promoted indeterminacy on the level of the everyday as a sense of impending war enfolded the capital. More broadly, The Risk of War helps us better understand how postindependence Macedonia has managed to escape civil bloodshed despite high political volatility, acute ethno-nationalist rivalries, and unrelenting external pressures exerted by neighboring countries.