Macedonian Multiethnic Puzzles. From Nationalism, Multiculturalism and 'Alexander-mania’ to Ethnic Democracy

      Аннотация: The main research question in the book is how the Macedonian multiethnic model after the Ohrid Framework Agreement, staggering between Nationalism, Multiculturalism and ‘Alexander-mania’, induced Ethnic Democracy. The authoritarian government 2008-2016 kept the ‘ethnic matters’ at low level and made multicultural dilemmas diminish. The book consists of a range of papers that explain in more details what has happened after the ‘Ohrid Agreement’, the multicultural labyrinths, the identity of the modern Macedonians, and the future of the multicultural model that can be proved or denied in cases like the Republic of Macedonia. At the beginning, the author argues that the management of ethnic differences must reconcile the two nationalisms, otherwise, contrary to this, the ‘battle’ for resources and symbols between Macedonians and Albanians will reinforce the affections toward their own national (ethnic) identity. After 15 years, the ethnic identification deepens and engenders the creation of two societies – Macedonian and Albanian, which hinders better co-existence. The only way forward is by overcoming ethnic democracy through more inclusive, post-ethnic categories.

Ключевые слова: Multiculturalism, nationalism, ethnic democracy, National identity, Ohrid Framework Agreement