Civic and Uncivic Values in Macedonia: Value Transformation, Education and Media

Gaining its independence in 1991, after having been included in socialist Yugoslavia for more than four decades, the Republic of Macedonia has struggled to consolidate its democratic system and independence, and to gain admission into the European Union and NATO, against dogged opposition from Greece. 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 leading specialists in Macedonian affairs, both from within Macedonia and from other countries, to offer insights into the experiences and values of the Macedonians, with separate chapters devoted to the media, history textbooks, fiction, the Albanians of Macedonia, and smaller ethnic minorities, as well as other subjects.

Table of Contents:
List of Figures Preface About the Authors Introduction; S.P.Ramet PART I: VALUES & AGENTS OF SOCIALIZATION Civic Virtues, Liberal Values, and the Civic Culture; S.P.Ramet Macedonian Values in a European Perspective; K.Ringdal, A. Simkus & O.Listhaug Values of Albanians and Macedonians in Comparison; H.Jashari & A.Simkus Macedonia and the EU: Reshaping Social Values in Fluid Times; S.Bianchini PART II: THE SYSTEM Constitutional Engineering and Institution-building in the Republic of Macedonia, 1991-2011; B.Vankovska Political Parties, Values, and Democratic Consolidation in the Republic of Macedonia, 1991-2011; G.Siljanovska-Davkova Understanding the Ohrid Agreement; D.Marolov The Development of Civil Society in the Republic of Macedonia: Modeling State-civil Society Relations; I.Trajkovski PART III: ETHNIC ISSUES One State, Divided Society: the Albanians in Macedonia; B.Iseni Ethnic Minorities of Macedonia: Turks, Roma, and Serbs; F.Trix PART IV: EDUCATION AND MEDIA The Media and Values in Macedonia: between Regulation, Privatization, Concentration, Commercialization, and Pluralization; V.Sopar Uncertain Future: The Albanian-language Media in Macedonia; I.Rusi & K.Spasovska Some Aspects of History Textbooks for Secondary Schools: the Case of Macedonia; I.Stefoska PART V: LITERATURE Imagining the Nation: The Representation of Historical Figures in Literature/Culture; M.Bojadzievska The Novel as Carrier of Cultural Values: Kice Kolbe's The Gavrilov Women; A.Wachtel Afterword; A.Rossos For Further Reading Index

About the Author :
SABRINA P. RAMET is a Professor of Political Science at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway and a senior researcher with the Centre for the Study of Civil War, PRIO, Oslo. She is the author of 12 scholarly books and editor or co-editor of 27 previous volumes. Her latest book is Serbia and the Serbs in World War Two, co-edited with Ola Listhaug (Palgrave, 2011). She earned her Ph.D. in political science from UCLA in 1981. OLA LISTHAUG is a Professor of Political Science at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway and a senior researcher with the Centre for the Study of Civil War, PRIO, Oslo. He is co-author of Losers' Consent: Elections and Democratic Legitimacy (Oxford University Press, 2005). His latest book is Serbia and the Serbs in World War Two, co-edited with Sabrina Ramet (Palgrave, 2011). He earned his Ph.D. in political science from the University of Trondheim in 1989. ALBERT SIMKUS is Professor of Sociology at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim. He was director of the South-East European Social Survey Project, funded by the Norwegian Research Council during 2001 - 2006. Early findings were published in a special issue of the International Journal of Sociology (Fall 2007) which Simkus edited. His latest book is The Aftermath of War: Experiences and Social Attitudes in the Western Balkans, co-edited with Kristen Ringdal (2012). He earned his Ph.D. in sociology from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA.