1. The Ethnic Division of Education and the Relations Among Non-Serb Minorities in Kosovo.
- Author
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Božic, Gordana
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EDUCATION of minorities , *LANGUAGE & education , *DISCRIMINATION in education , *LINGUISTIC minorities , *ALBANIANS , *SERBIAN language , *LEGAL status of minorities , *LINGUISTIC rights , *EDUCATION , *ETHNIC relations - Abstract
Kosovo's education system is divided along a Serb-Albanian line, with consequences for the non-Serb minorities. While Serb-Albanian relations have been researched and analyzed extensively, relations among non-Serb minority communities have typically been neglected. Although there are some studies addressing the treatment and rights of individual minority groups in Kosovo, there is very little written on the dynamics and relations those groups establish among themselves. This article uses education as the backdrop for analyzing the emerging inter-minority relations in Kosovo. The paper provides some background about minority education rights and the consequences of their partial implementation for those minority groups—i.e., the Kosovo Bosniaks and Turks—whose members opt to follow the Albanian (Kosovo) educational system. In addition, it offers insights into some of the economic and political considerations behind the decision of the Gorani community to endorse the Serbian educational system. Finally, I analyze the relations between the Goranis and Bosniaks that have been developing around education and language rights. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Published
- 2010