Bridging Separated Communities With the Use of Common Instrumental Goals: The Case of Kosovo Community Reconciliation and Development Programme

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dc.contributor.advisorMillar, G.M.
dc.contributor.authorGrudina, Juri
dc.date.issued2012-03
dc.description.abstractThe territory of modern-day Kosovo has been for centuries the theatre of violent conflicts between Serbs and Albanians (Judah, 2008). Yet, the ‘apples of discord’ are not Kosovo’s natural resources or strategic position (Anscombe, 2006, p. 759) but the control of the land’s symbolic value (Judah, 1997, Judah, 2008). The conflict is fuelled by narratives which make each side believe that it is exclusively entitled to this territory. For the Serbs Kosovo is of special importance because on its grounds the medieval Serbian state and Serbian Orthodox Church were developed and this is where the legendary battle of Kosovo Polje between Serbs and Ottomans took place (Heraclides, 1997, p. 318). Although the defeat of the Serbs brought several centuries of oppression, this very suffering reinforced their will to return and retake control of what would amount to a ‘Serbian Jerusalem’ (Judah, 2008, p. 18; Judah, 1997, p. 26).en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/2878
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.thesis.facultyFaculteit der Managementwetenschappenen_US
dc.thesis.specialisationConflicts, Territories and Identitiesen_US
dc.thesis.studyprogrammeMaster Human Geographyen_US
dc.thesis.typeMasteren_US
dc.titleBridging Separated Communities With the Use of Common Instrumental Goals: The Case of Kosovo Community Reconciliation and Development Programmeen_US
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