1st Edition
Macedonia and Identity Politics After the Prespa Agreement
By Vasiliki P. Neofotistos
Copyright 2021
306 Pages
33 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
306 Pages
33 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
306 Pages
33 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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This book explores issues of national identity, history, and language in light of the 2018 Prespa Agreement. Designed to resolve a protracted and bitter dispute, the agreement signed by the Macedonian and Greek foreign ministers on the banks of the Prespa lake stipulated that the Republic of Macedonia change its name to the Republic of North Macedonia.
The chapters examine the social,... Read more
Introduction: Macedonia: What’s in a name?
Vasiliki P. Neofotistos
- "Three countries, two lakes, one future:" The Prespa Lakes and the signing of the Prespa Agreement
- The hollow signifier "Prespa": Some reflections on the lake, the Agreement, and the state
- A glass half full or a poisoned chalice? The Prespa Agreement and the modern Macedonian language
- When the ethnographic field gets unfriendly: Identity politics and censorship in the Greek region of Macedonia in light of the Prespa Agreement
- Voters and clients: Elections in Florina before and after the Prespa Accord
- The agreement that brought the nation to completion and extinction: Macedonian political parties and the framing of the Prespa Agreement
- Seeing double: Political polarization and identity politics in Macedonia, before and after the Prespa Agreement
- Innovation after Prespa
- Fantasies of citizenship: Post-territorial nationalism and Macedonian emigrants in Turkey
Loring M. Danforth
Rozita Dimova
Victor A. Friedman
Marica Rombou-Levidi
Anastasia Karakasidou
Aleksandar Takovski
Andrew Graan
Fabio Mattioli
Burcu Akan Ellis
Biography
Vasiliki P. Neofotistos is Associate Professor of Anthropology at the University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, USA.
