Claimed Co-ethnics and Kin-State Citizenship in Southeastern Europe

Content Provider	Scilit
Author	Stjepanović, Dejan
Copyright Year	2015
Description	The paper introduces the often neglected concept of 'claimed co-ethnics' in the analysis of citizenship policies. It argues that this is an interstitial category that further complicates the triadic nexus between national minorities, nationalising states and kin-states. The 'claimed co-ethnics' are defined as people who are recognised by the citizenship (or ethnizenship) conferring state as belonging to its main ethnic group, although they themselves do not embrace that definition. In addition to bringing the issue of claimed co-ethnics into focus, the paper elucidates how citizenship policies can affect groups that challenge the exact fit between ethnicity and nation, showing how national governments through particular citizenship policies and categorisation practices engage in the construction of these groups. The paper shows that the triadic nexus framework, which has had a strong influence on citizenship and minorities scholarship, needs to be revised to include unidirectional relations between the elements of the triadic nexus. The paper is based on the comparison between the cases of ethnic Vlachs (in the context of Albania and Greece) and Bunjevci (in the context of Serbia and Croatia).
Related Links	https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/28979580.pdf
Ending Page	158
Page Count	19
Starting Page	140
ISSN	17449057
e-ISSN	17449065
DOI	10.1080/17449057.2014.991151
Journal	Ethnopolitics
Issue Number	2
Volume Number	14
Language	English
Publisher	Informa UK Limited
Publisher Date	2015-01-08
Access Restriction	Open
Subject Keyword	Ethnic Studies Claimed Co Co Ethnics Southeastern Europe Kin State State Citizenship
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	History Political Science and International Relations Cultural Studies