Kosovo and the Framing of Non-Secessionist Self-Government Claims in Romania

Zsuzsa Csergő

Europe-Asia Studies, 2013, vol. 65, issue 5, 889-911

Abstract: This contribution focuses on the consequences of the international controversy over Kosovo's unilateral declaration of independence (UDI) for domestic debates over sub-state territorial restructuring. The main argument is that, in the absence of a clear distinction in international politics between secessionist and non-secessionist claims, state elites employ ‘Kosovo’ effectively for invoking the spectre of secessionist violence even in consistently non-secessionist and non-violent settings, delegitimising all culturally framed claims for territorial restructuring. This strategy leads to radicalised group claims and increased democratic fragility. The Romanian case highlights the imperative to take seriously non-secessionist claims as a separate category of study and international norm-setting.

Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.1080/09668136.2013.805960

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