Contesting Postwar Mitrovica
(2020) In Rethinking Peace and Conflict Studies p.145-191- Abstract
This chapter employs governmentality on postwar Mitrovica (Kosovo) to understand how different governing attempts structure the field of possible acts for collectives in its urban conflicts over peace(s). The first line of analysis explores how Belgrade uses its parallel institutions—which encompass everything from healthcare and education to undercover police and criminal networks—to enable, encourage, and pressure Serbs to resist integration into Kosovo in line with the Serb ethnonational peace. The second line of analyses explores how fear governs people on both sides of Mitrovica’s Ibar river into ethnonational division—according to both the Albanian and Serb ethnonational peace(s)—where “the other” is avoided and “our side” (of the... (More)
This chapter employs governmentality on postwar Mitrovica (Kosovo) to understand how different governing attempts structure the field of possible acts for collectives in its urban conflicts over peace(s). The first line of analysis explores how Belgrade uses its parallel institutions—which encompass everything from healthcare and education to undercover police and criminal networks—to enable, encourage, and pressure Serbs to resist integration into Kosovo in line with the Serb ethnonational peace. The second line of analyses explores how fear governs people on both sides of Mitrovica’s Ibar river into ethnonational division—according to both the Albanian and Serb ethnonational peace(s)—where “the other” is avoided and “our side” (of the city) is protected. The third line of analyses lastly explores the inability of external governing attempts to govern Albanians and Serbs towards coexistence, showing how it is either inefficient or even counterproductive.
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- author
- Gusic, Ivan LU
- organization
- publishing date
- 2020
- type
- Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- Fear, Governmentality, Kosovo, Mitrovica, Parallel institutions
- host publication
- Rethinking Peace and Conflict Studies
- series title
- Rethinking Peace and Conflict Studies
- pages
- 47 pages
- publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- external identifiers
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- scopus:85145418743
- ISSN
- 2752-857X
- 1759-3735
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-3-030-28091-8_5
- language
- English
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- yes
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- 05bcc4aa-293f-4c87-aaeb-ef36e2429844
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- 2023-01-18 15:36:49
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author = {{Gusic, Ivan}},
booktitle = {{Rethinking Peace and Conflict Studies}},
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keywords = {{Fear; Governmentality; Kosovo; Mitrovica; Parallel institutions}},
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title = {{Contesting Postwar Mitrovica}},
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