Institutional and symbolic aspects of illiberal politics: the case of North Macedonia (2006–2017)
(2019) In Southeast European and Black Sea Studies 20(1). p.41-60- Abstract
- The paper discusses the underlying characteristics of Macedonian illiberal politics during the 11-year rule of the centre-right party VMRO-DPMNE (2006–2017) focusing on two aspects: institutional and symbolic. We argue that the unfair political competition was enabled by the weakness of pre-existing institutions and the population’s clientelist preferences, which were systematically exploited and expanded by VMRO-DPMNE. We also argue that the multi-ethnic character of the country, the disputed Macedonian national identity and the lack of viable international prospects allowed VMRO-DPMNE to construct a strong nationalist narrative that appealed to voters and further isolated the opposition.
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- author
- Gjuzelov, Borjan and Ivanovska Hadjievska, Milka LU
- organization
- publishing date
- 2019-10-23
- type
- Contribution to journal
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- North Macedonia, illiberal politics, VMRO-DPMNE, competitive authoritarianism, case study analysis
- in
- Southeast European and Black Sea Studies
- volume
- 20
- issue
- 1
- pages
- 20 pages
- publisher
- Routledge
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- scopus:85074516370
- ISSN
- 1468-3857
- DOI
- 10.1080/14683857.2019.1672941
- language
- English
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- yes
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