Atdhe Hetemi: Student Movements for the Republic of Kosovo. 1968, 1981 and 1997
In: Comparative Southeast European studies: COMPSEES, Volume 70, Issue 1, p. 170-173
ISSN: 2701-8202
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In: Comparative Southeast European studies: COMPSEES, Volume 70, Issue 1, p. 170-173
ISSN: 2701-8202
In: Totalitarismus und Demokratie: Zeitschrift für internationale Diktatur- und Freiheitsforschung = Totalitarianism and democracy, Volume 17, Issue 2, p. 213-243
ISSN: 2196-8276
In: Südosteuropa: Zeitschrift für Politik und Geschichte, Volume 68, Issue 2, p. 200-224
ISSN: 2364-933X
AbstractBuilding on the example of Kosovo, the author explores the fluctuating boundaries between voluntary associations and the political realm. She is inspired by recent scholarship on voluntary associations in Southeastern Europe, which highlights the political aspects of associational volunteering. After the mass dismissals of Kosovo-Albanians in the health sector during the 1990s, the Mother Teresa Society, one of the largest Kosovar associations at the time, set up alternative healthcare centres throughout Kosovo, relying on the involvement of reportedly more than 7,000 volunteers. However, the Society and its volunteers did not merely fill the gap in medical care, but also participated in political decision-making through their close relationship with actors in the Kosovo-Albanian 'parallel structures'.
In: Südost-Europa: journal of politics and society, Volume 68, Issue 2, p. 200-224
ISSN: 0722-480X
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