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Student Movements for the Republic of Kosovo

1968, 1981 and 1997

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Authors:
  1. Atdhe Hetemi

    1. Prishtina, Kosovo

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  • Explores the importance of the student movements organized by three different generations of Kosovo Albanian students
  • Draws on oral histories from those involved and a rich range of archival sources
  • Highlights the societal impact of these student movements, reaching far beyond academic circles

Part of the book series: Palgrave Studies in the History of Social Movements (PSHSM)

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xv
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  2. Introduction

    • Atdhe Hetemi
    Pages 1-41

  3. Uneasy Liaison: Albanians and South Slavs in the Former Yugoslavia

    • Atdhe Hetemi
    Pages 43-72

  4. Social Movements Between Demands for Social Change, Justice, and Nationalism (the 1960s)

    • Atdhe Hetemi
    Pages 73-113

  5. The University of Prishtina (UP): Between Politics and Academia

    • Atdhe Hetemi
    Pages 115-169

  6. Propaganda: Different Responses to the 1981 Demonstrations

    • Atdhe Hetemi
    Pages 171-198

  7. The Unfolding of Kosovar Activism in the 1990s

    • Atdhe Hetemi
    Pages 199-234

  8. Conclusions

    • Atdhe Hetemi
    Pages 235-245

  9. Back Matter

    Pages 247-273
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About this book

This book analyzes the central vision of three student movements organized by different generations of Kosovo Albanian students in 1968, 1981 and 1997. By examining the dynamics of the demonstrations, the author explores the dimensions, forms and implications of student uprisings and resistance, as well as the struggles for dominance by local (Kosovo), federal (SFRY), regional (Albania and Serbia) and international actors (outside the Balkans). While these demonstrations were organized by students, the book shows that these were not necessarily academic but political, highlighting the impact that students had on society to demonstrate. It examines how the vision for “Republic” status or independence impacted the first and subsequent student movements. Moreover, due to the richness of the empirical data included, this book contributes toward further discussions on social movements, nationalism and state theories.

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“The volume clearly fills a gap. The author combines deep insights into the student movements with well-documented research on Albanian-language (higher) education in Kosovo, in particular on the (tumultuous) process leading to the establishment of the University of Prishtinë/Priština in 1969-1970 and the challenges it faced in the first decades of its existence. Hetemi’s multidisciplinary approach, combining historical and ethnographic research, makes the publication appealing to a broad range of social scientists and historians interested in (South-)Eastern Europe.” (Julia Nietsch, Comparative Southeast European Studies, Vol. 70 (1), 2022)

Authors and Affiliations

  • Prishtina, Kosovo

    Atdhe Hetemi

About the author

​Atdhe Hetemi completed his PhD at the University of Ghent, Belgium, in 2020. He has led and participated in various programs with the UNDP, USAID, the Centre on Social Movement Studies of the Scuola Normale Superiore in Florence, the Institute for Advanced Studies in Hungary and the University of Regensberg in Germany.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Student Movements for the Republic of Kosovo

  • Book Subtitle: 1968, 1981 and 1997

  • Authors: Atdhe Hetemi

  • Series Title: Palgrave Studies in the History of Social Movements

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-54952-7

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham

  • eBook Packages: History, History (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-54951-0Published: 07 October 2020

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-54954-1Published: 08 October 2021

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-54952-7Published: 06 October 2020

  • Series ISSN: 2634-6559

  • Series E-ISSN: 2634-6567

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XV, 273

  • Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations, 7 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Social History, Labor History, Russian, Soviet, and East European History, Political History

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