Macedonia on the crossroads between Europe and Balkan

The state-building and problem-solving diversity that is caused by ethnicity, the international community in the case of Macedonia applied models that come from the Western European tradition that is completely different from the structure of the state and the traditions of this area and the historical circumstances of the emergence and development of Macedonia. For all these reasons it is impossible to expect that the introduction of the cultural matrix of different content lead to identical applicability in this area. As a major European norm Macedonia imposed policy of implementation of multicultural inclusion that the international community has imposed itself as a way of dealing with inter-ethnic conflict by promoting linguistic and cultural diversity based on justice and equality with the main intention of introducing culture in primary goods thus achieving equality for all citizens of different ethnic origin on the basis of equality. In the case of Macedonia, this has not happened because the mere necessity theories of recognition was conditioned by political circumstances and the ability of national minorities to the policy of recognition obtained the rights sought.

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Dr. Vesna Stankovi Pejnovi is an Associate Professor in Institute for Political Studies in Belgrade, Serbia. She earned her Master of Science in University at Zagreb, Croatia and her D.Phil in philosophy from University in Skopje, Macedonia.Her areas of interest are primarily political philosophy, multiculturalism and international politics.