THE PAST AND THE PRESENT OF THE CONSTITUTIONAL SYSTEMS OF THE REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA IN TERMS OF THE POSITION OF ALBANIANS
In this paper, the author analyzes the legal, political and historical aspects of constitutional systems of the Republic of Macedonia in terms of the position of Albanians, within the three time periods, respectively the first period which includes the socialist regime (1946-1990), the second period which includes the period after the country became independent in 1991 up to the armed conflict of 2001 and the third period which includes the period after the armed conflict of 2001 until today.
Separatisms in the Balkans
The aim of the article is to analyze the separatist tendencies in the Balkans, which occurred after the end of the war in Yugoslavia, and reaching the Dayton Peace Agreement, in the light of international law. The article will present the most important antagonisms of ethnic character, which constitute examples of new generation of contemporary separatism: Serbian separatism in Bosnia and Herzegovina, a conflict with Albanian minority in Macedonia, Albanian-Serbian conflict in Kosovo. Separatisms in the Balkans pose a threat to the security and stability of the relations in Europe. While solving the research issue, the following research methods have been adopted: analysis, synthesis and case studies. The inquiry of the literature has enabled the confrontation of the author’s own reflections with present research findings. The structure of the article consists of 7 parts: “Introduction”, “The Balkan War”, “Bosnia and Herzegovina after Dayton”, “Macedonia (North Macedonia)”, “Montenegro”, “Kosovo”, and “Conclusions”.
The Society of Individuals
Norbert Elias (1897-1990) Note on the text Preface Part I: The Society of Individuals (1939) Part II: Problems of self-consciousness and the image of man (1940s-1950s): Wishful and fearful self-images of humans as individuals and of society The thinking statues individualisation in the social process Part III: Changes in the we-I balance (1987) Appendix I: Rainer Maria Rilke, 'The Book of Pilgrimage' Appendix II: Two poems by Goethe Appendix III: Power struggles and the concepts of 'state' and 'society' Appendix IV: Migration and the conflict of generations Bibliography Index.