http://virtualstoa.net/2008/02/28/but-the-truth-is-that-the-birth-of-kosovo-is-also-a-profound-testament-of-the-failure-of-the-nation-state-form-in-europe-to-accommodate-ethnic-diversity/ Chris Brooke's Weblog Fri, 05 Sep 2008 20:01:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 http://virtualstoa.net/2008/02/28/but-the-truth-is-that-the-birth-of-kosovo-is-also-a-profound-testament-of-the-failure-of-the-nation-state-form-in-europe-to-accommodate-ethnic-diversity/#comment-172474 Fri, 29 Feb 2008 22:40:02 +0000 http://virtualstoa.net/2008/02/28/but-the-truth-is-that-the-birth-of-kosovo-is-also-a-profound-testament-of-the-failure-of-the-nation-state-form-in-europe-to-accommodate-ethnic-diversity/#comment-172474 Yugoslavia was a (federal) state of many nations, and nationalities. So it was not a nation state. Wikipedia: "The post-World War II Yugoslavia was in many respects a model of how to build a multinational state." An example: Official languages in Vojvodina: Serbo-Croatian, Hungarian, Slovak, Romanian, Rusyn. And see the Wikipedia about Vojvodina: "At first, the province enjoyed only a small level of autonomy within Serbia, but it gained extensive rights of self-rule under the 1974 Yugoslav constitution, which gave both Kosovo and Vojvodina de facto veto power in the Serbian and Yugoslav parliaments, as changes to their status could not be made without the consent of the two Provincial Assemblies." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voivodina Hope this helps... Yugoslavia was a (federal) state of many nations, and nationalities. So it was not a nation state. Wikipedia: “The post-World War II Yugoslavia was in many respects a model of how to build a multinational state.”
An example: Official languages in Vojvodina: Serbo-Croatian, Hungarian, Slovak, Romanian, Rusyn. And see the Wikipedia about Vojvodina: “At first, the province enjoyed only a small level of autonomy within Serbia, but it gained extensive rights of self-rule under the 1974 Yugoslav constitution, which gave both Kosovo and Vojvodina de facto veto power in the Serbian and Yugoslav parliaments, as changes to their status could not be made without the consent of the two Provincial Assemblies.”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voivodina
Hope this helps…

]]> http://virtualstoa.net/2008/02/28/but-the-truth-is-that-the-birth-of-kosovo-is-also-a-profound-testament-of-the-failure-of-the-nation-state-form-in-europe-to-accommodate-ethnic-diversity/#comment-172445 Fri, 29 Feb 2008 20:30:43 +0000 http://virtualstoa.net/2008/02/28/but-the-truth-is-that-the-birth-of-kosovo-is-also-a-profound-testament-of-the-failure-of-the-nation-state-form-in-europe-to-accommodate-ethnic-diversity/#comment-172445 How can Yugoslavia not be a nation state, and yet be "a modell [sic] state of ethnic tolerance"? Confused. How can Yugoslavia not be a nation state, and yet be “a modell [sic] state of ethnic tolerance”? Confused.

]]> http://virtualstoa.net/2008/02/28/but-the-truth-is-that-the-birth-of-kosovo-is-also-a-profound-testament-of-the-failure-of-the-nation-state-form-in-europe-to-accommodate-ethnic-diversity/#comment-172406 Fri, 29 Feb 2008 17:47:55 +0000 http://virtualstoa.net/2008/02/28/but-the-truth-is-that-the-birth-of-kosovo-is-also-a-profound-testament-of-the-failure-of-the-nation-state-form-in-europe-to-accommodate-ethnic-diversity/#comment-172406 It is not true. It is completely ahistoric. Yugoslavia was not a nation state. The birth of Kosovo is a product of the deep crisis of the former Yugoslavia. Which was in many respect a modell state of ethnic tolerance. This is not a question of Mill vs. Acton. It is not true. It is completely ahistoric. Yugoslavia was not a nation state. The birth of Kosovo is a product of the deep crisis of the former Yugoslavia. Which was in many respect a modell state of ethnic tolerance. This is not a question of Mill vs. Acton.

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