01392nas a2200157   4500008004100000022001400041245005500055210005500110260001200165300001000177490000600187520085300193653005501046100002001101856011301121       2017                        eng d  a2300-168200aAlbanian Citizenship Configurations in the Balkans0 aAlbanian Citizenship Configurations in the Balkans  c01/2017  a49-640 v63 a<p>This paper examines the Albanian state&ndash;nation constellation in the Balkans in the light of the European Union (EU) integration process with a focus on citizenship configurations in Kosovo and Albania. It addresses an important puzzle: why legal norms of citizenship do not follow the emerging practice of stronger trans-border co-operation in the Albanian ethnic and cultural space. The study shows that the process of EU integration is the key to understanding and explaining this puzzle, for it provides an opportunity for &lsquo;constructive ambiguity&rsquo; around which both ethnic and statist brands of Albanian nationalism, as well as various elite fractions, can coalesce and coexist. In a wider context, Albanian citizenship configurations are shaped by the ever-evolving complex relationship between nation, state and Europe.</p>10aAlbania; Kosovo; citizenship; nation-state; Europe1 aKrasniqi, Gezim  uhttp://ceemr.uw.edu.pl/sites/default/files/Krasniqi_Albanian_Citizenship_Configurations_in_the_Balkans_0.pdf