Competing Sovereignties by Ian Madison - 9781032822976

Competing SovereigntiesParallel States, Public Services, and the Struggle for Legitimacy in Kosovo\nAuthor(s): Ian Madison\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781032822976, 978-1032822976\nSynopsis\nCompeting Sovereignties: Parallel States, Public Services, and the Struggle for Legitimacy in Kosovo examines 30 years of parallel state competition in Kosovo, exploring how ordinary people navigate between rival authorities when multiple states compete for their loyalty through the provision of essential public services.\n\nIn Kosovos remote villages, children attend separate classrooms under different flags, representing competing educational systems from two states that deny each others existence. Drawing on extensive fieldwork and over 100 interviews, the book examines this parallel state competition in Kosovo: First during the 1990s Albanian resistance movement operating underground beneath Serbian rule, then after 199.