Self, Group, and Society: Emergence of New Political Identities in the Republic of Macedonia
SELF, GROUP, AND SOCIETY: EMERGENCE OF NEW POLITICAL IDENTITIES IN THE REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA by Philip James Murphy BS, Appalachian State University, 1991 MA, East Tennessee State University, 2000 Submitted to the Faculty of The Graduate School of Public and International Affairs in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy University of Pittsburgh 2008 UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC AND INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS This dissertation was presented by Philip James Murphy It was defended on March 28, 2008 and approved by Louise Comfort, PhD, Professor, Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, University of Pittsburgh David Y. Miller, PhD, Associate Professor, Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, University of Pittsburgh Kevin Kearns, PhD, Professor, Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, University of Pittsburgh David Barker, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Pittsburgh Dissertation Director: William N. Dunn, PhD, Professor, Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, University of Pittsburgh ii Copyright © by Philip J. Murphy 2008 iii SELF, GROUP, AND SOCIETY: EMERGENCE OF NEW POLITICAL IDENTITIES IN THE REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA Philip James Murphy, PhD University of Pittsburgh, 2008 The Republic of Macedonia provides an illustration of how a society’s identities reciprocally affect government and politics. This research investigates the extent to which Macedonia is developing a stable and cohesive society and contrasts more traditional investigations that treat identity as coextensive with fixed ethnic boundaries. This study employs an inductive approach to identity formation by investigating how individual beliefs and values function within a society. To accomplish this, a method for discerning and characterizing identity groups was employed, generating a rich mixture of qualitative and quantitative data.
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