THE DESTABILIZING NATURE OF ETHNO-RELIGIOUS CLEAVAGES IN THE REPUBLIC OF NORTH MACEDONIA

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.58894/EJPP.2024.2.518
ethnoreligious cleavages ethnopolitical conflicts ethnocultural identity RN Macedonia

Abstract

The ethno-religious clevages in Macedonian society are the subject of the study. This social rifts are considered as a conflictogenic, which provokes persistent sense of danger into collective mind of the ethno-religious communities. Then in turn, this triggers a protective reflex in response of the danger. The working hypothesis of the study states: ethno religious rifts are conflitogenic which continue to represent destabilizing of the political system factors, while social cohesion has not yet been achieved the desired level. The direct observation of the social life and political process, as well as comparing, are a methods of the research. The conclusions of the research states: the problem of the conflicting ethnoreligious rifts into Republic of North Macedonia has been mastered, but not eliminated as whole, despite signed agreement before quart of the century for regulation this problem. The aim of this research was to product a usefully elaboration which would be helpful for current and future scientific research related to this issue.