CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2018
| Author | Urumovska, Dragana |
|---|---|
| Title | "It Is In Their Blood To Fight": Ethnic Prejudices Among Young Macedonians |
| Summary | The following study investigates and compares the attitudes and prejudices of the primary school students of Macedonian ethnicity, toward the members of the Albanian minority in the Republic of Macedonia. A comparison is made between children at the ages of 10 and 11, attending [almost] ethnically homogeneous schools, where instructions are given only in Macedonian language vis-à-vis children attending the so-called “mixed” schools, where instructions are given in both Macedonian and Albanian languages. The research structure of this study is guided by the theories and concepts of Prejudice and Prejudice Development and Contact Hypothesis Theory. As no previous research covering this topic is conducted in Macedonia, the thesis relies only on primary source data acquired via six focus group discussions – three focus groups per school. Then, by employing the Thematic Analysis method, I present the results by identifying common themes of discussion and by simultaneously reporting on the similar and/or different attitudes children have regarding the topic. The analyzed data indicates that there is no positive correlation between contact and prejudice. In fact, the study discovered that the children attending ethnically mixed school hold more negative attitudes towards the Albanians, than the ones attending ethnically homogeneous school. |
| Supervisor | Váradi, Luca |
| Department | Nationalism Studies MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2018/urumovska_dragana.pdf |
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