Description
This paper aims to provide a comparative analysis of Cypriot and Kosovar Albanian perspectives on Europe. Based on fieldwork in both of these contested states, the paper unravels the ways in which these polities’ citizens see their place in Europe, how they relate to the European Union, and whether they perceive the EU as supportive or obstructive of their endeavor towards full recognition. Furthermore, the paper places the contestation over these contested states in relation to the trajectory of EU accession for respectively Turkey and Serbia. In combining these to objectives, the paper strives to combine debates around European Integration with those of contested statehood.
