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Experimentation and Extraction in Reintegration Governance: the case of Kosovo

Release Date

2023-11

Language

  • English

Topics


This article focuses on the governance of reintegration in Kosovo, where return and reintegration has been an issue since 1999. Drawing on qualitative empirical and desk research, we argue that Kosovo's reintegration governance landscape is a site of experimentation and extraction in relation to the policy objectives of destination countries prioritizing returns. Extraction occurs as the management of returnee reintegration becomes an opportunity for revenue generation for multiple state and non-state as well as transnational and local actors. Experimentation concerns innovations and testing mainly initiated by donors and international actors, then appropriated by local partners. The paper contributes to the understanding of specific mechanisms of reintegration governance, modes of practice and power relations between multiple actors operating at different scales.

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Cite as

https://doi.org/10.18753/2297-8224-4548
@article{VollmerSahin-Mencutek2023, author = "Ruth Vollmer and Zeynep Sahin-Mencutek", title = "Experimentation and Extraction in Reintegration Governance: the case of Kosovo", latexTitle = "Experimentation and Extraction in Reintegration Governance: the case of Kosovo", booktitle = "Sozialpolitik", type = "Journal article", year = "2023", }

Document-Type

Journal article

DOI

https://doi.org/10.18753/2297-8224-4548

Is part of / In:

Title:
Sozialpolitik

Countries/Region

Kosovo