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Black hole state: human rights and the work of suspension in post-war Kosovo

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posted on 2023-06-09, 20:46 authored by Agathe MoraAgathe Mora
Much has been made of the Agambenian framework of exception and the regime of legal suspension it establishes. This paper ethnographically examines the hard work that is required to produce legal suspension within the param-eters of the law by looking at the practice of property restitution of transitional institutions in post-war Kosovo. Kosovo’s ‘black hole state’ reveals how the legal bureaucracies established to usher in human rights serve to perpet-uate the state of suspension rather than realising their utopian goals.

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  • Published

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  • Accepted version

Journal

Social Anthropology

ISSN

0964-0282

Publisher

Wiley

Issue

1

Volume

28

Page range

83-95

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  • Anthropology Publications

Research groups affiliated with

  • Sussex Rights and Justice Research Centre Publications

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  • Yes

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  • Yes

Legacy Posted Date

2020-03-04

First Open Access (FOA) Date

2022-02-18

First Compliant Deposit (FCD) Date

2020-03-03

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