Experimentation and Extraction in Reintegration Governance: the case of Kosovo
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...
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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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| spelling | doaj.art-d810c24fdcc645bb9f6cd2425309db792023-12-01T18:58:07ZdeuUniversity of Fribourg - Division of Sociology, Social Work and Social Policysozialpolitik.ch2297-82242023-11-0182/202310.18753/2297-8224-4548Experimentation and Extraction in Reintegration Governance: the case of KosovoRuth Vollmer0Zeynep Sahin-Mencutek1Bonn International Centre for Conflict Studies (BICC) Bonn International Centre for Conflict Studies (BICC) 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. https://www.sozialpolitik.ch/article/view/4548reintegrationreturnlocal migration governanceKosovoextraction |
| spellingShingle | Ruth Vollmer Zeynep Sahin-Mencutek Experimentation and Extraction in Reintegration Governance: the case of Kosovo sozialpolitik.ch reintegration return local migration governance Kosovo extraction |
| title | Experimentation and Extraction in Reintegration Governance: the case of Kosovo |
| title_full | Experimentation and Extraction in Reintegration Governance: the case of Kosovo |
| title_fullStr | Experimentation and Extraction in Reintegration Governance: the case of Kosovo |
| title_full_unstemmed | Experimentation and Extraction in Reintegration Governance: the case of Kosovo |
| title_short | Experimentation and Extraction in Reintegration Governance: the case of Kosovo |
| title_sort | experimentation and extraction in reintegration governance the case of kosovo |
| topic | reintegration return local migration governance Kosovo extraction |
| url | https://www.sozialpolitik.ch/article/view/4548 |
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