Whose Rights, Whose Return? The Boundary Problem and Unequal Restoration of Citizenship in the Post-Yugoslav Space: Biljana Ðorđević

In democratic theory, there has been a recent revival of interest in the so-called boundary

problem: how to legitimately delimit the political community relevant for democracy (see

Cheneval, 2011; Miller, 2009; Whelan, 1983). Boundary-drawing, separation of one

people from another, was the result of historical contingencies with borders being

entrenched, moralized and guaranteed by international law. Nonetheless, challenges

arising from globalization, secession and immigration have again stressed the controver-

sial nature and practical relevance of the boundary problem often addressed in the litera-

ture as a philosophical problem only.