Disciplining the diaspora
Elections, political legitimacy and Kosovo’s diaspora vote.
|14.01.2026
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The attempts to construct the diaspora vote as irresponsible ‘per inati’ (‘out of spite’), not only infantilizes the diaspora vote and constructs them as uneducated and politically unsophisticated, but also suggests that migration is morally deficient.
The figure being disciplined is not the celebrated global Kosovar but the ordinary working-class diaspora citizen who insists on exercising political rights
The irony is that Kosovo is not and has never been a purely territorial state or polity. Its social, economic and political life has long been molded and fought for by the diaspora.
Dafina Paca
Dafina Paca is a Lecturer at Cardiff University, a final‑year Graduate Entry Medicine student at Swansea University, and an experienced EDI Advisor; her work examines migration, diaspora, memory and belonging through a social‑justice lens. She holds a PhD from Cardiff University and an MRes and BA from Queen Mary University of London. Dafina is committed to recognising and dismantling the systemic and structural inequalities that shape social inclusion, education and healthcare.
DISCLAIMERThe views of the writer do not necessarily reflect the views of Kosovo 2.0.
This story was originally written in English.
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