Transnational Movement as an Alternative to the Nation-State System : A Study on the Macedonian Liberation Movements between the two World Wars

第一次世界大战后，巴尔干地区新独立的民族国家旨在通过同化少数民族来巩固多数民族统治，马其顿地区被塞尔维亚、保加利亚和希腊瓜分。然而，在两次世界大战之间，作为马其顿解放运动的一部分，形成了一种独特的马其顿意识，希望将这三个部分合并为一个统一和独立的马其顿。但当时的民族意识还不包括所有的马其顿人。这项研究的目的是调查有关马其顿解放运动的原始文件和材料，并调查“马其顿人”如何以及为什么被承认为一个不同的民族，既不是保加利亚人，也不是塞尔维亚人。这项研究还分析了有关南斯拉夫-保加利亚国际关系中马其顿问题的原始文件。

After the First World War, the newly independent nation-states in the Balkans aimed at consolidating majoritarian ethnic rule through assimilation of minorities and the Macedonian region was divided among Serbia, Bulgaria and Greece. Between the two World Wars, however, one orientation for a distinct Macedonian consciousness came into existence as one part of the Macedonian liberation movements, wishing to combine the three parts into a single united and independent Macedonia. But the national consciousness did not yet include all Macedonians at that time. The purpose of this study is to survey the original documents and materials concerning the Macedonian liberation movements and to investigate how and why the "Macedonians" are recognized as a distinct nation, neither Bulgarian nor Serbian. This study also analyzes original documents concerning the Macedonian question in Yugoslav-Bulgarian international relations.