Ilina Mangova

Ilina Mangova is a Project Manager and Researcher at the Institute for Democracy Societas Civilis (IDSCS) in Skopje (www.idscs.org.mk). She does research on democratic governance, anti-corruption, elections and public opinion. She holds a masters degree in Comparative Politics from the London School of Economics for which she was awarded the Chevening scholarship. Recently she began to explore the role of leaders in the process of democratic transition. In her previous job at the International Republican Institute’s (IRI) branch in Skopje, Mangova worked on public opinion research and the development of political parties in Macedonia.

Website: http://www.idscs.org.mk/index.php?lang=en
Country: MKD

Latest posts

Macedonia: Forget Your Native Language, Learn English!

Macedonians know that hardly any foreigner will learn Macedonian. It is the language of only two million people so mastering it doesn’t bring all that many benefits. Macedonians also know [...]

Wednesday, 8 May 2013. 8 comments

20 Revolutionary Men

Look at any TV report about a business forum in Macedonia, a chamber of industry and commerce convention, a government session, a high level political meeting or a conference of [...]

Thursday, 4 April 2013. No comments

Yearning for Yugoslavia

Independent Macedonia was established 22 years ago. I was 10 years old that year in 1991, when on the 8 of September around 12 pm my parents took me to the national gathering in [...]

Monday, 18 March 2013. No comments

We Can’t Be Hit by the Crisis, We’re Always in Crisis

When the financial crisis hit the Western world, a saying spread throughout Macedonia: ‘We can’t be hit by the crisis, we’re always in crisis’ This was very true at the [...]

Wednesday, 12 December 2012. No comments

Adult Life Put on Hold

I remember the day I passed my final exam at university. It was one of the happiest days of my life as it meant that I was no longer a [...]

Monday, 3 December 2012. 5 comments

Allchar: a road to the sun, a road to big profit

There is only one place in the world where the mineral lorandite can be found in its purest form and in such vast quantities. That place is Allchar (Alshar) and [...]

Wednesday, 17 October 2012. No comments

When Ethnos Decides, Not Demos

When voters go to the voting booth they think which candidate offers the best program for education, the lowest taxes, the best pension system, the most reliable healthcare system, the [...]

Tuesday, 9 October 2012. 2 comments

Higher Education in Macedonia: Liberalization versus Qualification

It was long ago that one of the world’s most famous political scientists, Seymour Martin Lipset, established a positive correlation between the level of education, urbanization and other factors of [...]

Monday, 10 September 2012. 3 comments