^Visoka, Gëzim, Political Obligations in Kosovo(PDF), Prishtina Institute for Political Studies: 39, 2013 [2013-10-07], （原始内容(PDF)存档于2013-11-05）, Responding to the citizen activism gap created by the passive citizenry and donor-oriented civil society groups, and rejecting the international governance and its local counterparts, a new social movement emerged in Kosovo in 2004, which put in forefront the necessity for ethical and accountable politics, local autonomy from the external rule, and nationalist discourse for popular self-determination as manifestation of direct democracy. Since 2004 Lëvizja Vetëvendosje acted as a social movement and led protests against UN administration in Kosovo, final status negotiations, the independence settlement plan, decentralization process, the post-independence political dialogue with Serbia, and the privatization of socially owned enterprises in Kosovo.
^Krasniqi, Albert; Shala, Krenar, Ardian Arifaj , 编, Strengthening the statehood of Kosovo through the democratization of political parties(PDF), Prishtina: Kosovar Institute for Policy Research and Development: 12, June 2012 [2013-10-07], （原始内容存档(PDF)于2015-02-24）, The study of statutes indicates that the one of LVV is the most advanced if we consider the restriction of mandates, and the application of direct democracy in making important decisions.
^Gezim Visoka, International Governance and Local Resistance in Kosovo: the Thin Line between Ethical, Emancipatory and Exclusionary Politics(PDF), Irish Studies in International Affairs (Dublin: Dublin City University), 2011, 22: 110 [2013-10-07], （原始内容(PDF)存档于2015-02-24）, Lëvizja Vetëvendosje (the Movement for Self-Determination) emphasised the need for ethical and accountable politics and local autonomy from external rule, and it incorporated a nationalist discourse for popular self-determination as a manifestation of direct democracy
