From Yugoslavia To The Western Balkans

Author : Robert Hayden
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 409 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2012-10-12
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789004241916

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Reflecting more than two decades of research on Yugoslavia’s collapse and based primarily on sources from the region itself, this book consistently challenges commonly-held beliefs about the Balkans wars, and about European integration, international law, human rights, and politics in multi-national societies.

Author : Sabrina P. Ramet
Publisher : Penn State Press
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2010-11-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0271043067

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Gender Politics in the Western Balkans by Sabrina P. Ramet Pdf

The first book in English to discuss the politics of gender relations in both socialist Yugoslavia and its post-socialist successor states.

Author : Nemanja Džuverović,Věra Stojarová
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2022-08-16
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781000628722

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Peace and Security in the Western Balkans by Nemanja Džuverović,Věra Stojarová Pdf

This book outlines the main security threats, actors, and processes in the Western Balkans following the dissolution of Yugoslavia. Exploring the state of peace and security in the region it asks if a stable peace is achievable. The comparative framework explores state perspectives – from Serbia, Montenegro, Northern Macedonia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Albania, and Kosovo – alongside military, political-societal, economic, and environmental security concerns. The interplay of international actors is also considered. Academics, scholars, and practitioners who deal with Balkan issues, either as a focus or comparatively, and have interests in security and peace studies will find the volume invaluable along with students of political science, security studies, peace studies, area studies (Eastern European studies and/or Southeast European studies), and international studies in general.

Author : Sabrina Ramet
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2019-03-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781000009545

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Yugoslavia In The 1980s by Sabrina Ramet Pdf

The opening years of 1980 were difficult for Yugoslavia: Open revolt has occurred in Kosovo province and economic hardship has added to a general crisis of confidence. The system of self-management, once the pride of Yugoslav ideologists, has come increasingly under fire in post-Tito Yugoslavia as proponents of the system search for a new basis of

Author : Ana Milošević,Tamara Trošt
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 303 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2020-10-15
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783030547004

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Europeanisation and Memory Politics in the Western Balkans by Ana Milošević,Tamara Trošt Pdf

This volume explores how the process of European integration has influenced collective memory in the countries of the Western Balkans. In the region, there is still no shared understanding of the causes (and consequences) of the Yugoslav wars. The conflicts of the 1990s but also of WWII and its aftermath have created “ethnically confined” memory cultures. As such, divergent interpretations of history continue to trigger confrontations between neighboring countries and hinder the creation of a joint EU perspective. In this volume, the authors examine how these “memory wars” impact the European dimension - by becoming a tool to either support or oppose Europeanisation. The contributors focus on how and why memory is renegotiated, exhibited, adjusted, or ignored in the Europeanisation process.

Author : Roger D. Petersen
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2011-09-30
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781139503303

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Western Intervention in the Balkans by Roger D. Petersen Pdf

Conflicts involve powerful experiences. The residue of these experiences is captured by the concept and language of emotion. Indiscriminate killing creates fear; targeted violence produces anger and a desire for vengeance; political status reversals spawn resentment; cultural prejudices sustain ethnic contempt. These emotions can become resources for political entrepreneurs. A broad range of Western interventions are based on a view of human nature as narrowly rational. Correspondingly, intervention policy generally aims to alter material incentives ('sticks and carrots') to influence behavior. In response, poorer and weaker actors who wish to block or change this Western implemented 'game' use emotions as resources. This book examines the strategic use of emotion in the conflicts and interventions occurring in the Western Balkans over a twenty-year period. The book concentrates on the conflicts among Albanian and Slavic populations (Kosovo, Montenegro, Macedonia, South Serbia), along with some comparisons to Bosnia.

Author : Josip Glaurdić
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 434 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2011-12-06
Category : History
ISBN : 9780300166293

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The Hour of Europe by Josip Glaurdić Pdf

By looking through the prism of the West’s involvement in the breakup of Yugoslavia, this book presents a new examination of the end of the Cold War in Europe. Incorporating declassified documents from the CIA, the administration of George H.W. Bush, and the British Foreign Office; evidence generated by The Hague Tribunal; and more than forty personal interviews with former diplomats and policy makers, Glaurdić exposes how the realist policies of the Western powers failed to prop up Yugoslavia’s continuing existence as intended, and instead encouraged the Yugoslav Army and the Serbian regime of Slobodan Milošević to pursue violent means. The book also sheds light on the dramatic clash of opinions within the Western alliance regarding how to respond to the crisis. Glaurdić traces the origins of this clash in the Western powers’ different preferences regarding the roles of Germany, Eastern Europe, and foreign and security policy in the future of European integration. With subtlety and acute insight, The Hour of Europe provides a fresh understanding of events that continue to influence the shape of the post–Cold War Balkans and the whole of Europe.

Author : Rusko Matuli?
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 350 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : History
ISBN : 9781493190782

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Bibliography of Sources on the Region of Former Yugoslavia Volume III by Rusko Matuli? Pdf

Author : Erblin Berisha,Giancarlo Cotella,Alys Solly
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 398 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2021-06-19
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9783030721244

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Governing Territorial Development in the Western Balkans by Erblin Berisha,Giancarlo Cotella,Alys Solly Pdf

This book offers a multifaceted overview of the evolution of spatial development, governance and planning in the Western Balkans from an institutionalist perspective. Written by experts in the field, it features various regional and national studies covering topics such as regional and spatial planning, territorial development and governance, and regional and cross-border cooperation in the Western Balkans. Offering a wealth of national, regional and local insights on territorial cooperation, development and planning, this book will appeal to scholars in regional and spatial sciences and related fields alike.

Author : Robert Hayden
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 410 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2012-10-12
Category : History
ISBN : 9789004241909

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From Yugoslavia to the Western Balkans by Robert Hayden Pdf

Reflecting more than two decades of research on Yugoslavia’s collapse and based primarily on sources from the region itself, this book consistently challenges commonly-held beliefs about the Balkans wars, and about European integration, international law, human rights, and politics in multi-national societies.

Author : Florian Bieber,Nikolaos Tzifakis
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 265 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2019-06-26
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780429516498

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The Western Balkans in the World by Florian Bieber,Nikolaos Tzifakis Pdf

This book provides a detailed understanding of how different types of engagements impact upon the reform and EU integration of the Western Balkan region. It examines the influence of Russia, China, Turkey and the UAE in the region and analyses the range of existing links. Contributors offer an academic and multifaceted perspective of the role of external and non-Western actors in the region that goes beyond, on the one hand, the tendency of some Western decision makers to perceive all engagement by third powers as a sinister threat and, on the other, the view of regional governments of all external involvement as a boon coming at a time of Western neglect and reduced foreign investments. By looking at the importance of Russia, Turkey, China and the UAE in the Western Balkans, the book sheds light on one key arena of global competition, offers new insights on the strengths and weaknesses of Euro–Atlantic integration and advances our knowledge of foreign policy and its economic, social and security dimensions for small and medium-sized countries. It will be of interest to academics, postgraduate and research students, and think-tankers with research interest in IR and Southeast European Studies. European decision makers will also gain an insight into the extent of non-Western influence in the region.

Author : Janusz Bugajski
Publisher : CSIS
Page : 134 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780892066025

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Western Balkans Policy Review 2010 by Janusz Bugajski Pdf

A report of the CSIS Lavrentis Lavrentiadis Chair in Southeast European Studies.

Author : Morton Abramowitz
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Balkan Peninsula
ISBN : OSU:32435083756148

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The Western Balkans and the EU by Morton Abramowitz Pdf

Today, more than fifteen years after the end of the wars that accompanied Yugoslavia's dissolution, the "Balkan question" remains more than ever a "European question". In the eyes of many Europeans in the 1990s, Bosnia was the symbol of a collective failure, while Kosovo later became a catalyst for an emerging Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP). In the last decade, however, the overall thrust of the EU's Balkans policy has moved from an agenda dominated by security issues related to the war and its legacies to one focused on the perspective of the Western Balkan states' accession to the European Union. This Chaillot Paper, which features contributions from authors from various parts of the region, examines the current state of play in the countries of the Western Balkans with regard to EU accession. It brings together both views from the Balkans states themselves and overarching thematic perspectives. For the first time the European Union has become involved in the formation of new nation-states that also aspire to become members of the Union. The EU's transformative power has proved effective in integrating established states; now it is confronted with the challenge of integrating new and sometimes contested states. Against this background, this paper makes the case for a concerted regional approach to EU enlargement, and a renewed and sustained commitment to the European integration of the Western Balkans.

Author : Jasmin Mujanović
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 243 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780190877392

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Hunger and Fury by Jasmin Mujanović Pdf

Less than two decades after the Yugoslav Wars ended, the edifice of parliamentary government in the Western Balkans is crumbling. This collapse sets into sharp relief the unreformed authoritarian tendencies of the region's entrenched elites, many of whom have held power since the early 1990s, and the hollowness of the West's "democratization" agenda. There is a widely held assumption that institutional collapse will precipitate a new bout of ethnic conflict, but Mujanovic argues instead that the Balkans are on the cusp of a historic socio-political transformation. Drawing on a wide variety of sources, with a unique focus on local activist accounts, he argues that a period of genuine democratic transition is finally dawning, led by grassroots social movements, from Zagreb to Skopje. Rather than pursuing ethnic strife, these new Balkan revolutionaries are confronting the "ethnic entrepreneurs" cemented in power by the West in its efforts to stabilise the region since the mid-1990s. This compellingly argued book harnesses the explanatory power of the striking graffiti scrawled on the walls of the ransacked Bosnian presidency during violent anti-government protests in 2014: 'if you sow hunger, you will reap fury'.

Author : Othon Anastasakis,Adam Bennett,David Madden,Adis Merdzanovic
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2020-06-25
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781788317979

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The Legacy of Yugoslavia by Othon Anastasakis,Adam Bennett,David Madden,Adis Merdzanovic Pdf

What are the consequences of Yugoslavia's existence – and breakup – for the present? This book reflects on this very question, identifying and analysing the political legacies left behind by Yugoslavia through the prism of continuities and ruptures between the past and present of the area. After the collapse of Yugoslavia, it's former states adopted a nation-building process which opted to eradicate the past as such an approach seemed more convenient for the new national projects. The new states adopted new institutions, new market-oriented economic paradigms and new national symbols. Yugoslavia existed for 70 years and to consider the current political situation in post-Yugoslav states such as Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Montenegro, North Macedonia, and Kosovo without taking into account the legacy and remnants of Yugoslavia is to discount a vital part of their political history. This volume takes a multi-disciplinary and multi-faceted approach to examining the legacy of Yugoslavia, covering politics, society, international relations and economics. Focusing on distinctive features of Yugoslavia including worker self-management, the combination of liberalism and communism and the Cold War policy of Non-Alignment, The Legacy of Yugoslavia places Yugoslavia in historical perspective and connects the region's past with its contemporary political situation.