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Positive Peace in Kosovo

Author : Elisabeth Schleicher
Publisher : Peter Lang Gmbh, Internationaler Verlag Der Wissenschaften
Page : 342 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Political Science
ISBN : STANFORD:36105214347515

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Positive Peace in Kosovo by Elisabeth Schleicher Pdf

Kosovo today, more than eleven years after the war, is still a fragile and unfinished state enjoying only limited sovereignty while continuing to be divided into a Serb north and an Albanian dominated south. All the important dimensions of society in Kosovo remain critical and highly unstable. While the security situation in the country, except the North, has considerably improved, the living conditions of the Kosovar population are still in a dismal state. Corruption and organized crime continue to block the development of a viable state, an efficient bureaucracy, and a democratic political culture. This book systematically analyzes and describes the relevant developments in Kosovar society since the end of the war and investigates how successfully peace has been established in Kosovo.

Shaping Peace in Kosovo

Author : Gëzim Visoka
Publisher : Springer
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2017-04-05
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783319510019

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Shaping Peace in Kosovo by Gëzim Visoka Pdf

This book explores the prospects and limits of international intervention in building peace and creating a new state in an ethnically divided society and fragmented international order. The book offers a critical account of the international missions in Kosovo and traces the effectiveness of fluid forms of interventionism. It also explores the co-optation of peace by ethno-nationalist groups and explores how their contradictory perception of peace produced an ungovernable peace, which has been manifested with intractable ethnic antagonisms, state capture, and ignorance of the root causes, drivers, and consequences of the conflict. Under these conditions, prospects for emancipatory peace have not come from external actors, ethno-nationalist elite, and critical resistance movements, but from local and everyday acts of peace formation and agnostic forms for reconciliation. The book proposes an emancipatory agenda for peace in Kosovo embedded on post-ethnic politics and joint commitments to peace, a comprehensive agenda for reconciliation, people-centred security, and peace-enabling external assistance.

The Kosovo Report

Author : Independent International Commission on Kosovo,The@independent international commission on Kosovo,Independent International Commission on
Publisher : Oxford University Press on Demand
Page : 380 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2000-10-19
Category : History
ISBN : 9780199243099

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The Kosovo Report by Independent International Commission on Kosovo,The@independent international commission on Kosovo,Independent International Commission on Pdf

The war in Kosovo was a turning point: NATO deployed its armed forces in war for the first time, and placed the controversial doctrine of 'humanitarian intervention' squarely in the world's eye. It was an armed intervention for the purpose of implementing Security Council resolutions-but without Security Council authorization.This report tries to answer a number of burning questions, such as why the international community was unable to act earlier and prevent the escalation of the conflict, as well as focusing on the capacity of the United Nations to act as global peacekeeper.The Commission recommends a new status for Kosovo, 'conditional independence', with the goal of lasting peace and security for Kosovo-and for the Balkan region in general. But many of the conslusions may be beneficially applied to conflicts the world-over.

The Kosovo Conflict and International Law

Author : Heike Krieger
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 652 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2001-07-12
Category : History
ISBN : 0521800714

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The Kosovo Conflict and International Law by Heike Krieger Pdf

This book was first published in 2001. The Kosovo Conflict and International Law provides international lawyers, scholars and students with access to material on the conflict in Kosovo. As well as the basic material relating to Kosovo's status in Yugoslavia before 1999, this volume reproduces the significant documentation on the following issues: the development of the human rights situation, the diplomatic efforts for the settlement of the crisis, the military action against Yugoslavia and the international community's response, court action with regard to the conflict, and the implementation of the principles for a political solution with an international civil and security presence in Kosovo. Dr Krieger's analytical introduction provides the historical and political context as well as an overview of the various legal aspects of the conflict. A chronology and detailed index make the documents more accessible.

International Law on the Maintenance of Peace

Author : Robert Kolb
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 520 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781788112154

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International Law on the Maintenance of Peace by Robert Kolb Pdf

This book offers a comprehensive study into the use of force and the maintenance of peace in international relations. Whilst rooted in public international law, it also approaches the question from different angles, including its historical evolution and its sociological environment. The competences and practice of the UN and of regional organizations in the maintenance of peace are examined before the focus is shifted to the inter-State level, the main non-use of force rule and its claimed or recognized exceptions. Robert Kolb analyzes each of these rules separately, before concluding with insightful reflections on the current state-of-play and considerations for the future of this branch of the law.

Post-Liberal Peace Transitions

Author : Oliver P. Richmond
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2016-01-18
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781474402187

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Post-Liberal Peace Transitions by Oliver P. Richmond Pdf

Why is it that states emerging from intervention, peacebuilding and statebuilding over the last 25 years appear to be 'failed by design'? This study explores the interplay of local peace agency with the (neo)liberal peacebuilding project. And it looks at how far can local 'peace formation' dynamics can go to counteract the forces of violence and play a role in rebuilding the state, consolidate peace processes and induce a more progressive form of politics. By looking at local agency related to peace formation, Oliver Richmond and Sandra Pogodda find answers to the pressing question of how large-scale peacebuilding or statebuilding may be significantly improved and made more representative of the lives, needs, rights, and ambitions of its subjects.

Peacebuilding and International Administration

Author : Niels van Willigen
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2013-07-18
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781134117185

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Peacebuilding and International Administration by Niels van Willigen Pdf

This book provides a detailed historical and political analysis of the role and effectiveness of international administration in statebuilding. It analyses how the international administrations in Bosnia and Herzegovina and Kosovo have attempted to create sustainable political institutions and to what extent they have been successful in doing so. In the 1990s, large and ambitious international administrations were established to administer territories that had been left without an effective government in the wake of violent conflict. International administrations, to a greater extent than peacebuilding operations, exercise extensive authority and take over the governance of a country. Though they combine the state and nationbuilding programs of regular peacebuilding, with the political power normally reserved for sovereign states, there remains a question of how effective or successful international administrations are, and whether they lead to a sustainable peace. The author argues that despite years of international administration, the political institutions remain weak and rely heavily on international support, dominated by an ethnic nationalist ideology with little domestic support. Peacebuilding and International Administration will be of interest to students and scholars of international relations, security studies, conflict resolution and international organizations.

Peace Formation and Political Order in Conflict Affected Societies

Author : Oliver P. Richmond
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2016-02-23
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780190496265

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Peace Formation and Political Order in Conflict Affected Societies by Oliver P. Richmond Pdf

As Oliver Richmond explains, there is a level to peacemaking that operates in the realm of dialogue, declarations, symbols and rituals. But after all this pomp and circumstance is where the reality of security, development, politics, economics, identity, and culture figure in; conflict, cooperation, and reconciliation are at their most vivid at the local scale. Thus local peace operations are crucial to maintaining order on the ground even in the most violent contexts. However, as Richmond argues, such local capacity to build peace from the inside is generally left unrecognized, and it has been largely ignored in the policy and scholarly literature on peacebuilding. In Peace and Political Order, Richmond looks at peace processes as they scale up from local to transnational efforts to consider how to build a lasting and productive peace. He takes a comparative and expansive look at peace efforts in conflict situations in countries around the world to consider what local voices might suggest about the inadequacy of peace processes engineered at the international level. As well, he explores how local workers act to modify or resist peace processes headed by international NGOs, and to what degree local actors have enjoyed success in the peace process (and how they have affected the international peace process).

Peace at Any Price

Author : Iain King,Whit Mason
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2011-02-23
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780801459726

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Peace at Any Price by Iain King,Whit Mason Pdf

In June 1999, after three months of NATO air strikes had driven Serbian forces back from the province of Kosovo, the United Nations Security Council authorized creation of an interim civilian administration. Under this mandate, the UN was empowered to coordinate reconstruction, maintain law and order, protect human rights, and create democratic institutions. Six years later, the UN's special envoy to Kosovo, Kai Eide, described the state of Kosovo: "The current economic situation remains bleak.... respect for rule of law is inadequately entrenched and the mechanisms to enforce it are not sufficiently developed.... with regard to the foundation of a multiethnic society, the situation is grim."In Peace at Any Price, Iain King and Whit Mason describe why, despite an unprecedented commitment of resources, the UN Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK), supported militarily by NATO, has failed to achieve its goals. Their in-depth account is personal and passionate yet analytical and tightly argued. Both authors served with UNMIK and believe that the international community has a duty to intervene in regional conflicts, but they suggest that Kosovo reveals the difficult challenges inherent in such interventions. They also identify avoidable mistakes made at nearly every juncture by the UN and NATO. We can be sure that the international community will be called on to intervene again to restore the peace of shattered countries. The lessons of Kosovo, cogently presented in Peace at Any Price, will be critically important to those charged with future missions.

Kosovo and the Challenge of Humanitarian Intervention

Author : Albrecht Schnabel,Ramesh Chandra Thakur
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 536 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : History
ISBN : 0585433801

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Kosovo and the Challenge of Humanitarian Intervention by Albrecht Schnabel,Ramesh Chandra Thakur Pdf

The Kosovo conflict has the potential to redraw the landscape of international politics, with significant ramifications for the UN, major powers, regional organizations, and the way in which we understand and interpret world politics. Can the veto now effectively be circumvented to launch selective enforcement operations? Can the humanitarian imperative be reconciled with the principle of state sovereignty? This book offers interpretations of the Kosovo crisis from numerous perspectives: the conflict-parties, NATO allies, the immediate region surrounding the conflict, and further afield. Country perspectives are followed by scholarly analyses of the longer-term normative, operational, and structural consequences of the Kosovo crisis for world politics.

Positive Peace in Theory and Practice

Author : Tuba Turan
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2015-10-30
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789004305618

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Positive Peace addresses how sustainable intra-state peace could best be elicited through the UN system in non-liberal/democratic divided societies. It offers a novel positive peace vision together with a comprehensive framework for positive peace that would strengthen the UN’s conflict prevention pillars and complement its post-conflict peacebuilding efforts.

Civic and Uncivic Values in Kosovo

Author : Sabrina P. Ramet,Albert Simkus,Ola Listhaug
Publisher : Central European University Press
Page : 464 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2015-02-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789633860748

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Civic and Uncivic Values in Kosovo by Sabrina P. Ramet,Albert Simkus,Ola Listhaug Pdf

This volume is driven by the conviction that the key to the establishment of stable liberal democracy anywhere in the world and, in this case, in Kosovo lies in the completion of three interrelated tasks: first, the creation of effective political institutions, based on the principle of the separation of powers (including the independence of the judiciary); second, the promotion of the rule of law; and, third, the promotion of civic values, including tolerance or ethnic/religious/sexual minorities, trust, and respect for the harm principle. In fact, there are problems across all three measures, including with judicial independence, with the rule of law, and with civic values. On the last of these, research findings show that the citizens of Kosovo rank extremely low on trust of other citizens, low on engagement in social organizations, and tolerance of gays, lesbians, and atheists, but high on trust in the political institutions of their country and in pride of their newly independent state.

Understanding the War in Kosovo

Author : Florian Bieber,Zidas Daskalovski
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2004-08-02
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781135761554

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Understanding the War in Kosovo by Florian Bieber,Zidas Daskalovski Pdf

The war in Kosovo has been a defining moment in post-Cold War Europe. Kosovo has great importance beyond the Balkans as the most ambitious attempt of the international community to prevent internal conflicts and rebuild a society destroyed by war and ethnic cleansing. As the danger of ethnic conflict prevails in the region and elsewhere around the world, the experience of Kosovo offers important lessons. This is a comprehensive survey of developments in Kosovo leading up to, during and after the war in 1999, providing additionally the international and regional framework to the conflict. It examines the underlying causes of the war, the attempts by the international community to intervene, and the war itself in spring 1999. It critically examines the international administration in Kosovo since June 1999 and contextualizes it within the relations of Kosovo to its neighbours and as part of the larger European strategy in Southeastern Europe with the stability pact. It does not seek to promote one interpretation of the conflict and its aftermath, but brings together a range of intellectual arguments from some sixteen researchers from the Balkans, the rest of Europe and North America.

Peace and Security in the Postmodern World

Author : Dennis J.D. Sandole
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 287 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2007-01-24
Category : History
ISBN : 9781134145713

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Peace and Security in the Postmodern World by Dennis J.D. Sandole Pdf

This book analyzes how ‘postmodern’ conflict, such as the recent Balkan Wars, and the post-9/11 ‘new terrorism’ can be prevented and/or otherwise dealt with in the future.

Perceptions of the European Union’s Identity in International Relations

Author : Anna Skolimowska
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2018-12-20
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781351005609

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Perceptions of the European Union’s Identity in International Relations by Anna Skolimowska Pdf

This book examines the perception of European Union’s identity by the main actors in international relations. Analysing issues related to public discourse in third countries as demonstrated by, amongst others, their political elites, civil society, and think-tanks, the book highlights a ‘normative gap’ with regards to the European Union's self-definition/perception and its perception in the international environment. It also shows that the European Union’s perception of normative power in international relations is not shared consistently by the main principal actor yet is differentiated relative to geographical area and scope of activities undertaken by the EU. It demonstrates that the perception of the EU’s normative identity is a source of the crisis of the European Union as an effective and significant player in the international arena. This book will be of key interest to scholar and students of European Union politics, European politics/studies, European integration, identity politics, and international relations.