The Tragedy Of Yugoslavia The Failure Of Democratic Transformation

Author : Jim Seroka,Vukasin Pavlovic
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 201 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2016-09-16
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781315486956

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The Tragedy of Yugoslavia: The Failure of Democratic Transformation by Jim Seroka,Vukasin Pavlovic Pdf

Once it was hoped that the Yugoslav federation might manage to defy the odds once more, this time to become one of the world's few examples of democratic pluralism. Instead, we are witnessing another Balkan tragedy. What went wrong? In this volume scholars from Croatia, Serbia, and Slovenia examine the Janus face of pluralism, with case studies of electoral politics in the republics and of what were once the country's institutions of integration - the League of Communists, the managerial elite, and the army. Among the contributors are Mirjana Kaspovic, Tomaz Masmak, Vesna Pusic, Anton Bebler, Ivan Siber, Vucina Vasovic, and the editors.

Author : Michal Kope?ek,Piotr Wci?lik
Publisher : Central European University Press
Page : 608 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2015-11-10
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789633860854

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Thinking Through Transition by Michal Kope?ek,Piotr Wci?lik Pdf

This book is the first concentrated effort to explore the most recent chapter of East Central European past from the perspective of intellectual history. Post-socialism can be understood both as a period of scarcity and preponderance of ideas, the dramatic eclipsing of the dissident legacy?as well as the older political traditions?and the rise of technocratic and post-political governance. This book, grounded in empirical research sensitive to local contexts, proposes instead a history of adaptations, entanglements, and unintended consequences. In order to enable and invite comparison, the volume is structured around major domains of political thought, some of them generic (liberalism, conservatism, the Left), others (populism and politics of history) deemed typical for post-socialism. However, as shown by the authors, the generic often turns out to be heavily dependent on its immediate setting, and the typical resonates with processes that are anything but vernacular.

Author : Tomislav Maršić
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2022-11-13
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783031050350

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Media Capture And Corrupt Journalists by Tomislav Maršić Pdf

This book explores the form, dynamics, and main reasons for media capture and conspiracy between editors and executive politicians in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) since 2000. Situated in the literatures on Europeanization, democratization, party studies, and media studies, the book aims to connect these fields by showing that internal party dynamics play an important role in motivating executive politicians to hijack or collaborate with media. Against this backdrop, the book tells the story of Croatian journalism in the context of media-mafia conglomerates, political corruption, and media hijacking, and examines how "traditional" democratic drivers that the literature frequently cites, such as Europeanization and party competition, failed to prevent systematic transgressions by politicians. Methodologically, the book takes a two-pronged approach. First, nearly 50 interviews were conducted with Croatian investigative journalists, from which the narratives about the relationships between government politicians and editors over 15 years were reconstructed. In a second step, a sample of 40,000 media articles was subjected to a computational sentiment analysis, covering the same 15-year period and showing high levels of cooperation between corrupt politicians and corrupt media outlets.

Author : Gangsheng Bao
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 361 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2022-05-30
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781000586213

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Politics of Democratic Breakdown by Gangsheng Bao Pdf

Democratic breakdown as a political and historic event can impact the fate of millions, if not hundreds of millions of people, by changing the political complexion of a country. This book attempts to systematically explain why democracies collapse. The author's main theoretical argument is based on the examination of two factors. One is political cleavages among voters. These can cause serious political conflicts and may lead to fierce political confrontation and major upheaval at the society level. The other revolves around the types of political and institutional arrangements under democratic regimes. Centrifugal democratic regimes are likely to weaken government capacity or state capacity, rendering governments incapable of effectively resolving political conflicts and, when these two factors come together, political conflicts are less likely to be controlled effectively. These situations can evolve into serious political crises and eventually lead to the collapse of democratic regimes. The empirical research of this book is based on a comparative historical analysis of Germany, Nigeria, Chile, and India. Examining democratic collapses from both theoretical and empirical perspectives, this book will be of interest to those engaged in the study of democracy, Political Science, Comparative Politics, and Political Theory.

Author : Dr Neven Andjelic,Neven Andjelic
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2004-08-02
Category : History
ISBN : 9781135757144

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Bosnia-Herzegovina by Dr Neven Andjelic,Neven Andjelic Pdf

The author of this study takes Bosnian affairs seriously, taking the decade immediately prior to the war into account, and in so doing makes it much easier to grasp why the war occurred.

Author : M. Bogaards
Publisher : Springer
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2014-06-24
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781137433176

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Democracy and Social Peace in Divided Societies by M. Bogaards Pdf

This unique comparative study examines minority representation and powersharing in Canada, Kenya, South Africa, Fiji, India, Malaysia, and Yugoslavia. Presenting a new concept of the 'consociational party', Bogaards explores how diversity differs within parties and why it matters for social peace and democracy.

Author : Stuart Nagel
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 672 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2022-04-19
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781000643565

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Handbook of Global Political Policy by Stuart Nagel Pdf

The latest in the six-volume set of global policy handbooks, this reference utilizes a cross-national, cross-policy approach to examine the public policy of six different regions around the world. Combining actual and theoretical perspectives, the book compares and presents nonideological resolutions to current political conditions worldwide. With contributions from over 30 international policy experts and academicians and containing over 1200 literature references, tables, and drawings, the book is an insightful resource for public administrators and public policy experts, political scientists, economists, sociologists, attorneys, and students in these disciplines.

Author : United States. Department of State
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 76 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Diplomatic and consular service, American
ISBN : MINN:30000011073933

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Newsletter by United States. Department of State Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 404 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Diplomatic and consular service, American
ISBN : IND:30000129684928

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State by Anonim Pdf

Author : Konstantinos N. Zafeiris
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 397 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2024-06-30
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9783031530883

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Population Studies in the Western Balkans by Konstantinos N. Zafeiris Pdf

Author : Gorana Grgić
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2016-12-19
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781134821129

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Ethnic Conflict in Asymmetric Federations by Gorana Grgić Pdf

In the last years of their existence, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) and the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (SFRY) found themselves facing a similar and very grim state of affairs. After their disintegration, the former Yugoslav republics spiralled into a set of ethnic conflicts that did not leave a single one of them unscathed, and in the ex-Soviet space, conflicts were far more limited. This book offers an in-depth analysis of the difference in state collapses and ensuing conflicts in the Soviet Union and Yugoslavia by focusing on their asymmetric ethnofederal structure and the different dynamics of ethnic mobilization that the federal units experienced. Moreover, it explores the links between identity politics and international relations, as the latter has been a latecomer in research on ethnonationalism and ethnic conflict. Finally, it contributes to the literature on the democratization-conflict nexus by proposing that the sequencing of ethnic mobilization and political liberalization has significant effects on the likelihood of conflict. This text will be of key interest to scholars and students of Post-Soviet politics, Balkan politics, ethnic conflict, peace and conflict studies, federalism, and more broadly to comparative politics and international relations.

Author : Elliot Short
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2022-02-24
Category : History
ISBN : 9781350190948

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Building a Multiethnic Military in Post-Yugoslav Bosnia and Herzegovina by Elliot Short Pdf

On 1 January 2006, soldiers from across Bosnia and Herzegovina gathered to mark the official formation of a unified army; and yet, little over a decade before, these men had been each other's adversaries during the vicious conflict which left the Balkan state divided and impoverished. Building a Multi-Ethnic Military in Post-Yugoslav Bosnia and Herzegovina offers the first analysis of the armed forces during times of peace-building in Bosnia and Herzegovina. This sophisticated study assesses Yugoslav efforts to build a multi-ethnic military during the socialist period, charts the developments of the armies that fought in the war, and offers a detailed account of the post-war international initiatives that led to the creation of the Armed Forces of Bosnia and Herzegovina. At this point, the military became the largest multi-ethnic institution in the country and was regarded as a model for the rest of Bosnian society to follow. As such, as Elliot Short adroitly contends, this multi-ethnic army became the most significant act in stabilising the country since the end of the Bosnian War. Drawing upon a wealth of primary sources – including interviews with leading diplomats and archival documents made available in English for the first time – this book explores the social and political role of the Bosnian military and in doing so provides fresh insight into the Yugoslav Wars, statehood and national identity, and peace-building in modern European history.

Author : Julie Mertus
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 420 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : History
ISBN : 0520209621

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Kosovo by Julie Mertus Pdf

Explores the foundations of conflict in Kosovo, charging that the international community's failure to support the Albanians in their initial passive resistance to Serbian repression led to violence.

Author : David A. Dyker,Ivan Vejvoda
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 281 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2014-09-19
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781317891352

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Yugoslavia and After by David A. Dyker,Ivan Vejvoda Pdf

This new book presents contributions by leading authorities on the origins of the Balkan crisis, the reasons for the decay and dissolution of the old Yugoslavia, the nature of the new regimes, the prospects for solution of the remaining conflicts and for the building of viable successor states.

Author : Denisa Kostovicova,Vesna Bojicic-Dzelilovic
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 155 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2013-10-18
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781317968535

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Transnationalism in the Balkans by Denisa Kostovicova,Vesna Bojicic-Dzelilovic Pdf

After a decade of exclusive nationalism, violence and isolation of the 1990s, the Balkans has seen the emergence of transnational links between the former ethnic foes. Do these new cross-border links herald the era of inter-ethnic reconciliation in place of the politics of ethnic exclusion? Are they a proof of a successful transition from authoritarianism and war to democracy and peace? Drawing on substantial empirical research by regional specialists, Transnationalism in the Balkans provides a sobering insight into the nature of cross-border links in the region and their implications. Several of the authors show how transnational connections in the context of weak states and new borders in the region have been used by transnational actors – be it in the politics, economics and culture -- to undermine a democratic consolidation and keep the practice of exclusive ethnic politics and identities alive. These findings make a strong case to go beyond the region and put forth a critical argument for rethinking the theories of transition to democracy in the post-Communist and post-conflict setting to incorporate a dimension of globalisation. This book was previously published as a special issue of Ethnopolitics.