Author : Ian Jeffries
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 19,57 MB
Release : 1996
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781855673199
Provides an assessment of the problems of transformation in the Balkan countries, covering topics on both politics and economics. The book gives an overview of the problems of transition, and also country-specific coverage, including Albania, Bulgaria, Romania and the former Yugoslavia.
Author : Steven Rattner
Publisher : Council on Foreign Relations
Page : 96 pages
File Size : 33,9 MB
Release : 2000
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780876092675
This report examines the prospect of the Balkan countries achieving sustainable economic growth, and what the donor community and international institutions can do to help.
Author : Lenard J. Cohen
Publisher : Johns Hopkins University Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 12,63 MB
Release : 2011-11-30
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781421404332
2012 Outstanding Academic Title, Choice Magazine Embracing Democracy in the Western Balkans offers a comparative, cross-regional study of the politics and economics of Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Kosovo, and Albania from 1999 to the present. It was during this period that the first wave of post-communist regime transition ended and the region became more deeply involved in the challenges of democratic consolidation. Lenard J. Cohen and John R. Lampe explore the legacies of communist rule, the impact of incentives and impediments on reform, and the magnetic pull of European Union accession. The authors ask whether the Western Balkans are embracing democracy by creating functional, resilient institutions—governmental, administrative, journalistic, and economic—and fostering popular trust in the legitimacy of those institutions.
Author : Pierre BECKOUCHE
Publisher : Springer
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 47,24 MB
Release : 2016-04-26
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 3319285211
This atlas provides a macro-regional overview of the areas that surround the European Union, from the Sahara to the Middle East, Western Balkans to European Russia, Turkey to the Arctic. Detailing key socio-economic data as well as developmental trends, the maps provide a comprehensive territorial analysis at a local scale and explore the potential for regional integration and cooperation.These pioneering maps examine challenges that threaten this wide, yet inter-connected, region, including environmental concerns in the North, political unrest in the East, social factors in the Western Balkans, and the upheaval in the Mediterranean since the Arab spring. Coverage investigates such key countries and areas as Libya, Israel, Palestine, Syria, and the Ukraine as well as explores such essential issues as Europe’s energy procurement. In addition, it also presents a comparison with other world regions such as East Asia and North America.In the end, readers discover that territorial integration faces many shortcomings, but that deep regional cooperation would be a key driver for the EU’s sustainable future. This atlas features the main results of the “Integrated Territorial Analysis of the Neighbourhoods” research project undertaken by ESPON (The European Observation Network for Territorial Development and Cohesion). It provides scholars; local authorities and NGOs involved in cross-border cooperation; companies interested in energy, agriculture, water, transportation and communication; and interested readers with key insights into this important region.
Author : Jasmin Mujanović
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 243 pages
File Size : 32,85 MB
Release : 2018
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0190877391
Argues that the Balkans are on the cusp of a historic socio-political transformation rather than renewed ethnic strife
Author : Sabrina Ramet
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 34,95 MB
Release : 2019-03-15
Category : History
ISBN : 1000009548
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 : Regina Cowen Karp
Publisher : Sipri Monograph
Page : 348 pages
File Size : 12,45 MB
Release : 1993
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780198291695
V. The return of history.
Author : Marko Stojić
Publisher : Springer
Page : 297 pages
File Size : 12,6 MB
Release : 2017-09-04
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 3319595636
This book examines how European issues have played out in Serbian and Croatian party politics since 2000, in the context of significant challenges brought by European integration of the Western Balkans. It provides a comprehensive analysis of how political parties in these countries have determined and shifted their positions on the EU, by exploring the effect and interaction of party ideology and strategy, position within the party system, relations with the general public and voters as well as transnational party linkages. The author argues that the particular nature of European issues, closely related to crucial identity and statehood dilemmas in these post-conflict societies, largely determined party stances on the EU, feeding significant Eurosceptic sentiments. At the same time, a number of core parties underwent a rapid pro-EU conversion, pragmatically responding to internal and external incentives in the context of dynamic electoral competition and strong EU presence, and aimed at maximising their chances of securing executive office. The book will be of interest to advanced students and scholars in the fields of comparative politics, Western Balkan politics, and EU studies.
Author : Roger D. Petersen
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 351 pages
File Size : 14,55 MB
Release : 2011-09-30
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1139503308
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 : Florian Bieber
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 265 pages
File Size : 35,62 MB
Release : 2019-06-26
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0429516495
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.
