Making peace prevail : preventing violent conflict in Macedonia / Alice Ackermann.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ackermann, Alice.

Series:

Syracuse studies on peace and conflict resolution

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Intervention (International law)--Political aspects--Case studies.

Intervention (International law).

Intervention (International law)--Political aspects.

Pacific settlement of international disputes.

Pacific settlement of international disputes--Case studies.

Conflict management--Case studies.

Conflict management.

North Macedonia--Politics and government--1992-.

North Macedonia.

Politics and government.

Genre:

Case studies.

Physical Description:

xii, 217 pages : map ; 23 cm.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Syracuse, N.Y. : Syracuse University Press, [2000]

Summary:

The urgency to tell the story of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, the only republic in the former Yugoslavia to secede without bloodshed, is made more compelling by the conflict in Kosovo and NATO's military intervention.

In Making Peace Prevail, Alice Ackermann offers the first in-depth account of how Macedonia held onto peace during the violent breakup of Yugoslavia in the 1990s. Faced with ethnic tensions and the threat of the Bosnian war, this republic was spared the fate of Croatia and Bosnia because of successful preventive diplomacy.

Throughout her discussion, Ackermann provides a framework of analysis that underscores the "art of conflict prevention." She notes the activity of the major players such as the United Nations and the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) but maintains that groups such as the Working Group of the International Conference on the former Yugoslavia -- although not in the public eye -- accomplished much through an "interactive workshop" approach to conflict management. Other organizations directed efforts toward building sustainable peace through long-term projects on the social level.

The crisis in Kosovo is still an unresolved piece of the Yugoslav puzzle, one that has led to the destabilization of Macedonia. With this book, however, Ackermann furthers our understanding of the challenge in conflict prevention in multi-ethnic and newly democratized societies.

Contents:

1. An Ounce of Prevention 10

2. Preventive Diplomacy: "Successes" and "Failures" 25

3. Macedonia and the Balkans 52

4. The Domestic Politics of Prevention 76

5. The Preventive Role of International Organizations 101

6. The CSCE/OSCE in Macedonia 130

7. Nongovernmental Organizations and Long-Term Conflict Management 147

8. The Art of Conflict Prevention 162.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-211) and index.

ISBN:

0815628129

0815606028

OCLC:

41612331