Understanding the war in Kosovo / editors, Florian Bieber, Židas Daskalovski.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bieber, Florian.

Daskalovski, Židas.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

North Atlantic Treaty Organization.

Kosovo (Republic)--History--Civil War, 1998-.

Kosovo (Republic).

History.

Kosovo (Republic)--Ethnic relations.

Ethnic relations.

Balkan Peninsula--Politics and government--1989-.

Balkan Peninsula.

Politics and government.

North Atlantic Treaty Organization--Yugoslavia.

Yugoslavia.

Physical Description:

xviii, 350 pages ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

London ; Portland, OR : Frank Cass, 2003.

Contents:

Part I Background to the Conflict

1. Claims to Kosovo: Nationalism and Self-Determination / Zidas Daskalovski 13

2. Kosovo or Kosova - Could It Be Both? The Case of Interlocking Serbian and Albanian Nationalisms / Dejan Guzina 31

3. Ethnic Prejudices and Discrimination: The Case of Kosovo / Lazar Nikolic 53

Part II International Intervention Prior to the War

4. The Limits of Non-Military International Intervention: A Case Study of the Kosovo Conflict / Stefan Wolff 79

5. Rambouillet: A Critical (Re)Assessment / Elizabeth Allen Dauphinee 101

Part III The Nato Intervention in Yugoslavia and the War in Kosovo

6. When Doves Support War and Hawks Oppose It: An Analysis of Humanitarian Intervention in Kosova / Leon Malazogu 125

7. The Theory of Humanitarian Intervention with Special Regard to NATO's Kosovo Mission / Gabor Sulyok 146

8. War on Kosovo: A Victory for the Media? / Marina Blagojevic 166

9. Religion in Kosovo and the Balkans - Blessing or Curse? / Laurie Johnston 184

Part IV International Administration of Kosovo

10. The UN in Kosova: Administering Democratization? / Besnik Pula 199

11. Ethnic Borders to a Democratic Society in Kosova: The UN's Identity Card / Isa Blumi 217

12. The European Union and Humanitarian Intervention in Kosovo: A Test for the Common Foreign Policy / Cristina Churruca Muguruza 237

13. Questioning Reconstruction: Reflections on Theoretical Foundations for Conceptualizing Reconstruction in Kosovo / Jens Stilhoff Sorensen 257

Part V Regional Implications of the Kosovo Conflict

14. Regional Perspectives for an Independent Kosovo - Albania and Macedonia / Aldo Bumci 283

15. Kosovo Independence and Macedonian Stability: Is There Any Alternative to the Nationalistic Discourse? / Goran Janev 302

16. Serbia After the Kosovo War: The Defeat of Nationalism and Change of Regime / Florian Bieber 321.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0714653918

0714683272

OCLC:

51222307