An agenda for the Western Balkans : from elite politics to social sustainability / Nikolaos Papakostas, Nikolaos Pasamitros (eds.).

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Papakostas, Nikolaos, editor.

Pasamitros, Nikolaos, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

Balkan Peninsula.

Politics and government.

Physical Description:

246 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm

Place of Publication:

Stuttgart, Germany : ibidem-Verlag / ibidem Press, 2015.

Summary:

"The Western Balkan countries have been both a popular subject matter for diachronic analysis and a 1990s favorite. The significant changes that followed the most recent times of conflict in the region mostly evolve around the process of Europeanization. Despite the plethora of analyses, most approaches to the Western Balkans suffer from theoretical stagnancy, ex parte political practice, and detachment of politics from societal needs. This volume is the work of a team of theorists and practitioners who attempt a multidisciplinary approach to Western Balkans reality. An Agenda for the Western Balkans offers a critical view on issues that have been over-analyzed in mainstream terms and opens a discussion that will occupy researchers and practitioners for years to come. It addresses novel topics and engages in innovative approaches that cut across disciplines of social sciences (political science, international relations, sociology, historiography, geography, political economy) and levels of analysis (local, national, regional, European, global). This collection is a pioneer theoretical and practical guide towards a sustainable future for the Western Balkans."--Back cover.

Contents:

An Agenda for the Western Balkans-Foreword / Nikolaos Papakostas Papakostas, Nikolaos, Nikolaos Pasamitros Pasamitros, Nikolaos 11

The EU Democratization and State-Building in Kosovo: An Analysis Through the Fragmented Local Agency / Bilge Yabanci Yabanci, Bilge 23

(B)ordering in the EU: Croatia's Path Toward Becoming 'European' / Jennifer L. Titanski-Hooper Titanski-Hooper, Jennifer L. 53

The Challenge of Promoting Green Sectors in Serbia: Between International Demands, National Controversies and Sectoral Struggles / Stefan Cetkovic Cetkovic, Stefan 71

Still "Waiting for Godot" in Sarajevo? Europeanization of Bosnia and Herzegovina-Between the Contradictions of EU Conditionality and Local Ownership / Miruna Troncota Troncota, Miruna 95

Macedonia: The Consequences of the Political Focus on Identity and How This Affects Balkan Politics and the European Integration Process / Nicholas Rossis Rossis, Nicholas 119

Reinventing the Past: Politics of Memory in the Post-Conflict Reconstruction of Cultural Heritage in Bosnia and Herzegovina / Tonka Kostadinova Kostadinova, Tonka 133

On the Growing Cooperation Between China and the Western Balkans / Anastas Vangeli Vangeli, Anastas 157

Statehood Without Sovereignty: Risky Negotiations in Post-Independence Kosovo / Alma Vardari-Kesler Vardari-Kesler, Alma 191

Western Europe, Western Balkans: Barriers to Cross-Cultural Encounter / Tom Phillips Phillips, Tom 225.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9783838206981

3838206983

OCLC:

900031378

Publisher Number:

99962330827