TY - BOOK ID - 142265665 TI - Politics of Ethnic Cleansing : Nation-State Building and Provision of In/Security in Twentieth-Century Balkans PY - 2008 SN - 128249595X 9786612495953 073914667X PB - Lanham : Lexington Books, DB - UniCat KW - Ethnic groups -- Government policy -- Balkan Peninsula -- History -- 20th century. KW - Forced migration -- Balkan Peninsula -- History -- 20th century. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:142265665 AB - This book examines the causes and consequences of ethnic cleansing in the twentieth century Balkans. The analysis offers a top-down interpretation of the expulsion of ethno-national minorities as a means of state-building and questions the argument for forced homogenization as a conflict resolution strategy. In providing a thorough and consistent analysis of large-scale episodes of ethinic cleansing, the book fills an important gap in existing conflict and peace studies literature. ER -