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Focusing on state formation and the identity-geopolitics relationship, makes the case that the Balkans were at the forefront of European history in the century before World War I
Nation-building --- Nationalism --- Geopolitics --- Stabilization and reconstruction (International relations) --- State-building --- Political development --- Balkan Peninsula --- History --- Reconstruction de l'État --- Nationalisme --- Géopolitique --- Balkans
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This book presents a reconstruction of the socio-economic, ethnic, cultural, and political history of the Carpathian-Danubian area in the eighth and ninth centuries at a period when nomadic peoples from the east including the Bulgars, Avars, and Khazars migrated here. The work is based on a comprehensive analysis of narrative and archaeological sources including sites, artefacts, and goods in the basin bordered by the Tisza river in the west, the Danube in the south, and the Dniestr river in the east, covering swathes of modern-day Romania, Moldova, Ukraine, Serbia, and Hungary.
Archaeology. --- Avars. --- Bulgars. --- Carpathian Mountains. --- Danube. --- Early Middle Ages. --- Khazars. --- Material Culture. --- Nomads. --- HISTORY / Medieval. --- Balkan Peninsula --- Europe, Eastern --- Carpathian Mountains --- Carpates --- Carpathians --- Carpații --- Karpaty --- East Europe --- Eastern Europe --- Balkan States --- Balkans --- Europe, Southeastern --- Southeastern Europe --- History --- Civilization
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Balkan Studies --- Baltic Studies --- social sciences --- folklore studies --- Ethnology --- Ethnology. --- Balkan Peninsula. --- Baltic States. --- Cultural anthropology --- Ethnography --- Races of man --- Social anthropology --- Anthropology --- Human beings --- Baltic Republics --- Baltics --- Balkan States --- Balkans --- Europe, Southeastern --- Southeastern Europe --- Eastern Europe --- balkan studies --- baltic studies
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This books draws a comparative balance of twenty years' international media assistance in the five countries of the Western Balkans. The central question was what happens to imported models when they are transposed onto the newly evolving media systems of transitional societies. Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Kosovo, Macedonia and Serbia undertook a range of media reforms to conform with accession requirements of the European Union and the standards of the Council of Europe, among others. The essays explore the nexus between the democratic transformation of the media and international media assistance. The cross-national analysis concludes that the effects of international assistance are highly constrained by the local context. From today's vantage point it becomes obvious, that scaling media assistance does not necessarily improve outcomes. The experiences in the region suggest that imported solutions have not been very cognitive in all aspects of local conditions but international strategies tent to be rather schematic and lacked strategic approaches to promote media policy stability, credible media reform and implementation. The book offers valuable insights into the nature and effects of media assistance and the strategies deployed by international aid agencies, local political forces, media professionals, civil society organizations and other actors.
Technical assistance, European --- Technical assistance, American --- Democratization --- Mass media --- Mass media policy --- Mass communication --- Media, Mass --- Media, The --- Communication --- Mass media and state --- State and mass media --- Communication policy --- Democratic consolidation --- Democratic transition --- Political science --- New democracies --- American technical assistance --- Political aspects --- History. --- Social aspects --- Government policy --- 21st century, Balkan, Media, Media politics, Media regulation, Transition, Western Balkans.
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Arguably more than any other region, the area known as Eastern Europe has been defined by its location on the map. Yet its inhabitants, from statesmen to literati and from cultural-economic elites to the poorest emigrants, have consistently forged or fathomed links to distant lands, populations, and intellectual traditions. Through a series of inventive cultural and historical explorations, Eastern Europe Unmapped dispenses with scholars’ long-time preoccupation with national and regional borders, instead raising provocative questions about the area’s non-contiguous—and frequently global or extraterritorial—entanglements.
Transnationalism. --- Europe, Eastern --- Boundaries --- History --- Geography. --- Civilization --- 20th century. --- activism. --- balkans. --- battle. --- borders. --- bosnia. --- cartography. --- collection. --- culture. --- dissent. --- eastern europe. --- essays. --- europe. --- european history. --- geography. --- global. --- historical. --- history. --- international. --- islam. --- jews. --- judaism. --- mapping. --- maps. --- migration. --- muslim. --- poland. --- real life. --- realistic. --- region. --- religion. --- research. --- scholar. --- scholarly. --- social studies. --- traditions. --- true story. --- wars. --- world history.
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This book is based on a comparative study of regionalisms in Croatia’s regions of Dalmatia and Istria as well as Serbia’s Vojvodina. The monograph’s main focus is on regionalist political party strategies since 1990, and within that, each case study considers history and historiography, inter-group relations, economics, and region-building. The analysis demonstrates that many of the common assumptions about the causal determinants of territorial autonomy projects and outcomes, as well as about a teleological and unidirectional path from regionalism to nationalism, do not stand up to scrutiny. The author introduces original concepts such as plurinational, multinational and sectional regionalism to theories of nationalism and territorial politics. This book will appeal to scholars and upper-level students interested in territorial politics, federalism, nationalism and comparative politics. .
Political science. --- Comparative politics. --- World politics. --- Europe --- Regionalism. --- Political Science and International Relations. --- Comparative Politics. --- European Politics. --- Political History. --- Politics and government. --- Balkan Peninsula --- Europe-Politics and government. --- Colonialism --- Global politics --- International politics --- Political history --- Political science --- World history --- Eastern question --- Geopolitics --- International organization --- International relations --- Comparative political systems --- Comparative politics --- Government, Comparative --- Political systems, Comparative --- Human geography --- Nationalism --- Interregionalism --- Europe—Politics and government. --- Balkan Peninsula. --- Ethnic relations. --- Balkan States --- Balkans --- Southeastern Europe --- Eastern Europe
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“This book makes a significant contribution to our understanding of new modes of governance in the Western Balkans. It provides an empirically-grounded, comparative perspective on the impact of EU accession on state and non-state actors that is meticulous, detailed, and truly ‘bottom-up’. It will rapidly become a key reference for scholars interested in the region, the impact of Europeanisation, and the ubiquitous institutions of ‘civil society’.” - Adam Fagan, Queen Mary University of London, UK “A comprehensive and insightful study into the growth, empowerment and limitations of civil society in the Western Balkans region that brings a timely and much needed shift away from a Eurocentric approach.” - Antoaneta Dimitrova, Leiden University, The Netherlands “This excellent book makes a well-researched, timely contribution to the literature on the European Union’s impact on the rule of law in EU candidate countries. Through in-depth original research, it demonstrates convincingly the scope and limits of civil society empowerment during the EU accession process.” - Ulrich Sedelmeier, London School of Economics, UK This book examines civil society empowerment during the EU enlargement process. Building on extensive fieldwork, it compares mobilisation around rule of law issues in Croatia, Montenegro, and Serbia. Moving beyond the traditional focus on the top-down impact of EU support, it demonstrates NGOs’ agency and analyses their shifting strategies throughout the membership negotiations. Its approach and findings will appeal to scholars and advanced students of EU integration, social movements, and the politics of South East Europe. Natasha Wunsch is Postdoctoral Researcher in the European Politics Group at ETH Zurich, Switzerland, and Associate Fellow with the German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP). Her research has appeared, among others, in the Journal of European Public Policy, Acta Politica, and East European Politics.
Civil society --- European Union. --- E.U. --- Balkan Peninsula --- Balkan States --- Balkans --- Europe, Southeastern --- Southeastern Europe --- Relations --- Social contract --- International organization. --- Europe-Politics and government. --- Political communication. --- Comparative politics. --- European Union Politics. --- International Organization. --- European Politics. --- Political Communication. --- Comparative Politics. --- Comparative political systems --- Comparative politics --- Government, Comparative --- Political systems, Comparative --- Political science --- Political communication --- Federation, International --- Global governance --- Interdependence of nations --- International administration --- International federation --- Organization, International --- World federation --- World government --- World order --- World organization --- Congresses and conventions --- International relations --- Peace --- International agencies --- International cooperation --- Security, International --- World politics --- Europe—Politics and government.
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The first comprehensive history of the Turkish economyThe population and economy of the area within the present-day borders of Turkey has consistently been among the largest in the developing world, yet there has been no authoritative economic history of Turkey until now. In Uneven Centuries, Şevket Pamuk examines the economic growth and human development of Turkey over the past two hundred years.Taking a comparative global perspective, Pamuk investigates Turkey's economic history through four periods: the open economy during the nineteenth-century Ottoman era, the transition from empire to nation-state that spanned the two world wars and the Great Depression, the continued protectionism and import-substituting industrialization after World War II, and the neoliberal policies and the opening of the economy after 1980. Making use of indices of GDP per capita, trade, wages, health, and education, Pamuk argues that Turkey's long-term economic trends cannot be explained only by immediate causes such as economic policies, rates of investment, productivity growth, and structural change.Uneven Centuries offers a deeper analysis of the essential forces underlying Turkey's development-its institutions and their evolution-to make better sense of the country's unique history and to provide important insights into the patterns of growth in developing countries during the past two centuries.
Economic development --- Economic development --- History --- History --- Turkey --- Turkey. --- Economic conditions. --- 1950s. --- 1970s. --- 1980. --- Asian crisis. --- Balkans. --- Democrat Party. --- GDP. --- Great Depression. --- Industrial Revolution. --- North America. --- Ottoman government. --- Ottoman institutions. --- Ottoman reforms. --- Turkey. --- War of Independence. --- Western Europe. --- World War I. --- World War II. --- agriculture. --- capital movements. --- capital. --- developed countries. --- developing countries. --- developing-country. --- economic development. --- economic environment. --- economic growth. --- economic history. --- economic institutions. --- economic policies. --- economic power. --- empire. --- external support. --- financial globalization. --- foreign capital. --- foreign trade. --- growth rates. --- growth. --- human capital. --- human development. --- income distribution. --- income per capita. --- independence movements. --- industrialization. --- institutional changes. --- institutions. --- international trade. --- investment. --- labor force. --- labor movements. --- labor unions. --- labor. --- land. --- macroeconomic instability. --- mid-1950s. --- modern Turkey. --- multiparty political system. --- nation-state. --- nineteenth century. --- open economy. --- per capita GDP. --- per capita income. --- per capita incomes. --- physical capital. --- political developments. --- political system. --- productivity. --- protectionism. --- reforms. --- technological changes. --- technological progress. --- western European states. --- world averages. --- world wars.
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"Why did Yugoslavia fall apart? Was its violent demise inevitable? Did its population simply fall victim to the lure of nationalism? How did this multinational state survive for so long, and where do we situate the short life of Yugoslavia in the long history of Europe in the twentieth century? A History of Yugoslavia provides a concise, accessible, comprehensive synthesis of the political, cultural, social, and economic life of Yugoslavia--from its nineteenth-century South Slavic origins to the bloody demise of the multinational state of Yugoslavia in the 1990s. Calic takes a fresh and innovative look at the colorful, multifaceted, and complex history of Yugoslavia, emphasizing major social, economic, and intellectual changes from the turn of the twentieth century and the transition to modern industrialized mass society. She traces the origins of ethnic, religious, and cultural divisions, applying the latest social science approaches, and drawing on the breadth of recent state-of-the-art literature, to present a balanced interpretation of events that takes into account the differing perceptions and interests of the actors involved. Uniquely, Calic frames the history of Yugoslavia for readers as an essentially open-ended process, undertaken from a variety of different regional perspectives with varied composite agenda. She shuns traditional, deterministic explanations that notorious Balkan hatreds or any other kind of exceptionalism are to blame for Yugoslavia's demise, and along the way she highlights the agency of twentieth-century modern mass society in the politicization of differences. While analyzing nuanced political and social-economic processes, Calic describes the experiences and emotions of ordinary people in a vivid way."--Provided by publisher.
Yugoslavia --- Korolevstvo SKhS --- Korolevstvo serbov, khorvatov i sloventsev --- I︠U︡hoslavii︠a︡ --- Jugoslavija --- Federativna Narodna Republika Jugoslavija --- Yougoslavie --- Kraljevina Srba, Hrvata i Slovenaca --- Kingdom of Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes --- Socijalistička Federativna Republika Jugoslavija --- SFRJ --- Socjalistyczna Federacyjna Republika Jugosłavii --- Jugoszláv Szocialista Szövetségi Köztársaság --- SFRI︠U︡ --- Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia --- Nan-ssu-la-fu --- Nansilafu --- Sot︠s︡ialisticheskai︠a︡ Federativnai︠a︡ Respublika I︠U︡goslavii︠a︡ --- Federatyvna Narodna Respublika I︠U︡hoslavii︠a︡ --- FNRI︠U︡ --- I︠U︡goslavii︠a︡ --- Yugosŭllabia --- Yugoslavyah --- Iugoslavia --- Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia --- République fédérative populaire de Yougoslavie --- République socialiste fédérative de Yougoslavie --- RSFY --- FNRJ --- Federal Republic of Yugoslavia --- Sot︠s︡ialistychna Federatyvna Respublika I︠U︡hoslavii︠a︡ --- Savezna Republika Jugoslavija --- Soi︠u︡zna Respublika I︠U︡hoslavii︠a︡ --- SRI︠U︡ --- Jugoslavia --- FR Yugoslavia --- Kraljevina Jugoslavija --- Kingdom of Yugoslavia --- FLRJ --- Federativna ljudska republika Jugoslavija --- Jugoszlávia --- Serbia and Montenegro --- History --- History / Europe --- Annals --- Auxiliary sciences of history --- Balkans
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The wars that accompanied the breakup of Yugoslavia in the 1990s were the deadliest European conflicts since World War II. The violence escalated to the point of genocide when, over the course of ten days in July 1995, Serbian troops under the command of General Ratko Mladic murdered 8,000 unarmed men and boys who had sought refuge at a UN safe-haven in Srebrenica. Shocked, the United States quickly launched a diplomatic intervention supported by military force that ultimately brought peace to the new nations created when Yugoslavia disintegrated. Peacemakers is the first inclusive history of the successful multilateral intervention in the Balkans from 1995--2008 by an official directly involved in the diplomatic and military responses to the crises. A deadly accident near Sarajevo in 1995 thrust James Pardew into the center of efforts to stop the fighting in Bosnia. In a detailed narrative, he shows how Richard Holbrooke and the US envoys who followed him helped to stop or prevent vicious wars in Bosnia, Croatia, Kosovo, and Macedonia. Pardew describes the human drama of diplomacy and war, illuminating the motives, character, talents, and weaknesses of the national leaders involved. Pardew demonstrates that the use of US power to relieve human suffering is a natural fit with American values. Peacemakers serves as a potent reminder that American leadership and multilateral cooperation are often critical to resolving international crises.
Peace-building, American --- Yugoslav War, 1991-1995 --- Kosovo War, 1998-1999 --- Diplomats --- Peace. --- Pardew, James W. --- United States --- Balkan Peninsula --- Former Yugoslav republics --- Macedonia (Republic) --- Foreign relations --- Politics and government --- Politics and government. --- History --- INTERVENTION (INTERNATIONAL LAW)--USA --- YUGOSLAV WAR, 1991-1995--USA --- KOSOVO WAR, 1998-1999--USA --- USA--FOREIGN RELATIONS--BALKAN PENINSULA --- BALKAN PENINSULA--FOREIGN RELATIONS--USA --- Maintien de la paix --- Guerre dans l'ex-Yougoslavie (1991-1995) --- Guerre du Kosovo (1998-1999) --- Paix --- Peace --- États-Unis --- Balkans --- Ex-Yougoslavie --- Relations extérieures --- Politique et gouvernement --- North Macedonia --- Paix. --- Politique et gouvernement. --- Kosovo Conflict, 1998-1999 --- Kosovo Crisis, 1998-1999 --- American peace-building --- Balkan States --- Europe, Southeastern --- Southeastern Europe --- Ex-Yugoslav republics --- Ex-Yugoslavia --- Former Yugoslavia --- ABŞ --- ABSh --- Ameerika Ühendriigid --- America (Republic) --- Amerika Birlăshmish Shtatlary --- Amerika Birlăşmi Ştatları --- Amerika Birlăşmiş Ştatları --- Amerika ka Kelenyalen Jamanaw --- Amerika Qūrama Shtattary --- Amerika Qŭshma Shtatlari --- Amerika Qushma Shtattary --- Amerika (Republic) --- Amerikai Egyesült Államok --- Amerikanʹ Veĭtʹsėndi︠a︡vks Shtattnė --- Amerikări Pĕrleshu̇llĕ Shtatsem --- Amerikas Forenede Stater --- Amerikayi Miatsʻyal Nahangner --- Ameriketako Estatu Batuak --- Amirika Carékat --- AQSh --- Ar. ha-B. --- Arhab --- Artsot ha-Berit --- Artzois Ha'bris --- Bí-kok --- Ē.P.A. --- EE.UU. --- Egyesült Államok --- ĒPA --- Estados Unidos --- Estados Unidos da América do Norte --- Estados Unidos de América --- Estaos Xuníos --- Estaos Xuníos d'América --- Estatos Unitos --- Estatos Unitos d'America --- Estats Units d'Amèrica --- Ètats-Unis d'Amèrica --- États-Unis d'Amérique --- Fareyniḳṭe Shṭaṭn --- Feriene Steaten --- Feriene Steaten fan Amearika --- Forente stater --- FS --- Hēnomenai Politeiai Amerikēs --- Hēnōmenes Politeies tēs Amerikēs --- Hiwsisayin Amerikayi Miatsʻeal Tērutʻiwnkʻ --- Istadus Unidus --- Jungtinės Amerikos valstybės --- Mei guo --- Mei-kuo --- Meiguo --- Mî-koet --- Miatsʻyal Nahangner --- Miguk --- Na Stàitean Aonaichte --- NSA --- S.U.A. --- SAD --- Saharat ʻAmērikā --- SASht --- Severo-Amerikanskie Shtaty --- Severo-Amerikanskie Soedinennye Shtaty --- Si︠e︡vero-Amerikanskīe Soedinennye Shtaty --- Sjedinjene Američke Države --- Soedinennye Shtaty Ameriki --- Soedinennye Shtaty Severnoĭ Ameriki --- Soedinennye Shtaty Si︠e︡vernoĭ Ameriki --- Spojené obce severoamerické --- Spojené staty americké --- SShA --- Stadoù-Unanet Amerika --- Stáit Aontaithe Mheiriceá --- Stany Zjednoczone --- Stati Uniti --- Stati Uniti d'America --- Stâts Unîts --- Stâts Unîts di Americhe --- Steatyn Unnaneysit --- Steatyn Unnaneysit America --- SUA (Stati Uniti d'America) --- Sŭedineni amerikanski shtati --- Sŭedinenite shtati --- Tetã peteĩ reko Amérikagua --- U.S. --- U.S.A. --- United States of America --- Unol Daleithiau --- Unol Daleithiau America --- Unuiĝintaj Ŝtatoj de Ameriko --- US --- USA --- Usono --- Vaeinigte Staatn --- Vaeinigte Staatn vo Amerika --- Vereinigte Staaten --- Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika --- Verenigde State van Amerika --- Verenigde Staten --- VS --- VSA --- Wááshindoon Bikéyah Ałhidadiidzooígíí --- Wilāyāt al-Muttaḥidah --- Wilāyāt al-Muttaḥidah al-Amirīkīyah --- Wilāyāt al-Muttaḥidah al-Amrīkīyah --- Yhdysvallat --- Yunaeted Stet --- Yunaeted Stet blong Amerika --- ZDA --- Združene države Amerike --- Zʹi︠e︡dnani Derz︠h︡avy Ameryky --- Zjadnośone staty Ameriki --- Zluchanyi︠a︡ Shtaty Ameryki --- Zlucheni Derz︠h︡avy --- ZSA --- Η.Π.Α. --- Ηνωμένες Πολιτείες της Αμερικής --- Америка (Republic) --- Американь Вейтьсэндявкс Штаттнэ --- Америкӑри Пӗрлешӳллӗ Штатсем --- САЩ --- Съединените щати --- Злучаныя Штаты Амерыкі --- ولايات المتحدة --- ولايات المتّحدة الأمريكيّة --- ولايات المتحدة الامريكية --- 미국 --- Republic of North Macedonia --- Republika Severna Makedonija --- Severna Makedonija --- Република Северна Македонија --- Северна Македонија --- Maqedonia e Veriut --- Republika e Maqedonisë së Veriut --- États-Unis --- É.-U. --- ÉU --- Relations extérieures
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