| Europeanisation and Memory Politics in the Western Balkans 2021 Edition Contributor(s): Milosevic, Ana (Editor), Trost, Tamara (Editor) |
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ISBN: 3030546993 ISBN-13: 9783030546991 Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan OUR PRICE: $123.49 Product Type: Hardcover Published: October 2020 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | World - European - Political Science | International Relations - General - Political Science | History & Theory - General |
| Physical Information: 0.75" H x 5.83" W x 8.27" (1.18 lbs) 303 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This volume explores how the process of European integration has influenced collective memory in the countries of the Western Balkans. In the region, there is still no shared understanding of the causes (and consequences) of the Yugoslav wars. The conflicts of the 1990s but also of WWII and its aftermath have created "ethnically confined" memory cultures. As such, divergent interpretations of history continue to trigger confrontations between neighboring countries and hinder the creation of a joint EU perspective. In this volume, the authors examine how these "memory wars" impact the European dimension - by becoming a tool to either support or oppose Europeanisation. The contributors focus on how and why memory is renegotiated, exhibited, adjusted, or ignored in the Europeanisation process. |