| Strategic Rebellion: Ethnic Conflict in Fyr Macedonia and the Balkans Contributor(s): Jaskulowski, Krzysztof (Editor), Kamusella, Tomasz (Editor), Koktsidis, Pavlos Ioannis (Author) |
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ISBN: 3034301480 ISBN-13: 9783034301480 Publisher: Peter Lang Ltd, International Academic Publis OUR PRICE: $71.30 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2012 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science - Political Science | Civics & Citizenship - Political Science | History & Theory - General |
| Dewey: 949.703 |
| LCCN: 2011044865 |
| Series: Nationalisms Across the Globe |
| Physical Information: 261 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Since the end of the Cold War, the consolidation of peace and security in south-eastern Europe has been one of the most complex and troublesome issues facing the international community. The sequence of conflicts in the Balkans has resulted in serious loss of life, economic collapse, and a number of controversial interventions, leading contemporary scholars to reconsider old perceptions about violent ethnic conflict. Drawing on a wealth of theoretical and empirical sources, this book tackles some of the prevailing questions on the root causes and management of ethnic conflict. Under what conditions do ethnic minorities become violent? How credible are the theories of relative deprivation and greed in explaining the outbreak of conflict? Is the use of coercive diplomacy a superior alternative to direct military forms of intervention? This book provides an analytical account of the socio-economic roots of ethnic conflict, the opportunities for violent mobilization and the success of strategic coercion in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, and it also examines related developments in Kosovo and the Balkans. |