Stabilization and progress in the Western Balkans. Proceedings of the symposium 2010, Basel, Switzerland September 17 - 19. Social strategies Vol. 46.

Simko, Dusan und Ueli Mäder (Eds.):

ISBN 10: 3034306407 / ISBN 13: 9783034306409

Published by Frankfurt, M. : Lang, 2011

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198 S. Gebraucht, aber gut erhalten. - Contents: Jason Dittmer/David A. Parr: Mediating Sovereignty: A Comparative Latent Semantic Analysis of US Newspapers and Conflicts in Kosovo and South Ossetia -- Jan Rychlík: The Breakup of Yugoslavia -- The Reasons and Consequences -- Rozita Dimova: 'Duldung' Trauma: Displacement, Protection and 'Tolerance' of the Srebrenica Survivors in Berlin -- Marie-Janine Calic: International Peace Building in Semi-Independent Kosovo: Lessons Not Learned -- Miroslav Svircevic: History of Civil War in Bosnia-Herzegovina 1992-5: The Carrington-Cutileiro Peace Plan -- Ivo Samson: International Law and Conflicts -- Dusan T. Batakovic: The Kosovo Aftermath: Challenges and Perspectives -- Charles Ingrao: Confronting the Yugoslav Controversies: The Scholars' Initiative -- Alex Jeffrey: Civil Society and Transitional Justice in Bosnia and Herzegovina -- Aleksa Djilas: De Gaulle's Vision of Europe and the Problems of the Contemporary Balkans. ISBN 9783034306409 Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 182.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Stabilization and progress in the Western Balkans. Proceedings of the symposium 2010, Basel, Switzerland September 17 - 19. Social strategies Vol. 46.
• Publisher: Frankfurt, M. : Lang
• Publication Date: 2011
• Language: German
• ISBN 10: 3034306407
• ISBN 13: 9783034306409
• Binding: Originalbroschur.
• Condition: Sehr gut
• Weight: 182 grams
• Seller catalogs:
  • Südosteuropa

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Synopsis

For more than a decade, the Balkans have been a centre of crisis – armed conflicts have brought death, expulsion, destruction and untold suffering to the people. The postwar efforts of the West have failed to bring lasting stability and real progress so far.
The Symposium at Basel University was an interdisciplinary event where complex issues were elucidated by historians, geographers, sociologists and political scientists. The event enabled East and West European scholars and their American counterparts to exchange their somewhat divergent views. The speakers covered a broad range of subjects: historical causes, aspects of postwar economic and social development as well as sociocultural consequences of the democratization process. Special attention was devoted to the situation of minorities, the refugee problem and the security situation in the fragile states of the West Balkans and also to the responsibility of the EU and USA for the general stagnation in the area.
The Symposium was intended to illustrate differing interpretations of the events of the past ten years and to encourage discussion between speakers and participants at the event.

About the Author

Dušan Šimko is Assistant Professor of Political and Social Geography at the University of Basel. His main field of research since 1989 has been the analysis of the long-term crisis in the Southeast Europe and the stabilization and democratization of the post-war societies in the Western Balkans.
Ueli Mäder is Professor of Sociology at the University of Basel, responsible for the Institute of Sociology. He was Dean of the Faculty of Humanities and the leader of five Swiss National Science Foundation studies. He is in charge of an interdisciplinary advanced studies diploma (Nachdiplom) in conflict research and conflict resolution. His major research interests are development sociology, political sociology and social policy. Ueli Mäder has over 20 years of experience in research and teaching sociological and political aspects of development, poverty and conflict.