Suchergebnisse

Following the 1992 breakup of Yugoslavia, the region descended into a series of bloody conflicts marked by intense ethnic and religious hatreds. Kosovo emerged at the epicenter of these disputes and the site of innumerable human rights violations, as Serbia, united with Montenegro at the time, sought to remove the Albanian presence. Kosovo (roughly ninety percent Albanian) declared independence in 2008, and although it is recognized by over one hundred UN member states, it is still not recognized by Serbia. This volume brings together scholars of Serbian, Albanian, Christian, and Muslim backgrounds to examine the Serbian-Albanian dynamic in Kosovo through historical, political, economic, and social perspectives.

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface and Acknowledgements -- 1 The Threatening Other or Very Own? EU Drawbacks and the Politics of Self-Undoing -- Between Past and Present -- 2 The Polish Early Modern Republic as the Other Europe: The Sarmatian Moment of Jean-Jacques Rousseau in the Polish Political Discourse -- 3 The Pursuit of France's Milieu Goals (1871–1925): The French Mental Mapping of East-Central Europe -- 4 Mirroring Europeanization: Balkanization and Auto-Colonial Narrative in Bosnia and Herzegovina -- 5 Turkey and Europe: The Eternal Suspense -- 6 Heart of Europe, Heart of Darkness: Ukraine's Euromaidan and Its Enemies -- Between Present and Future -- 7 Managing Ambivalence: An Interplay Between the Wanted and Unwanted Aspects of European Integration in Georgia -- 8 Guiding Macedonia to the EU: Walking Over European Values -- 9 Kosovo's EU Perspective: Pushing it Forward or Pulling it Away? -- 10 Can Albania Europeanize? Actors and Factors -- 11 Studying Trajectory of Turkey's EU Membership: Criticisms and Contributions of Critical Political Economy -- 12 In Lieu of a Conclusion: Regaining Dignity in Europe -- Notes on Contributors -- Index