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Endgame in the Balkans : regime change, European style

Title
Endgame in the Balkans : regime change, European style / Elizabeth Pond.
Author
Pond, Elizabeth.
Publication
Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, c2006.

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xvii, 412 p. : maps; 24 cm.
Summary
Veteran journalist Pond asks, Can Europe tame the Balkans? She first describes the 1990s Yugoslav wars and the region's yearning to join the European Union. Exploring the premise that the Balkans should be treated as an integral part of today's Europe, she describes how the lure of EU membership is shaping the Balkans--and how Balkan developments are reshaping the EU. Drawing on hundreds of interviews and decades of experience as a foreign correspondent, Pond describes the political, economic, and ethnic challenges as each Balkan land seeks to vault from the 19th to the 21st century. Bulgaria, Romania, Kosovo, Croatia, Bosnia, Macedonia, Albania, Serbia, and Montenegro must all carry out painful reforms to qualify for EU membership by establishing democratic institutions, rule of law, and general tolerance. Pond examines the tension between these demands and traditional mindsets engendered by years of poverty, corruption, and chauvinism.--From publisher description.
Subject
  • European Union > Balkan Peninsula
  • Balkan Peninsula > Politics and government > 1989-
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 353-372) and index.
Contents
The wars of the Yugoslav succession -- Reinventing Bulgaria -- Reinventing Romania -- Taming Kosovo -- Reclaiming Habsburg Croatia -- Revising Dayton's Bosnia -- Rescuing Macedonia -- Inventing Albania -- Demythologizing Serbia and Montenegro -- Europeanizing the Balkans -- Reaching critical mass.
Call Number
JFE 08-2477
ISBN
  • 9780815771609 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 0815771606 (cloth : alk. paper)
LCCN
2006025352
OCLC
70866937
Author
Pond, Elizabeth.
Title
Endgame in the Balkans : regime change, European style / Elizabeth Pond.
Imprint
Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, c2006.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 353-372) and index.
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JFE 08-2477
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