Research Catalog

Details

Additional authors

1. Šimko, Dušan.
2. Mäder, Ueli, 1951-

Description

1. 198 pages; 23 cm.

Summary

1. 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.

Series statement

1. Social strategies : Monographien zur Soziologie und Gesellschaftspolitik = Monographs on sociology and social policy, 1424-0467 ; v. 46

Uniform title

1. Social strategies ; 46.

Subject

1. Since 1989
2. Political stability > Balkan Peninsula > Congresses
3. Politics and government
4. Political stability
5. Politische Stabilität
6. Politik
7. Balkan Peninsula > Politics and government > 1989- > Congresses
8. Balkan Peninsula
9. Westbalkan
10. Südosteuropa

Genre/Form

1. Conference papers and proceedings.

Contents

1. Mediating sovereignty : a comparative latent semantic analysis of US newspapers and conflicts in Kosovo and South Ossetia / Jason Dittmer, David A. Parr -- The breakup of Yugoslavia : the reasons and consequences / Jan Rychlík -- 'Duldung' trauma : displacement, protection and 'tolerance' of the Srebrenica survivors in Berlin / Rozita Dimova -- International peace building in semi-independent Kosovo : lessons not learned / Marie-Janine Calic -- History of civil war in Bosnia-Herzegovina 1992-5 : the Carrington-Cutileiro peace plan / Miroslav Svirčević -- International law and conflicts / Ivo Samson -- The Kosovo aftermath : challenges and perspectives / Dušan T. Bataković -- Confronting the Yugoslav controversies : the scholars' initiative / Charles Ingrao -- Civil society and transitional justice in Bosnia and Herzegovina / Alex Jeffrey -- De Gaulle's vision of Europe and the problems of the contemporary Balkans / Aleksa Djilas.

Owning institution

1. Princeton University Library

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references.