Pål Kolstø

Strategies of Symbolic Nation-building in South Eastern Europe

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Relying on new quantitative research results, the contributors offer interdisciplinary analyses of symbolic nation-building in Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, and Serbia to show that whereas the citizens of some states have reached a consensus about the nation-building project other states remain fragmented and uncertain of when the process will end. A must-read not only for scholars of the region but policy makers and others interested in understanding the complex interplay of history, symbolic politics, and post-conflict transition.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 300
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. Oktober 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 426g
• ISBN-13: 9781138253216
• ISBN-10: 1138253219
• Artikelnr.: 57041768

Autorenporträt

Pål Kolstÿ is Professor of Russian and East European Studies at the University of Oslo and has written extensively on nation-building and ethnic issues in Russia and Eastern Europe.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Figures
List of Tables
Notes on Contributors
Preface
1. Introduction
2. Fulfilling the Thousand-Year-Old Dream: Strategies of Symbolic Nation-Building in Croatia
3. Jaws of the Nation and Weak Embraces of the State: The Lines of Division
Indifference and Loyalty in Bosnia-Herzegovina
4. Serbia and the Symbolic (Re)Construction of the Nation
5. When Two Hands Rock the Cradle: Symbolic Dimensions of the Divide Over Statehood and Identity in Montenegro
6. Kosovo: Topography of the Construction of the Nation
7. Strategies for Creating the Macedonian State and Nation and Rival Projects Between 1991 and 2012
8. Status Report Albania 100 Years: Symbolic Nation-Building Completed?
9. Conclusions: Success and Failure of Nation-building
Structural vs. Political Factors
Bibliography
Index