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Record Nr.

UNINA9910450653103321

Autore

Friedman Francine <1948, >

Titolo

Bosnia and Herzegovina : a polity on the brink / / Francine Friedman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2004

ISBN

1-134-49654-0

1-134-49655-9

1-280-01969-7

0-203-49507-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (209 p.)

Collana

Postcommunist States and Nations

Disciplina

949.74203

Soggetti

Nationalism - Bosnia and Hercegovina

Electronic books.

Bosnia and Hercegovina Politics and government 1992-

Bosnia and Hercegovina History Partition, 1995

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

BOOK COVER; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; CONTENTS; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 The roots of conflict; 2 The dissolution of Yugoslavia; 3 Post cold war domestic politics and political prospects; 4 Bosnia's economic performance and outlook; 5 Bosnia's future prospects international relations and inter national relations; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Emerging from communism in the early 1990s, the new state of Bosnia and Herzegovina was immediately embroiled in devastating ethnonationalist conflict. Now an international protectorate, the choices of its elites may well propel Bosnia either to a stable future, integrated into an expanding European entity, or to a future filled with insecurity, conflict, and adversity.  This volume assesses current conditions in Bosnia, as well as the prospects for stability in a country torn between nationalistic elites on the one hand and the desires of important regional actors for control of Bosni