LEADER 07540oam 2201033 c 450 001 9910958984203321 005 20260102090118.0 010 $a9783838206684 010 $a3838206681 024 3 $a9783838266985 035 $a(CKB)3710000000363307 035 $a(EBL)1977203 035 $a(OCoLC)908092103 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001516614 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12628062 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001516614 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11494794 035 $a(PQKB)11349908 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001466962 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11879123 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001466962 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11514441 035 $a(PQKB)11734000 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1977203 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11025201 035 $a(OCoLC)905920059 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1977203 035 $a(Perlego)773262 035 $a(ibidem)9783838266985 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000363307 100 $a20260102d2015 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 03$aAn Agenda for Western Balkans: From Elite Politics to Social Sustainability /$fNikolaos Papakostas, Nikolaos Pasamitros, Jennifer Titanski-Hooper, Miruna Troncota, Anastas Vangeli, Bilge Yabanci, Alma Vardari-Kesler, Stefan Cetkovic, Tonka Koszadinova, Nicholas Rossis, Tom Phillips, Nikolaos Papakostas, Nikolaos Pasamitros 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aHannover$cibidem$d2015 215 $a1 online resource (249 p.) 225 0 $aGideon E-Book Series 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 08$a9783838206981 311 08$a3838206983 311 08$a9783838266985 311 08$a3838266986 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 327 $a""Table of Contents""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""List of Abbreviations""; ""An Agenda for the Western Balkansa???Foreword""; ""The EU Democratization and State-Building in Kosovo: An Analysis Through the Fragmented Local Agency""; ""(B)ordering in the EU: Croatia's Path Toward Becoming 'European'""; ""The Challenge of Promoting Green Sectors in Serbia: Between International Demands, National Controversies and Sectoral Struggles""; ""Still ""Waiting for Godot"" in Sarajevo? Europeanization of Bosnia and Herzegovinaa???Between the Contradictions of EU Conditionality and Local Ownership"" 327 $a""Macedonia: The Consequences of the Political Focus on Identity and How This Affects Balkan Politics and the European Integration Process.""""Reinventing the Past: Politics of Memory in the Post-Conflict Reconstruction of Cultural Heritage in Bosnia and Herzegovina""; ""On the Growing Cooperation Between China and the Western Balkans""; ""Statehood Without Sovereignty: Risky Negotiations in Post-Independence Kosovo""; ""Western Europe, Western Balkans: Barriers to Cross-Cultural Encounter"" 330 $a{\rtf1\fbidis\ansi\ansicpg1252\deff0\deflang1031{\fonttbl{\f0\fswiss\fprq2\fcharset0 Calibri;}{\f1\fnil\fcharset0 MS Shell Dlg;}} \viewkind4\uc1\pard\ltrpar\hyphpar0\sl276\slmult1\lang2057\f0\fs22 The Western Balkan countries have been both a popular subject matter for diachronic analysis and a 1990s favorite. The significant changes that followed the most recent times of conflict in the region mostly evolve around the process of Europeanization. Despite the plethora of analyses, most approaches to the Western Balkans suffer from theoretical stagnancy, ex parte political practice, and detachment of politics from societal needs. \par This volume is the work of a team of theorists and practitioners who attempt a multidisciplinary approach to Western Balkans reality. \i An Agenda for the Western Balkans \i0 offers a critical view on issues that have been over-analyzed in mainstream terms and opens a discussion that will occupy researchers and practitioners for years to come. It addresses novel topics and engages in innovative approaches that cut across disciplines of social sciences (political science, international relations, sociology, historiography, geography, political economy) and levels of analysis (local, national, regional, European, global). This collection is a pioneer theoretical and practical guide towards a sustainable future for the Western Balkans.\lang1031\f1\fs17 \par } 330 1 $a{\rtf1\ansi\ansicpg1252\deff0\deflang1031{\fonttbl{\f0\fswiss\fprq2\fcharset0 Calibri;}{\f1\froman\fcharset0 Times New Roman;}{\f2\froman\fprq2\fcharset0 Times New Roman;}{\f3\fnil\fcharset0 MS Shell Dlg;}} \viewkind4\uc1\pard\lang1033\f0\fs22 "A fresh look at South East Europe exploring the region's tangled Europeanization process and its discontents. Highly recommendable to both scholars and practitioners drawn to the Balkan politics, at a time of complex changes in both Europe and the wider world."-Dimitar Bechev, \lang1031\f1\fs24 Visiting Fellow at LSEE Research on South Eastern Europe, London School of Economics (LSE), and lecturer of international politics at Sofia University \par \par \pard\hyphpar0\qj\lang1033\f2 \par \pard\lang1031\f3\fs17 \par } 330 1 $aThe book ?An Agenda for the Western Balkans: From Elite Politics to Social Sustainability? edited by Nikos Papakostas and Nikos Passamitros is a welcome addition to recent attempts at a comprehensive understanding of the complex socio-political predicament in the Western Balkans. The premise of the volume is that both research and EU policies in the region will benefit from bottom-up approaches that creatively supplement elite-driven perspectives. The contributors in the volume, all young researchers and analysts, are well placed to offer refreshing new outlooks and insights. The volume spans different disciplines and cover as diverse themes as the promotion of green sectors in Serbia, heritage management and identity in Bosnia and Herzegovina, state building in Kosovo or the changing political discourses in Croatia. Overall, the new edited volume offers plentiful food for thought for scholars and policy makers focusing on the Western Balkans and will make a good contribution to the recent literature on the region's problems and prospects. 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