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Embracing Democracy in the Western Balkans: From Postconflict Struggles toward European Integration
Lenard J. Cohen
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Description for Embracing Democracy in the Western Balkans: From Postconflict Struggles toward European Integration
Paperback. The authors ask whether the Western Balkans are embracing democracy by creating functional, resilient institutions-governmental, administrative, journalistic, and economic-and fostering popular trust in the legitimacy of those institutions. Num Pages: 560 pages, 3, 3 figures. BIC Classification: 1DVW; 3JJPR; 3JMC; HBJD; HBLW3; HBLX; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 154 x 37. Weight in Grams: 880.
Embracing Democracy in the Western Balkans offers a comparative, cross-regional study of the politics and economics of Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Kosovo, and Albania from 1999 to the present. It was during this period that the first wave of post-communist regime transition ended and the region became more deeply involved in the challenges of democratic consolidation. Lenard J. Cohen and John R. Lampe explore the legacies of communist rule, the impact of incentives and impediments on reform, and the magnetic pull of European Union accession. The authors ask whether the Western Balkans are embracing democracy by creating functional, ... Read more
Embracing Democracy in the Western Balkans offers a comparative, cross-regional study of the politics and economics of Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Kosovo, and Albania from 1999 to the present. It was during this period that the first wave of post-communist regime transition ended and the region became more deeply involved in the challenges of democratic consolidation. Lenard J. Cohen and John R. Lampe explore the legacies of communist rule, the impact of incentives and impediments on reform, and the magnetic pull of European Union accession. The authors ask whether the Western Balkans are embracing democracy by creating functional, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
560
Condition
New
Number of Pages
560
Place of Publication
Baltimore, MD, United States
ISBN
9781421404332
SKU
V9781421404332
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About Lenard J. Cohen
Lenard J. Cohen is a professor of international studies at Simon Fraser University and author of Serpent in the Bosom: The Rise and Fall of Slobodan Milosevic. John R. Lampe is a professor of history at the University of Maryland. He is a Senior Scholar and the former Director of East European Studies at the Woodrow Wilson Center and ... Read more
Reviews for Embracing Democracy in the Western Balkans: From Postconflict Struggles toward European Integration
"This book presents new information which is the result of recent research. The scholarship is superior. The authors have addressed almost all of the relevant topics in a discussion of democratization and integration." (Nick Miller, Boise State University)"