First published 2007.
by Routledge.
2 Park Square, Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon OX14 4RN.
Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada.
by Routledge.
270 Madison Ave, New York, NY.
Routledge is an imprint of the Taylor and Francis Group, an informa business.
Contents.
List of tables viii.
Preface x.
List of abbreviations xv.
Map xx.
Conceptual frameworks: ‘The Balkans’ and the nature.
of post-Communist democratization and economic.
transformations.
Albania: between a rock and a hard place.
Bulgaria: the Devil has all the best tunes.
Romania: the road to the EU is paved with good intentions.
Croatia: paying a price.
Serbia: from Serbdom to pariahdom.
Bosnia and Herzegovina: the travails of coexistence.
Macedonia: towards a bi-national state?
Montenegro: to be or not to be?
Kosova: the forging of a nation and a state.
The post-Communist Balkans, the West and the EU: major.
challenges and contradictions between rhetoric and reality.
Bibliography.
Index.
The Balkans: A Post-Communist History is a country-by-country treatment of the.
contemporary history of each of the Balkan states: Albania, Bulgaria, Romania,
Croatia, Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Macedonia, Montenegro and Kosova.
This survey focuses on political and economic continuities and changes since the.
s. It includes brief overviews of the history of each state prior to the 1980s to.
provide the background to enable readers to make sense of the more recent developments.
The book has a distinctive conceptual framework for explaining divergent.
pattes of historical change. This shifts the emphasis away from traditional cultural.
explanations, especially cultural and national stereotyping, and instead concentrates.
on the pervasive influence of strongly entrenched vertical power structures and power.
relations.
The Balkans is an excellent companion volume to the successful A History of.
Easte Europe, by the same authors. This is an invaluable book for all students.
of Easte European history.
Robert Bideleux is a Reader in the School of Humanities and Ian Jeffries is a.
Reader in the School of Business, Economics and Law at the University of Wales,
Swansea. Their publications include A History of Easte Europe: Crisis and Change.
(Routledge, 1998).
by Routledge.
2 Park Square, Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon OX14 4RN.
Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada.
by Routledge.
270 Madison Ave, New York, NY.
Routledge is an imprint of the Taylor and Francis Group, an informa business.
Contents.
List of tables viii.
Preface x.
List of abbreviations xv.
Map xx.
Conceptual frameworks: ‘The Balkans’ and the nature.
of post-Communist democratization and economic.
transformations.
Albania: between a rock and a hard place.
Bulgaria: the Devil has all the best tunes.
Romania: the road to the EU is paved with good intentions.
Croatia: paying a price.
Serbia: from Serbdom to pariahdom.
Bosnia and Herzegovina: the travails of coexistence.
Macedonia: towards a bi-national state?
Montenegro: to be or not to be?
Kosova: the forging of a nation and a state.
The post-Communist Balkans, the West and the EU: major.
challenges and contradictions between rhetoric and reality.
Bibliography.
Index.
The Balkans: A Post-Communist History is a country-by-country treatment of the.
contemporary history of each of the Balkan states: Albania, Bulgaria, Romania,
Croatia, Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Macedonia, Montenegro and Kosova.
This survey focuses on political and economic continuities and changes since the.
s. It includes brief overviews of the history of each state prior to the 1980s to.
provide the background to enable readers to make sense of the more recent developments.
The book has a distinctive conceptual framework for explaining divergent.
pattes of historical change. This shifts the emphasis away from traditional cultural.
explanations, especially cultural and national stereotyping, and instead concentrates.
on the pervasive influence of strongly entrenched vertical power structures and power.
relations.
The Balkans is an excellent companion volume to the successful A History of.
Easte Europe, by the same authors. This is an invaluable book for all students.
of Easte European history.
Robert Bideleux is a Reader in the School of Humanities and Ian Jeffries is a.
Reader in the School of Business, Economics and Law at the University of Wales,
Swansea. Their publications include A History of Easte Europe: Crisis and Change.
(Routledge, 1998).