Kosovo In A Nutshell
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Kosovo In A Nutshell
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Author : Robert Elsie
language : en
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Release Date : 2015-02-12
Kosovo In A Nutshell written by Robert Elsie and has been published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-02-12 with Kosovo (Republic) categories.
Kosovo is the newest country in Europe. It is the seventh and probably last state to arise from the ruins of former Yugoslavia. It is also one of the poorest countries in Europe. Kosovo's long struggle for identity, self-determination and independence has been bitter, and it will be in need of international assistance for a while before it can become a normal European nation like the others. This book provides a short overview of the history of Kosovo for the general reader.
Albania In A Nutshell
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Author : Robert Elsie
language : en
Publisher: CreateSpace
Release Date : 2015-02-16
Albania In A Nutshell written by Robert Elsie and has been published by CreateSpace this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-02-16 with History categories.
Albania is a small country in southeastern Europe. It is situated on the coast of the Mediterranean Sea in the southwestern part of the Balkan Peninsula and borders on Montenegro to the north, Kosovo to the northeast, the Republic of Macedonia to the east, and Greece to the south. But a few decades ago, Albania was something of a curiosity on Planet Earth. Perhaps only North Korea was as isolated from the rest of the world as Albania was. For left-wing idealists, it was a distant Shangri-la where all social inequalities had been done away with; for those few individuals with concrete knowledge of the realities of the Stalinist regime that held power until 1990, and for the vast majority of people living in Albania, it was hell on earth. Despite its sombre past, Albania is, in essence, a European nation like any other and will soon, it is to be hoped, advance and take its proper place in Europe and the world. This book provides a short overview of the history of Albania for the general reader.
Gathering Clouds
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Author : Robert Elsie
language : en
Publisher: CreateSpace
Release Date : 2015-02-06
Gathering Clouds written by Robert Elsie and has been published by CreateSpace this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-02-06 with categories.
The present volume endeavours to throw some light on the historical dimension of ethnic cleansing in Kosovo. It consists of a collection of texts, written from 1912 to 1944, which make it evident that ethnic cleansing in Kosovo and Macedonia was a cornerstone of Serbian Government policies from the moment Serbian forces seized Kosovo and much of Macedonia from the Ottoman Empire in 1912-1913.
From Protectorate To Statehood
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Author : Heribert Franz Koeck
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2009
From Protectorate To Statehood written by Heribert Franz Koeck and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with Kosovo (Republic) categories.
Through history and modern power politics, Kosovo represents, in a nutshell, the problems created in the Balkans. Former Yugoslavia was exemplary for an artificial State where even the division into five republics and two autonomous provinces did not satisfy the divergent aspirations of the respective nations and ethnic groups. It disintegrated as soon as Communist ideology and Serb-dominated armed forces ceased to exist as a common bond. This presented the international community and its legal order with an enormous challenge. From Protectorate to Statehood explores the question of how to reconcile the principle of the territorial integrity of States with the legitimate claims for secession, and exercising the right of self-determination in general. Subsequently, the book focuses in detail on the special case of Kosovo, comparing the successful independence process with matters in Abkhazia and South Ossetia. From Protectorate to Statehood also examines the legal and political challenges for the European Union's commitment to Kosovo under its Common Foreign and Security Policy.
Kosovo A Documentary History
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Author : Robert Elsie
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2018-01-30
Kosovo A Documentary History written by Robert Elsie and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-01-30 with History categories.
The question of Kosovan sovereignty and independence has a history which stretches far back beyond the outbreak of war in 1998. This volume is a compilation of key documents on Kosovo from the first half of the twentieth century. These texts, including numerous diplomatic despatches from the British Foreign Office, deal initially with the Albanian uprising against Ottoman rule in the spring of 1912 and, in particular, with the period of the Serbian invasion of Kosovo in late 1912 and the repercussions of the conquest for the Albanian population. The documents from 1918 to the early 1920s focus mainly on endeavours by Albanian leaders, including those of the so-called Kosovo Committee in exile, to bring the plight of their people to the attention of the outside world - endeavours which largely failed. Further documents reflect the situation in Kosovo up to the outbreak of World War II. This collection provides new perspectives on the Kosovo question and includes many documents which have been largely unavailable up to now. It sheds new light on many of the major and minor episodes that channelled and determined subsequent events, including the Kosovo War of 1998-1999 and the declaration of independence in February 2008.
Peace Figuration After International Intervention
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Author : Gëzim Visoka
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2016-07-01
Peace Figuration After International Intervention written by Gëzim Visoka and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-07-01 with Political Science categories.
This book examines the adverse impacts of liberal peacebuilding in conflict-affected societies. It introduces ‘peace figuration’ as a new analytical framework for studying the intentionality, performativity, and consequences of liberal peacebuilding. The work challenges current theories and views and searches for alternative non-conflicted research avenues that are suitable for understanding how peacebuilding intentions are made, how different events shape peace outcomes, and what are the consequences of peacebuilding interventions. Drawing on detailed case studies of peacebuilding in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo and Timor-Leste, the book argues that attempts to build peace often fail to achieve the intended outcomes. A figurational view of peacebuilding interventions shows that post-conflict societies experience multiple episodes of success and failure in an unpredictable trajectory. This book develops a relational sociology of peacebuilding impact, which is crucial for overcoming static measurement of peacebuilding successes or failures. It shows that international interventions can shape peace but, importantly, not always in the shape they intended. This book will be of much interest to students of statebuilding, peacebuilding, war and conflict studies, security studies and IR.
Shaping Peace In Kosovo
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Author : Gëzim Visoka
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2017-04-05
Shaping Peace In Kosovo written by Gëzim Visoka and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-04-05 with Political Science categories.
This book explores the prospects and limits of international intervention in building peace and creating a new state in an ethnically divided society and fragmented international order. The book offers a critical account of the international missions in Kosovo and traces the effectiveness of fluid forms of interventionism. It also explores the co-optation of peace by ethno-nationalist groups and explores how their contradictory perception of peace produced an ungovernable peace, which has been manifested with intractable ethnic antagonisms, state capture, and ignorance of the root causes, drivers, and consequences of the conflict. Under these conditions, prospects for emancipatory peace have not come from external actors, ethno-nationalist elite, and critical resistance movements, but from local and everyday acts of peace formation and agnostic forms for reconciliation. The book proposes an emancipatory agenda for peace in Kosovo embedded on post-ethnic politics and joint commitments to peace, a comprehensive agenda for reconciliation, people-centred security, and peace-enabling external assistance.
Casebook On Insurgency And Revolutionary Warfare
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language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2012
Casebook On Insurgency And Revolutionary Warfare written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012 with Guerrilla warfare categories.
Acting Like A State
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Author : Gëzim Visoka
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2018-06-13
Acting Like A State written by Gëzim Visoka and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-06-13 with Political Science categories.
How do emerging states obtain international recognition and secure membership of international organisations in contemporary world politics? This book provides the first in-depth study of Kosovo’s diplomatic approach to becoming a sovereign state by obtaining international recognition and securing membership of international organisations. Analysing the everyday diplomatic discourses, performances, and entanglements, this book contends that state-becoming is not wholly determined by systemic factors, normative institutions, or the preferences of great powers; the diplomatic agency of the fledgling state plays a far more important role than is generally acknowledged. Drawing on institutional ethnographic research and first-hand observations, this book argues that Kosovo’s diplomatic success in consolidating its sovereign statehood has been the situational assemblage of multiple discourses, practiced through a broad variety of performative actions, and shaped by a complex entanglement with global assemblages of norms, actors, relations, and events. Accordingly, this book contributes to expanding our understanding of the everyday diplomatic agency of emerging states and the changing norms, politics, and practices regarding the diplomatic recognition of states and their admission to international society.
Kosovo And The Collateral Effects Of Humanitarian Intervention
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Author : Jaume Castan Pinos
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2018-10-03
Kosovo And The Collateral Effects Of Humanitarian Intervention written by Jaume Castan Pinos and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-10-03 with Architecture categories.
Humanitarian intervention is rising ever higher in international relations discourse, with many publications exploring the nature, legality and success of these interventions. However, less attention is given to what happens after an intervention. This book looks in particular at the implications for territorial and border relations, exploring the case of Kosovo, which in many ways can be seen as a turning point in post-cold war international humanitarian intervention. The 1999 intervention has had significant consequences for Kosovo in terms of political transformations, territorial alterations and enclavisation, none of which was officially intended or foreseen when NATO intervened. Two decades after NATO’s intervention and a decade after unilaterally declaring independence, Kosovo continues to be confronted with daunting existential challenges that inevitably affect the stability of the region, border relations, and the credibility of the organisations operating within Kosovo, namely the UN, the EU and NATO. The book claims that not only is the political and territorial conflict far from being settled, but that the implications have gone beyond Kosovo, creating shock waves which have galvanised conflicts elsewhere. In effect, Kosovo has been used as a pretext, as a legitimation and as an inspiration for those who aspire to challenge the border status quo. The book is primarily aimed at undergraduate and postgraduate students of International Relations and Political Science and as well as Border Studies scholars, but will also appeal to researchers focusing on state-building, peace-building, humanitarian studies, nationalism/secessionism and Balkan studies.
