Making and Remaking the Balkans

Nations and States since 1878

Robert Clegg Austin

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University of Toronto Press
04 May 2019

International relations; EU & European institutions

Series: Munk Series on Global Affairs

With more than 25 years since the collapse of communism, the end of the wars and billions of dollars in aid, the Balkans are still characterized by corruption, state capture, and decidedly unmodern states that are often either weak or authoritarian. Taking the contemporary Balkans as a starting point, Making and Remaking the Balkans studies the region's history combined with observations based on more than twenty years of field experience.

Primarily concerned with current issues in the Balkans since 1989, this book explains why the region has endured such a prolonged and fraught transition to democracy and eventual membership in the European Union. The young and educated have largely left. Governmental crisis and economic stagnation is the norm and much-needed regional cooperation has been suppressed by renewed nationalism. Wars on corruption have proved to be largely rhetorical. Making and Remaking the Balkans offers a systematic study of the issues the entire region faces as it struggles to complete the European integration process at a time when the European Union faces bigger problems elsewhere.

By: Robert Clegg Austin
Imprint: University of Toronto Press
Country of Publication: Canada
Dimensions: Height: 235mm, Width: 165mm, Spine: 19mm
Weight: 480g
ISBN: 9781487504694
ISBN 10: 1487504691
Series: Munk Series on Global Affairs
Pages: 232
Publication Date: 04 May 2019
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Primary , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Acknowledgments Introduction 1 Making Nations and States 2 Good News, Bad News: Before and After 1989 3 Hero-Free Wars and Ethnic Purity 4 Albania Implodes, Kosovo Arms 5 Contested Heroes: Alexander the Great, Mother Teresa, and the Republic of Macedonia 6 To Europe, for Some: Slovenia, Bulgaria, Romania, and Croatia Epilogue: Greater This or Greater That, Alone or in Europe Guide to Further Readings Index

Robert C. Austin is an associate professor at the Munk School of Global Affairs at the University of Toronto.

Reviews for Making and Remaking the Balkans: Nations and States since 1878

This book's strengths lie in its easy-to-read prose and frankness about the problems faced by the region, be it borders, ethnicity or the widescale corruption continuing to hold it back. Austin's many unique and eyewitness accounts also add value to this text. Making and Remaking the Balkans is useful and insightful for anyone new to or interested in the region, particularly undergraduates of business and public policy. -- James C. Pearce, University of Liverpool * <em>Eurasian Geography and Economics</em> *