Beyond Yugoslavia: Politics, Economics, And Culture In A Shattered Community / Edition 1

by Sabrina Petra Ramet

Overview

This book focuses on the final years of socialist Yugoslavia and on the beginning of the country's break up. It offers a unique blend of thematic essays on political, cultural, economic, environmental, religious, and foreign policy issues in Yugoslavia.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780367164683
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	10/31/2022
Pages:	512
Product dimensions:	5.75(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Sabrina P. Ramet is professor of political science at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology in Trondheim, Norway. She is the author of six other books, among them Whose Democracy? Nationalism, Religion, and the Doctrine of Collective Rights in Post-1989 Eastern Europe (1997) and Nihil Obstat: Religion, Politics, and Social Change in East-Central Europe and Russia (1998). She has also edited a dozen books, mostly about Eastern Europe and Russia. Sabrina Petra Ramet is professor of international studies at the University of Washington. Ljubisa S. Adamovich is professor of economics at the University of Belgrade and is currently a visiting professor at Florida State University.

Table of Contents

Introduction: The Roots of Discord and the Language of War Part One: Adumbrations of the Breakup 1. The avoidable Catastrophe 2. The Dissolution of Yugoslav Historiography 3. The Armed Forces of Yugoslavia: Sliding into War 4. Media: The Extension of Politics by Other Means Part Two: The Republics 5. The Serbian Church and the Serbian Nation 6. Democracy and Nationalism in Croatia: The First Three Years 7. The Bosnian Crisis in 1992 8. Slovenia's Road to Democracy 9. The Macedonian Enigma 10. Politics in Montenegro Part Three: Economics 11. Economic Transformation in Former Yugoslavia, with Special Regard to Privatization 12. Foreign Economic Relations 13. Environmental Issues and Policies, with Special Attention to Montenegro Part Four: Foreign Relations 14. Relations with the Superpowers 15. Yugoslavia's Relations with European States Part Five: Culture and Society 16. The New Democracy—With Women or Without Them? 17. "Only Crooks Can Get Ahead": Post-Yugoslav Cinema/ TV /Video in the 1990s 18. The Catholic Church in a Time of Crisis Part Six: Conclusion

Editorial Reviews

Essays focus on the final years of Socialist Yugoslavia and on the beginning of the country's breakup, with chapters devoted to each of the country's six republics, and discussion of political, cultural, religious, and foreign policy issues. The contributors show how disintegrative forces affected all spheres of life in the country. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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