State Collapse in South-Eastern Europe: New Perspectives on Yugoslavia's Disintegration

by Lenard J. Cohen

Overview

This multidisciplinary approach explores the historical antecedents and the dynamic process of Yugoslavia's violent dissolution. The volume, a compilation by distinguished scholars, examines issues broadening the understanding of the Yugoslav case, and also sheds light on how to deal with future episodes of state fragility and failure. Moreover, fifteen years after the Yugoslav crisis, the volume fills in the "blank spots" in the historical record.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781557534606
Publisher:	Purdue University Press
Publication date:	10/01/2007
Series:	Central European Studies
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	436
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Lenard J. Cohen is Professor of International Studies at Simon Fraser University, and is currently directing the Centre for International Studies. His is the author of numerous articles on the former subject and matters relating to security, economic integration, terrorism, and foreign policy.

Jasna Dragovic-Soso is Assistant Professor of International Relations at Goldsmiths, University of London. She is the author of Saviours of the Nation and articles in academic journals, and edited volumes on intellectuals, nationalism and international intervention in the former Yugoslavia.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
Preface
Foreword
Why did Yugoslavia Disintegrate? An Overview of Contending Explanations, by Jasna Dragović-Soso
THE HISTORICAL LEGACY
The Historical Legacy: The Evolution of Interwar Yugoslav Politics, 1918–1941, by Mark Biondich
The Legacy of Two World Wars: A Historical Essay, by Stevan K. Pavlowitch
THE SOCIALIST LEGACY
Nation/People/Republic: Self-Determination in Socialist Yugoslavia, by Audrey Helfant Budding
Reopening of the “National Question” in the 1960s, by Dennison Rusinow
The Croatian Spring and the Dissolution of Yugoslavia, by Jill Irvine
Return Engagement: Intellectuals and Nationalism in Tito’s Yugoslavia, by Nick Miller
THE BREAKDOWN: THE 1980s
A Last Attempt at Educational Integration: The Failure of Common Educational Cores in Yugoslavia in the early 1980s, by Andrew Wachtel and Predrag J. Marković
The Inter–Regional Struggle for Resources and the Fall of Yugoslavia, by Michael Palairet
The Slovenian-Croatian Confederal Proposal: A Tactical Move or an Ultimate Solution?, by Dejan Jović
Destruction of the Yugoslav Federation: Policy or Confluence of Tactics?, by Eric Gordy
The Role of the Yugoslav People’s Army in the Dissolution of Yugoslavia: The Army without a State?, by Florian Bieber
The Disintegration of Yugoslavia and Western Foreign Policy in the 1980s, by Paul Shoup
Disintegrative Synergies and the Dissolution of Socialist Federations: Yugoslavia in Comparative Perspective, by Lenard J. Cohen
Contributors
Index