{"product_id":"making-and-remaking-the-balkans-nations-and-states-since-1878-hardback-9781487504694","title":"Making and Remaking the Balkans; Nations and States Since 1878 (Hardback) 9781487504694","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eMaking and Remaking the Balkans\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eNations and States Since 1878\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eRobert Clegg Austin (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781487504694\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 4 May 2019\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e232 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.5 x 16.5 x 1.9 cm, 0.48 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"This book\u0026amp;#x2019;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\u0026amp;#x2019;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 (\u003cem\u003eEurasian Geography and Economics\u003c\/em\u003e)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith 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, \u003ci\u003eMaking and Remaking the Balkans\u003c\/i\u003e studies the region\u0026amp;#x2019;s history combined with observations based on more than twenty years of field experience.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePrimarily 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. \u003ci\u003eMaking and Remaking the Balkans\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1  Making Nations and States\u003cbr\u003e2  Good News, Bad News: Before and After 1989\u003cbr\u003e3  Hero-Free Wars and Ethnic Purity\u003cbr\u003e4  Albania Implodes, Kosovo Arms\u003cbr\u003e5  Contested Heroes: Alexander the Great, Mother Teresa, and the Republic of Macedonia\u003cbr\u003e6  To Europe, for Some: Slovenia, Bulgaria, Romania, and Croatia\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEpilogue: Greater This or Greater That, Alone or in Europe\u003cbr\u003eGuide to Further Readings\u003cbr\u003eIndex \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Toronto Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52695291625752,"sku":"9781487504694","price":24.37,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/making-and-remaking-the-balkans-nations-and-states-since-1878-hardback-9781487504694","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}