| Embracing Democracy in the Western Balkans: From Postconflict Struggles Toward European Integration Contributor(s): Cohen, Lenard J. (Author), Lampe, John R. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1421404338 ISBN-13: 9781421404332 Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press OUR PRICE: $30.40 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 2011 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | World - European - Political Science | International Relations - General - Political Science | Political Ideologies - Democracy |
| Dewey: 320.949 |
| LCCN: 2011015223 |
| Physical Information: 1.5" H x 5.9" W x 8.9" (1.75 lbs) 560 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Balkan - Chronological Period - 1990's - Chronological Period - 21st Century - Cultural Region - Eastern Europe |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Embracing Democracy in the Western Balkans offers a comparative, cross-regional study of the politics and economics of Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Kosovo, and Albania from 1999 to the present. It was during this period that the first wave of post-communist regime transition ended and the region became more deeply involved in the challenges of democratic consolidation. Lenard J. Cohen and John R. Lampe explore the legacies of communist rule, the impact of incentives and impediments on reform, and the magnetic pull of European Union accession. The authors ask whether the Western Balkans are embracing democracy by creating functional, resilient institutions--governmental, administrative, journalistic, and economic--and fostering popular trust in the legitimacy of those institutions. |