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Western Intervention in the Balkans
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Western Intervention in the Balkans Hardback - 2011

by Roger D. Petersen

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From the publisher

Conflicts involve powerful experiences. The residue of these experiences is captured by the concept and language of emotion. Indiscriminate killing creates fear; targeted violence produces anger and a desire for vengeance; political status reversals spawn resentment; cultural prejudices sustain ethnic contempt. These emotions can become resources for political entrepreneurs. A broad range of Western interventions are based on a view of human nature as narrowly rational. Correspondingly, intervention policy generally aims to alter material incentives ("sticks and carrots") to influence behavior. In response, poorer and weaker actors who wish to block or change this Western implemented "game" use emotions as resources. This book examines the strategic use of emotion in the conflicts and interventions occurring in the Western Balkans over a twenty-year period. The book concentrates on the conflicts among Albanian and Slavic populations (Kosovo, Montenegro, Macedonia, South Serbia), along with some comparisons to Bosnia.

Details

  • Title Western Intervention in the Balkans
  • Author Roger D. Petersen
  • Binding Hardback
  • Pages 350
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Cambridge University Press
  • Publication date 2011-09-30
  • Features Bibliography, Index
  • ISBN 9781107010666 / 1107010667
  • Weight 1.35 lbs (0.61 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.3 x 6.4 x 0.9 in (23.62 x 16.26 x 2.29 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 1990's
    • Chronological Period: 21st Century
    • Cultural Region: Balkan
    • Cultural Region: Eastern Europe
  • Category Politics / Current Events
  • Library of Congress subjects Balkan Peninsula - History - 1989-, Kosovo War, 1998-1999 - Participation,
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2011008912
  • Dewey Decimal Code 949.703

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