{"title":"Between the Balkans and Europe: The State/Nation Problem in the Post-Yugoslav States","authors":"Soeren Keil, Bernhard Stahl","doi":"10.1080/17502977.2023.2180723","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT\n This Special Issue will apply Hansen and Wæver’s state/nation concept to the post-Yugoslav states, thereby attempting to explain their divergence in attitudes towards ‘Europe’ and in the EU integration process. It will be highlighted that the evolving state- and nation-building processes after the violent break-up of Yugoslavia significantly deviated in the post-Yugoslav states, with some countries focusing strongly on portraying themselves as Continental European states (Slovenia and Croatia), while others struggled with the establishment of new statehood (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia, North-Macedonia).","PeriodicalId":46629,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Intervention and Statebuilding","volume":"17 1","pages":"119 - 135"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3000,"publicationDate":"2023-03-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"4","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Journal of Intervention and Statebuilding","FirstCategoryId":"90","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1080/17502977.2023.2180723","RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q1","JCRName":"INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
ABSTRACT
This Special Issue will apply Hansen and Wæver’s state/nation concept to the post-Yugoslav states, thereby attempting to explain their divergence in attitudes towards ‘Europe’ and in the EU integration process. It will be highlighted that the evolving state- and nation-building processes after the violent break-up of Yugoslavia significantly deviated in the post-Yugoslav states, with some countries focusing strongly on portraying themselves as Continental European states (Slovenia and Croatia), while others struggled with the establishment of new statehood (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia, North-Macedonia).
期刊介绍:
The Journal of Intervention and Statebuilding is a cross-disciplinary journal devoted to critical analysis of international intervention, focussing on interactions and practices that shape, influence and transform states and societies. In 21st century political practice, states and other actors increasingly strive to transplant what they see as normatively progressive political orders to other contexts. Accordingly, JISB focuses on the complex interconnections and mutually shaping interactions between donor and recipient communities within military, economic, social, or other interventional contexts, and welcomes perspectives on political life of, and beyond, European state-building processes. The journal brings together academics and practitioners from cross-disciplinary backgrounds, including international relations, political science, political economy, sociology, international law, social anthropology, geography, and regional studies. The editors are particularly interested in specific or comparative in-depth analyses of contemporary or historical interventions and state-building processes that are grounded in careful fieldwork and/or innovative methodologies. Multi or cross-disciplinary contributions and theoretically challenging pieces that broaden the study of intervention and state building to encompass processes of decision-making, or the complex interplay between actors on the ground, are especially encouraged.