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An Agenda for Western Balkans: From Elite Politics to Social Sustainability

By Nikolaos Papakostas, Nikolaos Pasamitros, Jennifer Titanski-Hooper, Miruna Troncota, Anastas Vangeli, Bilge Yabanci, Alma Vardari-Kesler, Stefan Cetkovic, Tonka Koszadinova, Nicholas Rossis, Tom Phillips

Published by ibidem Press · 2015

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<p>The Western Balkan countries have been both a popular subject matter for diachronic analysis and a 1990s favorite. The significant changes that followed the most recent times of conflict in the region mostly evolve around the process of Europeanization. Despite the plethora of analyses, most approaches to the Western Balkans suffer from theoretical stagnancy, ex parte political practice, and detachment of politics from societal needs. \par This volume is the work of a team of theorists and practitioners who attempt a multidisciplinary approach to Western Balkans reality. <em>An Agenda for the Western Balkans</em> offers a critical view on issues that have been over-analyzed in mainstream terms and opens a discussion that will occupy researchers and practitioners for years to come. It addresses novel topics and engages in innovative approaches that cut across disciplines of social sciences (political science, international relations, sociology, historiography, geography, political economy) and levels of analysis (local, national, regional, European, global). This collection is a pioneer theoretical and practical guide towards a sustainable future for the Western Balkans.</p>

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