Archimandrite Pavel Stefanov

Politics of Ethnic Cleansing: Nation-state Building and Provision of Insecurity in Twentieth-Century Balkans (Hardcover)
by Klejda Mulaj

Product details

• Hardcover: 206 pages
• Publisher: Lanham (MD), Lexington Books, U.S. (28 March 2008)
• Language English
• ISBN-10: 0739117823
• ISBN-13: 978-0739117828
• Product Dimensions: 23.1 x 16 x 2.5 cm

This book sheds light on the causes and consequences of ethnic cleansing in twentieth-century Balkans with particular reference to the former Yugoslavia in the 1990s. Providing a thorough and consistent analysis of large-scale episodes of ethnic cleansing in modern Balkan history, Politics of Ethnic Cleansing fills an important gap in existing conflict and peace studies literature. Offering a top-down interpretation of the expulsion of ethno-national minorities as a means of state-building, the analysis rests on a fresh, multidimensional approach, which provides an eclectic discussion of nationalism, politics, and security. This book establishes an agenda for policymaking and future research by making specific proposals for clearing up the present ambiguities in international humanitarian law related to ethnic cleansing, rethinking humanitarian intervention with a view to restoring the long-term viability of the target states, and repudiating the argument for forced homogenization as a conflict resolution strategy.
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“A major book – learned but never pedantic. The author provides a thought-provoking, humane, and incisive guide to one of the terrible practices of modern politics. She has a rare, imaginative grasp of an unimaginably harsh period of history – our own.”
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Christopher Coker, Professor of International Relations at the London School of Economics and Political Science