Nationalism, democracy and security in the Balkans
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Nationalism, democracy and security in the Balkans
（A RAND research study）
Dartmouth, c1992
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Bibliography: p. 189-195
Includes index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
The collapse of communism in 1989, the end of Soviet domination and the virtual end of the Cold War, effectively removed the constraints on ethnic divisiveness and national tensions in the Balkans. This book describes and analyses, in historical perspective, the re-emergence of ethnic and national rivalries in the region, both national and transnational. Its main theme is the predominance of nationalism in all six countries concerned (Albania, Bulgaria, Romania, the former Yugoslavia, Greece and Turkey) and the relative weakness of democratic institutions and the liberal tradition after the end of Soviet domination. The first part of the book deals with the nationalist-liberal interaction and the dominance of nationalism, in each of the six countries concerned. The second part deals with the actual and potential interregional conflicts. Nationalism, Democracy and Security in the Balkans also examines the Greek-Turkish confrontation and discussions of the numerous most potential sources of conflict in the 1990s. The final chapter compares the relevance of the Balkan situation to the major world powers and contains policy suggestions.
Table of Contents
- Contents: The Regional and National Settings: The Balkan background
- Turkey: giant re-emerging
- Greece: politics and patronage
- Yugoslavia: approach to disaster
- Albania: a matter of survival
- Romania: the nationalist condition
- Bulgaria: shaking off the nationalist heritage. Actual and Potential: The Greek-Turkish confrontation
- Conflicts in the Nineties
- The West's stake and Western responses
- Bibliography
- Index.
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