Research Catalog

Title

Politics of ethnic cleansing : nation-state building and provision of in/security in twentieth-century Balkans / Klejda Mulaj.

Author

Mulaj, Kledja, 1969-

Publication

Lanham : Lexington Books, c2008.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Description

ix, 205 p.; 24 cm.

Summary

This book sheds light on causes and consequences of ethnic cleansing in twentieth century Balkans with particular reference to former Yugoslavia in the 1990s. In providing a thorough analysis of large-scale episodes of ethnic cleansing in modern Balkan history, this book 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. Klejda Mulaj establishes an agenda for policy-making and future research by making specific proposals for clearing up present ambiguities in international humanitarian law related to ethnic cleansing, rethinking humanitarian intervention with a view to restoring long-term viability of the target states, and repudiating the argument for forced homogenization as a conflict resolution strategy--Publisher's description.

Subjects

• History
• Ethnic groups > Government policy > Balkan Peninsula > History > 20th century
• Forced migration > Balkan Peninsula > History > 20th century

Genre/Form

History

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 175-196) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Introduction -- Mass expulsions in twentieth-century Balkans -- Ethnic cleansing and nation-state building in the 1990s Former Yugoslavia -- Provision of in/security -- Alternative explanations revisited -- Conclusion.

ISBN

• 9780739117828 (cloth : alk. paper)
• 0739117823 (cloth : alk. paper)

LCCN

^^2007045499

OCLC

181079181

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library