Scramble for the Balkans

Economic globalisation has produced austere social jeopardy in extended parts of post-communist Europe with former Yugoslavia and its successor states as the most conspicuous example. This state is exploited, sanctioned and nourished by authoritarian ethnocratic regimes and misconceived Western policies may contribute to its persistence. Bringing new perspectives to bear on these crucial issues, Scramble for the Balkans is essential for scholars and professionals concerned with social reconstruction in the world's increasing number of complex emergencies.

• Europe
• globalization
• Governance
• international relations
• Nation
• nationalism
• political economy
• poverty
• privatization
• transition

This is a timely collection of high quality contributions which advances our understanding of the rise of 'authoritarian ethnocracies' in the Balkan region, and ties that project firmly to the development of theories of globalization. Ethnic and Racial Studies

CARL-ULRIK SCHIERUP Ph.D. in Social Anthropology (Universities of Arhus and Stockholm) and Ph.D. in Sociology (University of Umea). Director of the Danish Centre for Ethnic Studies (Esbjerg) 1995-96. Currently Director for the Centre for Studies on Migration, Ethnic Relations, and Globalisation (MERGE), University of Umea. Books published in English: Will they Still be Dancing? Integration and Ethnic Transformation among Yugoslav Immigrants in Scandinavia, Stockholm: Almquist and Wiksell International (1987/with Aleksandra Ålund); Migration, Socialism, and the International Division of Labour (1990) Paradoxes of Multiculturalism(1991).

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