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Nation Failure, Ethnic Elites, and Balance of Power

The International Administration of Kosova

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Authors:
  1. Shinasi A. Rama

    1. International Relations Program, New York University, New York, NY, USA

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  • Examines theories of nation-building, state-building and peace-building and analyses their effectiveness

  • Presents a historical view of Kosova's nation-building process, including the role of international administration

  • Assesses the role of ethnic elites in undermining the nation-building process, sustaining ethnic conflict and dividing the new state along ethnic lines

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  2. Introduction

    • Shinasi A. Rama
    Pages 1-57

  3. The Security Syntheses and the Transformation of the Other into a Deadly Existential Threat

    • Shinasi A. Rama
    Pages 59-124

  4. From Gandhian Pacifism and Communitarianism to the War and the Warlordism: The Adjustment of the Albanian Security Synthesis

    • Shinasi A. Rama
    Pages 125-156

  5. Failed Negotiations, Intervention, and Ethnocide: The Self-Fulfilling Prophecy of the Security Syntheses

    • Shinasi A. Rama
    Pages 157-185

  6. Kosova as a Chessboard: The Centrality of the Balance of Power

    • Shinasi A. Rama
    Pages 187-214

  7. International Pro-Consuls and Marginalized Élites: The Security Syntheses and the Élite Fight for Survival

    • Shinasi A. Rama
    Pages 215-240

  8. The Prelude to the Elections: Power-sharing and the Failure of the Multiethnic Project

    • Shinasi A. Rama
    Pages 241-254

  9. And the Dominant Cleavage Is … Democracy, Nationalism, and the Triumph of the Security Syntheses

    • Shinasi A. Rama
    Pages 255-284

  10. The Triumph of the Security Syntheses: Toward a Newborn, Yet Stillborn, National State

    • Shinasi A. Rama
    Pages 285-297

  11. In Lieu of a Conclusion: Chasing Proteus—Deadly Existential Threats, the Security Synthesis, the Existential Entities, and the State

    • Shinasi A. Rama
    Pages 299-326

  12. Back Matter

    Pages 327-344
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About this book

This book examines the history of nation-building in Kosova as a model of how the theories behind nation-building, state-building and peace-building can succeed or fail. The author argues that two missing factors led to successful state-building but failed nation-building in Kosova: the balance of power and the ethnic elite. The author uses his unique expert knowledge gained over thirty years of study to present a thorough overview of international administration and nation-building in Kosova.

Authors and Affiliations

  • International Relations Program, New York University, New York, NY, USA

    Shinasi A. Rama

About the author

Shinasi A. Rama is Clinical Professor of International Relations in the Department of Politics, New York University, USA. He served as Senior Political Advisor to the Prime Minister of the Interim Government of Kosova in the US. His research focuses on international relations and comparative politics.

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