The history of Kosovo is a complicated one which typifies the darker side of modern Balkan history. Milosevic's Serbia withdrew from Kosovo in 1999 and the province was handed over to a special UN body who governed until 2008, when the West allowed Kosovo to become independent. …
The history of Kosovo is a complicated one which typifies the darker side of modern Balkan history. Milosevic's Serbia withdrew from Kosovo in 1999 and the province was handed over to a special UN body who governed until 2008, when the West allowed Kosovo to become independent. …
The history of Kosovo is a complicated one which typifies the darker side of modern Balkan history. Milosevic's Serbia withdrew from Kosovo in 1999 and the province was handed over to a special UN body who governed until 2008, when the West allowed Kosovo to become independent. …
The global ubiquity of informal economic activities has turned informality into a key policy question, not least in international peace- and state-building. This book explores a core aspect of economic informality: its resilience despite comprehensive international anti-informal…
Power, knowledge and the informal economy as interwoven practice -- Rethinking informal economies through symbolic power -- Logic of exclusion put into practice -- Genesis of a logic of inclusion -- Rearranging the power of the informal, and the informal of power -- "Informality…
Peace at any price: how the world failed Kosovo
Peace at any price: how the world failed Kosovo
Peace at any price: how the world failed Kosovo
"In Peace at Any Price, Iain King and Whit Mason describe why, despite an unprecedented commitment of resources, the UN Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK), supported militarily by NATO, has failed to achieve its goals. Their in-depth account is personal and passionate yet analytical and …
This title offers a deep engagement with developments at the intersection of Habermasian communicative ethics and international relations.
Wastelands is an exploration of trash, the scavengers who collect it, and the precarious communities it sustains. After enduring war and persecution in Kosovo, many Ashkali refugees fled to Belgrade, Serbia, where they were stigmatized as Gypsies, consigned to slums, sidelined f…
Wastelands is an exploration of trash, the scavengers who collect it, and the precarious communities it sustains. After enduring war and persecution in Kosovo, many Ashkali refugees fled to Belgrade, Serbia, where they were stigmatized as Gypsies, consigned to slums, sidelined f…
"This book examines the ways women politicians in Serbia and Kosovo have imagined, constructed, and politicised national identity and gender while engaging with politics in the context of the democratisation process. The first book to focus on the work of women inside political …
This dissertation combines social theories concerning communicative action and the influence of culture on states' security policies to examine multinational crisis management in the Balkans through the 1990s. By examining how the United States, Russia, Great Britain, Germany, a…
My research examines how international organizations (state and non-state actors) understand and respond to human rights violations. How could the international community react to Rwanda and Kosovo so differently? In Rwanda, peacekeepers were pulled back and in 100 days over 800…