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The concepts of reconciliation and transitional justice are
inextricably linked in a new body of normative meta-theory
underpinned by claims related to their effects in managing the
transformation of deeply divided societies to a more stable and
more democratic basis. This edited volume is dedicated to a
critical re-examination of the key premises on which the debates in
this field pivot. The contributions problematise core concepts,
such as victimhood, accountability, justice and reconciliation
itself; and provide a comparative perspective on the ethnic,
ideological, racial and structural divisions to understand their
rootedness in local contexts and to evaluate how they shape and
constrain moving beyond conflict. With its systematic empirical
analysis of a geographic and historic range of conflicts involving
ethnic and racial groups, the volume furthers our grasp of
contradictions often involved in transitional justice scholarship
and practice and how they may undermine the very goals of peace,
stability and reconciliation that they seek to promote. This book
was originally published as a special issue of Ethnic and Racial
Studies.
Kosovo: The Politics of Identity and Space explores the
Albanian-Serbian confrontation after Slobodan Milosevic's rise to
power and the policy of repression in Kosovo through the lens of
the Kosovo education system. The argument is woven around the story
of imposed ethnic segregation in Kosovo's education, and its impact
on the emergence of exclusive notions of nation and homeland among
the Serbian and Albanian youth in the 1990s. The book also
critically explores the wider context of the Albanian non-violent
resistance, including the emergence of the parallel state and its
weaknesses. Kosovo: The Politics of Identity and Space not only
provides an insight into events that led to the bloodshed in Kosovo
in the late 1990s, but also shows that the legacy of segregation is
one of the major challenges the international community faces in
its efforts to establish an integrated multi-ethnic society in the
territory.
Persistent State Weakness in the Global Age addresses the question
of why state weakness in the global era persists. It debunks a
common assumption that state weakness is a stop-gap on the path to
state failure and state collapse. Informed by a globalization
perspective, the book shows how state weakness is frequently
self-reproducing and functional. The interplay of global actors,
policies and norms is analyzed from the standpoint of their
internalization in a weak state through transnational networks.
Contributors examine the reproduction of partial and discriminatory
rule at the heart of persistent state weakness, drawing on a wide
geographical range of case studies including the Middle East, the
Balkans, the post-Soviet states and sub-Saharan Africa. The study
of state-weakening dynamics related to institutional incapacity,
colonial and war legacies, legitimacy gaps, economic informality,
democratization and state-building provides an insight into
durability and resilience of weak states in the global age.
Throughout the 1990s, pictures of Albanian youngsters studying in
makeshift classrooms became a symbol of Serbian state repression in
Kosovo. The establishment of so-called parallel education in
private houses and businesses in Kosovo became part of Albanian
resistance to Serbian rule and an important gesture towards the
existence of the self-declared Albanian shadow state in Kosovo.
This book explores the construction of the nation identity of
Kosovo Albanians after Slobodan Milosevic's rise to power and the
abolition of Kosovo's autonomy through the lends of the province's
educational system. The text is woven around the story of ethnic
segregation in Kosovo's education system and its impact on the
emergence of exclusive notions of nation and homeland among the
Albanian and Serbian youth in segregated schools in the province
during the 1990s. While focusing on the issue of education in
post-autonomy Kosovo, this monograph critically explores the wider
contest of the Albanian resistance, including the emergence of the
parallel state as an integral component of non-violent resistance.
Ultimately, this book provides an insight not only into events that
led to the bloodshed in Kosovo in the late 1990s, but also show
that the legacy of segregation is one of the most major challenges
the international community faces in its efforts to establish an
integrated multiethnic society in the province.
Of interest to academics and students of Albanian culture and
Balkan history, this book is an important advance in research on
one of the most tragic European conflicts of recent times. ""
After a decade of exclusive nationalism, violence and isolation of
the 1990s, the Balkans has seen the emergence of transnational
links between the former ethnic foes. Do these new cross-border
links herald the era of inter-ethnic reconciliation in place of the
politics of ethnic exclusion? Are they a proof of a successful
transition from authoritarianism and war to democracy and peace?
Drawing on substantial empirical research by regional specialists,
Transnationalism in the Balkans provides a sobering insight into
the nature of cross-border links in the region and their
implications. Several of the authors show how transnational
connections in the context of weak states and new borders in the
region have been used by transnational actors - be it in the
politics, economics and culture -- to undermine a democratic
consolidation and keep the practice of exclusive ethnic politics
and identities alive. These findings make a strong case to go
beyond the region and put forth a critical argument for rethinking
the theories of transition to democracy in the post-Communist and
post-conflict setting to incorporate a dimension of globalisation.
This book was previously published as a special issue of
Ethnopolitics.
The concepts of reconciliation and transitional justice are
inextricably linked in a new body of normative meta-theory
underpinned by claims related to their effects in managing the
transformation of deeply divided societies to a more stable and
more democratic basis. This edited volume is dedicated to a
critical re-examination of the key premises on which the debates in
this field pivot. The contributions problematise core concepts,
such as victimhood, accountability, justice and reconciliation
itself; and provide a comparative perspective on the ethnic,
ideological, racial and structural divisions to understand their
rootedness in local contexts and to evaluate how they shape and
constrain moving beyond conflict. With its systematic empirical
analysis of a geographic and historic range of conflicts involving
ethnic and racial groups, the volume furthers our grasp of
contradictions often involved in transitional justice scholarship
and practice and how they may undermine the very goals of peace,
stability and reconciliation that they seek to promote. This book
was originally published as a special issue of Ethnic and Racial
Studies.
After a decade of exclusive nationalism, violence and isolation of
the 1990s, the Balkans has seen the emergence of transnational
links between the former ethnic foes. Do these new cross-border
links herald the era of inter-ethnic reconciliation in place of the
politics of ethnic exclusion? Are they a proof of a successful
transition from authoritarianism and war to democracy and peace?
Drawing on substantial empirical research by regional specialists,
Transnationalism in the Balkans provides a sobering insight into
the nature of cross-border links in the region and their
implications. Several of the authors show how transnational
connections in the context of weak states and new borders in the
region have been used by transnational actors - be it in the
politics, economics and culture -- to undermine a democratic
consolidation and keep the practice of exclusive ethnic politics
and identities alive. These findings make a strong case to go
beyond the region and put forth a critical argument for rethinking
the theories of transition to democracy in the post-Communist and
post-conflict setting to incorporate a dimension of globalisation.
This book was previously published as a special issue of
Ethnopolitics.
Reconciliation by Stealth advances a novel approach to evaluating
the effects of transitional justice in post-conflict societies.
Through her examination of the Balkan conflicts, Denisa Kostovicova
asks what happens when former adversaries discuss legacies of
violence and atrocity, and whether it is possible to do so without
further deepening animosities. Reconciliation by Stealth shifts our
attention from what people say about war crimes, to how they
deliberate past wrongs. Bringing together theories of democratic
deliberation and peace-building, Kostovicova demonstrates how
people from opposing ethnic groups reconcile through reasoned,
respectful, and empathetic deliberation of a difficult legacy. She
finds that expression of ethnic difference plays a role in
good-quality deliberation across ethnic lines, while revealed
intraethnic divisions help deliberators expand moral horizons
previously narrowed by conflict. In the process, people forge bonds
of solidarity and offset divisive identity politics that bears upon
their deliberations. Reconciliation by Stealth shows us the
importance of theoretical and methodological innovation in
capturing how transitional justice can promote reconciliation, and
points to the untapped potential of deliberative problem-solving to
repair relationships fractured by conflict.
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