Stabilization and Progress in the Western Balkans

Dusan Simko is Assistant Professor of Political and Social Geography at the University of Basel. His main field of research since 1989 has been the analysis of the long-term crisis in the Southeast Europe and the stabilization and democratization of the post-war societies in the Western Balkans. Ueli Mäder is Professor of Sociology at the University of Basel, responsible for the Institute of Sociology. He was Dean of the Faculty of Humanities and the leader of five Swiss National Science Foundation studies. He is in charge of an interdisciplinary advanced studies diploma (Nachdiplom) in conflict research and conflict resolution. His major research interests are development sociology, political sociology and social policy. Ueli Mäder has over 20 years of experience in research and teaching sociological and political aspects of development, poverty and conflict.

Contents: Dusan Simko/Ueli Mäder: Introduction - Jason Dittmer/David A. Parr: Mediating Sovereignty: A Comparative Latent Semantic Analysis of US Newspapers and Conflicts in Kosovo and South Ossetia - Jan Rychlík: The Breakup of Yugoslavia - The Reasons and Consequences - Rozita Dimova: 'Duldung' Trauma: Displacement, Protection and 'Tolerance' of the Srebrenica Survivors in Berlin - Marie-Janine Calic: International Peace Building in Semi-Independent Kosovo: Lessons Not Learned - Miroslav Svircevic: History of Civil War in Bosnia-Herzegovina 1992-5: The Carrington-Cutileiro Peace Plan - Ivo Samson: International Law and Conflicts - Dusan T. Batakovic: The Kosovo Aftermath: Challenges and Perspectives - Charles Ingrao: Confronting the Yugoslav Controversies: The Scholars' Initiative - Alex Jeffrey: Civil Society and Transitional Justice in Bosnia and Herzegovina - Aleksa Djilas: De Gaulle's Vision of Europe and the Problems of the Contemporary Balkans.

«Der Band schliesst eine Lücke in der international verfügbaren Literatur. Er ist nicht nur eine Informationsquelle für jene, die sich mit der Region akademisch beschäftigen, die Beiträge eignen sich auch für Lehrzwecke und zur Vorbereitung auf Exkursionen oder Studienreisen in die Region.» (Martin Geiger, Geographica Helvetica)