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1 online resource (xii, 333 pages) : illustrations. |
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polychrome |
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Cambridge studies in comparative politics
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Cambridge studies in comparative politics.
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
1. Western intervention in the Balkans: the strategic use of emotion in ethnic conflict -- 2. Emotions as resources -- 3. The strategic use of emotions, I: The distribution of emotions -- 4. Intervention games -- 5. The strategic use of emotions, II: Developing strategies; examples from non-Balkan cases -- 6. The strategic use of emotions, III: Generating hypotheses -- 7. Background to western intervention in the Balkans -- 8. The case of the Roma in Kosovo -- 9. Background to Kosovo -- 10. Waiting for the West -- 11. Kosovo Intervention Games, I -- 12. Kosovo Intervention Games, II -- 13. Kosovo Conclusions -- 14. South Serbia -- 15. Macedonia -- 16. Bosnia -- 17. Montenegro -- 18. Conclusion. |
| Summary |
Conflicts involve powerful experiences. The residue of these experiences is captured by the concept and language of emotion. Indiscriminate killing creates fear; targeted violence produces anger and a desire for vengeance; political status reversals spawn resentment; cultural prejudices sustain ethnic contempt. These emotions can become resources for political entrepreneurs. A broad range of Western interventions are based on a view of human nature as narrowly rational. Correspondingly, intervention policy generally aims to alter material incentives ('sticks and carrots') to influence behavior. In response, poorer and weaker actors who wish to block or change this Western implemented 'game' use emotions as resources. This book examines the strategic use of emotion in the conflicts and interventions occurring in the Western Balkans over a twenty-year period. The book concentrates on the conflicts among Albanian and Slavic populations (Kosovo, Montenegro, Macedonia, South Serbia), along with some comparisons to Bosnia. |
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Access restricted to Ryerson students, faculty and staff. CaOTR |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
North Atlantic Treaty Organization -- Armed Forces -- Balkan Peninsula.
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North Atlantic Treaty Organization. |
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Armed Forces. |
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Balkan Peninsula. |
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Kosovo War (1998-1999) |
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Operation Allied Force (1999) |
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Balkan Peninsula -- History -- 1989-
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History. |
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1989- |
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Balkan Peninsula -- Politics and government -- 1989-
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Politics and government. |
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Kosovo War, 1998-1999 -- Participation, Foreign.
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Kosovo War, 1998-1999 -- Psychological aspects.
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Psychological aspects. |
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Operation Allied Force, 1999 -- Psychological aspects.
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Balkan Peninsula. |
| Chronological Term |
Since 1989 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Petersen, Roger Dale, 1959- Western intervention in the Balkans. New York : Cambridge University Press, 2011 9781107010666 (DLC) 2011008912 (OCoLC)704908475 |
| ISBN |
9781139128612 (electronic book) |
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1139128612 (electronic book) |
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9780511862564 (electronic book) |
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0511862563 (electronic book) |
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9781107010666 |
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1107010667 |
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9780521281263 |
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0521281261 |
| Standard No. |
9786613315014 |
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