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This book examines the evolution of liberal peacebuilding in the Balkans since the mid-1990s. After more than two decades of peacebuilding intervention, widespread popular disappointment by local communities is increasingly visible. Since the early 2010s, difficult conditions have spurred a wave of protest throughout the region. Citizens have variously denounced the political system, political elites, corruption and mismanagement. Rather than re-evaluating their strategy in light of mounting local discontent, international peacebuilding officials have increasingly adopted cynical calculations about stability. This book explains this evolution from the optimism of the mid-1990s to the current state through the analysis of three main phases, moving from the initial 'rise', to a later condition of 'stalemate' and then 'fall' of peacebuilding.

PEACE-BUILDING--BALKAN PENINSULA --- BALKAN PENINSULA--POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT

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BALKAN PENINSULA--NATIONAL SECURITY --- BALKAN PENINSULA--POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT --- BALKAN PENINSULA--FOREIGN RELATIONS

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COMMUNISM--BALKAN PENINSULA --- NATIONALISM--BALKAN PENINSULA --- BALKAN PENINSULA--POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT

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The collapse of the communist monopoly across Central and Southeastern Europe in 1989/1990 initiated a process of rapid political, economic, and cultural change. While Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, and Serbia went on to suffer three-and-a-half years of war, all the states of the region have confronted challenges as they dismantled communist institutions and drafted new laws, in some cases ignoring their own laws. Indeed, in certain countries, local politicians have done their best to corrupt the media and the economy, with recent years seeing some states move in an illiberal direction. Throughout the region, however, there has been a strong interest in enjoying the benefits of membership of the European Union and NATO. In this updated second edition, regional specialists comprehensively analyze the post-communist trajectories of the states of Central and Southeastern Europe, encompassing democratization, privatization, corruption, and war.

EUROPE, CENTRAL--POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT --- BALKAN PENINSULA--POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT --- POST-COMMUNISM--EUROPE, CENTRAL --- POST-COMMUNISM--BALKAN PENINSULA

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EUROPE, CENTRAL--POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT --- EUROPE, CENTRAL--ECONOMIC CONDITIONS --- EUROPE, CENTRAL--SOCIAL CONDITIONS --- BALKAN PENINSULA--POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT --- BALKAN PENINSULA--ECONOMIC CONDITIONS --- BALKAN PENINSULA--SOCIAL CONDITIONS