Nation Failure, Ethnic Elites, and Balance of Power [electronic resource] : The International Administration of Kosova /
Rama, Shinasi A.author.
This book examines the history of nation-building in Kosova as a model of how the theories behind nation-building, state-building and peace-building can succeed or fail. The author argues that two missing factors led to successful state-building but failed nation-building in Kosova: the balance of power and the ethnic elite. The author uses his unique expert knowledge gained over thirty years of study to present a thorough overview of international administration and nation-building in Kosova. Shinasi A. Rama is Clinical Professor of International Relations in the Department of Politics, New York University, USA. He served as Senior Political Advisor to the Prime Minister of the Interim Government of Kosova in the US. His research focuses on international relations and comparative politics.
Includes bibliographical references.
1. Introduction -- 2. The Security Syntheses And The Transformation Of The Other Into A Deadly Existential Threat -- 3. From Ghandian Pacifism And Communitarianism To The War And The Warlordism: The Adjustment Of The Albanian Security Synthesis -- 4. Failed Negotiations, Intervention And Ethnocide: The Self-Fulfilling Prophecy Of The Security Syntheses -- 5. Kosova As A Chessboard: The Centrality Of The Balance Of Power -- 6. International Pro-Consuls And Marginalized Élites: The Security Syntheses And The Élite Fight For Survival -- 7. The Prelude To The Elections: Powersharing And The Failure Of The Multiethnic Project -- 8. And The Dominant Cleavage Is... Democracy, Nationalism And The Triumph Of The Security Syntheses -- 9. The Triumph Of The Security Syntheses: Towards A Newborn, Yet Stillborn, National State -- 10. In Lieu Of A Conclusion: Chasing Proteus: Deadly Existential Threats, The Security Synthesis, The Existential Entities And The State.
This book examines the history of nation-building in Kosova as a model of how the theories behind nation-building, state-building and peace-building can succeed or fail. The author argues that two missing factors led to successful state-building but failed nation-building in Kosova: the balance of power and the ethnic elite. The author uses his unique expert knowledge gained over thirty years of study to present a thorough overview of international administration and nation-building in Kosova. Shinasi A. Rama is Clinical Professor of International Relations in the Department of Politics, New York University, USA. He served as Senior Political Advisor to the Prime Minister of the Interim Government of Kosova in the US. His research focuses on international relations and comparative politics.
International organization.
Economic development.
Social change.
Ethnicity.
Democracy.
International Organization.
Development and Social Change.
Ethnicity Studies.
Democracy.