Nationalism identity and statehood in post Yugoslav Montenegro This book provides the most comprehensive study to date of political and social developments in Montenegro from the processes that led to the disintegration of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia to Montenegros eventful trajectory towards independence and later towards Euro Atlantic integration. Kenneth Morrison draws upon an extensive range of primary and secondary sources to illuminate the key developments in Montenegro during three decades characterised by political social and economic flux. Beginning with the happening of the people in 1988 and concluding with a detailed analysis of political developments in the first decade since Montenegro gained its independence the author addresses the themes of nationalism identity statehood and the party political dynamics in both the Montenegrin and the wider Southeast European context. Cover Contents Acknowledgements List of Abbreviations Introduction 1 Montenegros Twentieth Century: An Overview 2 The Anti Bureaucratic Revolution and the January Coup (1987 90) 3 From the War for Peace to the Žabljak Constitution (1990 92) 4 Fear and Flux: Montenegros Muslim and Albanian Minorities (1992 97) 5 A Polity Divided: The DPS Split (1996 98) 6 Politics by Proxy: Orthodox Churches in Conflict (1990 2006) 7 From the War in Kosovo to the Belgrade Agreement (1998 2002) 8 The Road to the Referendum (2003 6) 9 Montenegros Independence: The First Five Years (2006 11) 10 Progress Protests and Political Crisis (2012 16) Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index