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This book explores the ambiguous role played by civil society in the processes of state-building, democratization and post-conflict reconstruction in the Western Balkans challenging the assumption that civil society is always a force for good by analysing civil society actors and their effects in post-communist and post-conflict transition.
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Table of contents (16 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Introduction: Civil Society and Multiple Transitions - Meanings, Actors and Effects
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State-Building
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Democratisation
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Post-Conflict Reconstruction
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Reviews
“The book mainly deals with the postwar or post-conflict social reconstruction/development in different countries and the role of civil society in that development. … The book certainly has many qualities and will attract a wide readership.” (Siniša Zrinščak, Southeastern Europe, Vol. 40 (1), 2016)
'This fascinating collection of essays on civil society and war- to -peace transitions in the Western Balkans is a must read. Anyone who is sensitive to the dilemmas currently facing those actors, from the local to the global, involved in peacebuilding or statebuilding will recognise them too. This volume places civility, society and the pressing question of what emancipation actually means in liberal modernity back at the centre of the debate on peace in the region, the function of the state, and the role of international actors.'Oliver Richmond, Humanitarian and Conflict Response Institute and Department of Politics, University of Manchester, UK
'This thoughtful volume offers an important contribution to scholarship on the role which civil society plays in post-conflict societies. The contributions rightly challenge the frequent presumption that civil society actors necessarily promote civility, human rights, or democratisation. The nuanced studies of experiences from the Western Balkans demonstrate the range of civil society, with its virtues and vices, offering cautionary tales for international policymakers and programmers who seek to promote civil society often without understanding the pitfalls.
Chandra Lekha Sriram, School of Law, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, UK
'This book offers wonderful insight and systematic reflection on the paradox of civil society in Eastern Europe, which after returning the concept to both the headlines and the academic curricula in 1989 has found far more difficult since to deliver the promised liberal democracy ideal. A must read for activists, donors and everyone interested in the process of building democratic constituencies everywhere.'
Alina-Mungiu-Pippidi, European Research Centre for Anti-Corruption and State-Building, Hertie School of Governance, Germany
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
VESNA BOJICIC-DZELILOVIC is Senior Research Fellow at the Civil Society and Human Security Research Unit at the Department of International Development and the European Institute at the London School of Economics and Political Science, UK.
JAMES KER-LINDSAY is Eurobank EFG Senior Research Fellow on the Politics of South East-Europe at the European Institute, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK.
DENISA KOSTOVICOVA is Senior Lecturer in Global Politics at the Department of Government at the London School of Economics and Political Science, UK.
JAMES KER-LINDSAY is Eurobank EFG Senior Research Fellow on the Politics of South East-Europe at the European Institute, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK.
DENISA KOSTOVICOVA is Senior Lecturer in Global Politics at the Department of Government at the London School of Economics and Political Science, UK.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Civil Society and Transitions in the Western Balkans
Editors: Vesna Bojicic-Dzelilovic, James Ker-Lindsay, Denisa Kostovicova
Series Title: New Perspectives on South-East Europe
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137296252
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Palgrave Political & Intern. Studies Collection, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2013
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-230-29289-5Published: 11 January 2013
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-33258-8Published: 01 January 2013
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-29625-2Published: 11 January 2013
Series ISSN: 2662-5857
Series E-ISSN: 2662-5865
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIV, 288
Topics: European Politics, Russian and Post-Soviet Politics, Development Policy, Political Science, Political History, Peace Studies