and Balkan Europe
by IECOB & AIS Università di Bologna
This area collects information about a wide range of books, monographies and edited volumes concerning the countries and themes relevant to PECOB
Books about Central Eastern Europe and the Balkans
PECOB offers a significant number of books, mainly published by universities and scientific institutions.
The books here presented focus primarily on the economic, political and social transition in Central Eastern European countries and the Balkans since the 90s, and on those areas' influence on the widening Europe. Issues concerning gender relations, migrations, regional economic cooperation, religions, nationalism and national identities are broadly discussed. Many books also focus on the history of Eastern Europe, economics and regional cooperation in Central Eastern Europe and the Balkans. Literary works recently trasnlated from Eastern European languages are also included in this section. Some of the books are available for dowload.
Recently added books address issues such as Hungary in 1956, the demise of the Soviet Union, proceedings from a conference on cooperation in the Balkans, Yugoslavia and the 1968 events in Czechoslovakia.
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Ethnic Conflict Management
(published in: Dec, 2000)
This collection of theoretical and empirical papers, written by leading Yugoslav experts (V. Goati, D. Janjić, I. Siber, T. Varady...) is a study of the social and political actors involved in ethnic conflicts in the former Yugoslavia... -
The Yugoslav Conflict and its Implications for International Relations
(published in: Dec, 2000)
The wars of separation in the former Yugoslavia have provoked a major crisis of regional order with considerable implications for Europe and the international community as a whole. This collection seeks to identify some of the larger implications of the Yugoslav conflict for the conduct of interstate relations in the new international environment of the post-Cold War... -
The Yugoslav War, Europe and the Balkans: How to Achieve Security?
(published in: Oct, 2000)
After more than four years of war in the former Yugoslavia, it has become clear that ethnic conflicts in the Balkans will continue to challenge Europe well into the next decade and beyond. The thread that runs through all the chapters of this book is that of a deeply troubled region whose dysfunctionalities are largely, but not exclusively, the product of the history of Southeastern Europe and the conditions under which Yugoslavia disintegrated after 1989... -
The Balkans and the Challenge of Economic Integration
(published in: Jan, 2000)
Europe's current perceptions of Balkan economies, and the policies applied in recent years, need to be analysed and assessed within the general framework of EU policies towards all former socialist countries in Central and South Eastern Europe. Following the revolutionary changes that took place in these countries in 1989, marking the beginning of the transition to multi-party democracies and market economies, the EU undertook a series of measures... -
The Balkans - National Identities In A Historical Perspective
(published in: Jan, 2000)
The European perception of Balkans peoples and their accomplishments, for good or bad, has a long history which is itself a part of European political and cultural evolution. Western public knowledge of the uneven course of state-building and nation-building processes in the Balkans has been more often than not filtered through the Great Powers' interests and strategies. The sovietisation of most part of the region, after World War II, further blurred local national profiles; nor have these been made sharper by the stereotypes adopted by media commentators interpreting the "return to diversity" and the transition to political pluralism in the region. In the last few years political and economic systems, and even borders, have been dramatically changing in the Balkans through the interplay of world, continental and local forces. National identities are being reshaped in the process. The overall orientation of such phenomena is outside the scope of historians' work. -
Guida Ai Paesi Dell'europa Centrale Orientale E Balcanica
(published in: Jan, 2000)
Questa Guida è il primo annuario di produzione interamente italiana dedicato ai paesi dell'Europa centrale, orientale e balcanica... -
Guida Ai Paesi Dell'europa Centrale Orientale E Balcanica
(published in: Jan, 2000)
Questa Guida contribuisce a colmare il vuoto informativo del nostro paese sull'Europa centro-orientale e balcanica... -
Guida ai paesi dell'Europa centrale orientale e balcanica
(published in: Jan, 2000)
Unico annuario di produzione interamente italiana dedicato all'Europa centro-orientale e balcanica, questo volume è un'opera di consultazione essenziale, agile ma precisa, preparata dai maggiori esperti del settore... -
Self-Determination
(published in: Jan, 2000)
Self-determination has deeply influenced international relations and the process of state building, particularly in Europe during the current century. Since the time of Wilson and Lenin, this political doctrine was used and/or abused by policy makers, leaders and political parties to re-define the geopolitical map of Europe as well as to establish a better security for their people... -
Bosnia the Good - Tolerance and Tradition
(published in: Jan, 2000)
Bosnia the Good is an indictment of the partition of Bosnia, formalized in 1995 by the Dayton Accord. This unequalled volume is a plea from one of Bosnia-Herzegovina's most prominent dissidents appealing for Bosnia's communities to reject ethnic segregation and restore mutual trust... -
National Cultures at the Grass-root Level
(published in: Jan, 2000)
The major dilemma this volume addresses is the function of national identity in a modern society, for despite the trend towards globalization, the world continues to be riddled with national conflict... -
Nationalism. Political cultures, mediation and conflict.
(published in: Jan, 2000)
In this book, in many ways unique in the panorama of Italian publishing, the debate over nationalism which for more than a decade has occupied an important place in international academia, is enriched with new contributions and specific analyses... -
The transition continues - Central-Eastern Europe between renewal and preservation (1989-1994)
(published in: Jan, 2000)
The transition from communism to post-communism which occurred in eastern Europe – and in a different way also in western Europe – is turning out to be one of history’s greatest «turning points» and will influence human destiny for some time to come. .. -
Rome-Belgrade - The Years of the Cold War
(published in: Jan, 2000)
The book deals with one of the most sensitive and controversial topics of Italian history after World War II. The conflict with Yugoslavia from 1945 to 1954 – over the issue of Trieste – and the painful story of the Istrian exodus... -
Queer in Russia: A Story of Sex, Self, and the Other
(published in: Jan, 2000)
In Queer in Russia Laurie Essig examines the formation of gay identity and community in the former Soviet Union...
PECOB: Portal on Central Eastern and Balkan Europe - University of Bologna - 117, c.so della Repubblica - Italy
