Beyond Yugoslavia: Politics, Economics, And Culture In A Shattered Community (Eastern Europe After Communism) - Tapa dura

Focusing on the final years of socialist Yugoslavia and the beginning of the countrys breakup, this book looks at each of Yugoslavias six republics, offering a unique blend of thematic essays on political, economic, environmental, religious, cultural, and foreign policy issues. Bringing together internationally renowned scholars from the United States, Great Britain, Serbia, and Croatia, the book shows how disintegrative tendencies penetrated and affected all spheres of life in Yugoslavia. The resultant war has therefore been fought not only on military and diplomatic fronts but also at the level of economics, through literature and film, and in the spheres of religion and gender relations. The fruit of a landmark international collaboration, this book focuses on the final years of socialist Yugoslavia and on the beginning of the countrys breakup. With chapters devoted to each of erstwhile Yugoslavias six republics, the book also offers a unique blend of thematic essays on political, cultural, economic, environmental, religious, and foreign policy issues. Bringing together renowned scholars from the United States, Great Britain, Serbia, and Croatia, the book shows how disintegrative tendencies penetrated and affected all spheres of life in Yugoslavia. The resultant war has, therefore, been fought not only on military and diplomatic fronts but also at the level of economics, through literature and film, and in the spheres of religion and gender relations.

Sabrina P. Ramet is professor of political science at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology in Trondheim, Norway. She is the author of six other books, among them Whose Democracy? Nationalism, Religion, and the Doctrine of Collective Rights in Post-1989 Eastern Europe (1997) and Nihil Obstat: Religion, Politics, and Social Change in East-Central Europe and Russia (1998). She has also edited a dozen books, mostly about Eastern Europe and Russia. Sabrina Petra Ramet is professor of international studies at the University of Washington. Ljubisa S. Adamovich is professor of economics at the University of Belgrade and is currently a visiting professor at Florida State University.