Extending the European Security Community: Constructing Peace in the Balkans (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781845114978)

The region of the Balkans has become one of the emblematic features of the post-Cold War geography of international relations. Understanding the extension of the European zone of peace to the Balkans is at the heart of this pioneering work into the post-Cold War socialisation of the region. How is peace (i.e. a security-community-order) initiated in the Balkans? Who are the dominant agents of such peace-promotion? What processes suggest the initiation of (lasting) peace in the Balkans? Under what circumstances do regional states comply with international standards? Looking at the order-promoting processes of both the EU and Nato, Emilian Kavalski offers us the first detailed and theoretically-informed comparative analysis of the role played by external actors in the Balkan region as a whole. In doing so, he provides us with an insight into the processes of peace-promotion in general, and the patterns of security-community-building in the Balkans in particular.

Author: Emilian Kavalski
ISBN-10: 1845114973
ISBN-13: 9781845114978
Publisher: I. B. Tauris & Company
Language: English
Published: 05/01/2008
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.00lbs
Size: 8.57h x 5.77w x 1.07d