{"product_id":"reversing-ethnic-cleansing-through-minority-rebecca-a-brubaker-9780198941354","title":"Reversing Ethnic Cleansing Through Minority Returns: An Intellectual History of a Novel Idea","description":"Ethnic conflict is not new. Nor are international attempts to prevent or contain it. \u003cem\u003eReversing Ethnic Cleansing through Minority Returns\u003c\/em\u003e examines whether and how ethnic, religious, and political minorities should be returned and reintegrated after conflict. Its main focus is the unprecedented international attempt to 're-mix' ethnic groups in Bosnia, following the war. The book scrutinizes the puzzle of why states and international organizations pursued a re-mixing policy in response to ethnic cleansing in Bosnia. There were multiple policy alternatives on the table at the start of the conflict. Compared to these, re-mixing was an unlikely choice: politically, it was risky; locally, it was unpopular; financially, it was expensive; and practically, it ultimately failed. Yet Washington and the United Nations chose to prioritize re-mixing nonetheless, justifying their choice on the grounds that it was essential for 'reversing' ethnic cleansing and thereby re-establishing a multi-ethnic Bosnia. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMore generally, this book offers insights into how refugee return policies emerge, evolve, and solidify in a European context. In doing so, it contributes to a better understanding of how normative discourses transform into policy as well as offers policy recommendations for approaching the challenge of facilitating returns and reintegration following a war's end. Understanding how and why such \"unintended norm diffusion\" emerged is a crucial addition to the historical record and provides an important correction to the lessons normally drawn from this precedent-breaking case.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Rebecca A. Brubaker\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0198941358\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780198941354\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/28\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.18lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.41h x 6.42w x 0.91d","brand":"Rebecca A. Brubaker","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46767405662463,"sku":"9780198941354","price":130.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_813566cd-0b42-4061-8bdf-c6500c8adc31.jpg?v=1744169720","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/reversing-ethnic-cleansing-through-minority-rebecca-a-brubaker-9780198941354","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}