I Balcani dopo le guerre. Ascesa e declino dell'intervento internazionale

by Roberto Belloni, Malvina Parsi (Translator)

This book examines the evolution of liberal peacebuilding in the Balkans since the mid-1990s. After more than two decades of peacebuilding intervention, widespread popular disappointment by local communities is increasingly visible. Since the early 2010s, difficult conditions have spurred a wave of protest throughout the region. Citizens have variously denounced the political system, political elites, corruption and mismanagement. Rather than re-evaluating their strategy in light of mounting local discontent, international peacebuilding officials have increasingly adopted cynical calculations about stability. This book explains this evolution from the optimism of the mid-1990s to the current state through the analysis of three main phases, moving from the initial ‘rise’, to a later condition of ‘stalemate’ and then ‘fall’ of peacebuilding.

254 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2019

About the author

Roberto Belloni è professore ordinario di Scienza Politica all'Università di Trento. Ha svolto attività di ricerca e insegnamento alle Università di Denver, Harvard, Queens di Belfast ed alla Johns Hopkins di Bologna.