WESTERN INTERVENTION IN THE BALKANS by Roger D. Petersen ( 9780521281263 )

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WESTERN INTERVENTION IN THE BALKANS
THE STRATEGIC USE OF EMOTION IN CONFLICT

By:

Roger D. Petersen

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0521281261

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9780521281263

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CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS

Pub. date:

17 October, 2011

Series:

Cambridge Studies in Comparative Politics

Pages:

352

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This book examines the strategic use of emotion in the conflicts and interventions occurring in the Western Balkans over a twenty-year period.

Synopsis:

Conflicts involve powerful experiences. The residue of these experiences is captured by the concept and language of emotion. Indiscriminate killing creates fear; targeted violence produces anger and a desire for vengeance; political status reversals spawn resentment; cultural prejudices sustain ethnic contempt. These emotions can become resources for political entrepreneurs. A broad range of Western interventions are based on a view of human nature as narrowly rational. Correspondingly, intervention policy generally aims to alter material incentives ('sticks and carrots') to influence behavior. In response, poorer and weaker actors who wish to block or change this Western implemented 'game' use emotions as resources. This book examines the strategic use of emotion in the conflicts and interventions occurring in the Western Balkans over a twenty-year period. The book concentrates on the conflicts among Albanian and Slavic populations (Kosovo, Montenegro, Macedonia, South Serbia), along with some comparisons to Bosnia.

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19 b/w illus. 4 maps 4 tables

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