{"product_id":"9781487504694","title":"Making and Remaking the Balkans","description":"Author: Robert Clegg Austin\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781487504694\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: University of Toronto Press\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 04 May 2019\u003cbr\u003ePages: 232 \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Hardback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith more than 25 years since the collapse of communism, the end of the wars and billions of dollars in aid, the Balkans are still characterized by corruption, state capture, and decidedly unmodern states that are often either weak or authoritarian. Taking the contemporary Balkans as a starting point, \u003ci\u003eMaking and Remaking the Balkans\u003c\/i\u003e studies the region's history combined with observations based on more than twenty years of field experience.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePrimarily concerned with current issues in the Balkans since 1989, this book explains why the region has endured such a prolonged and fraught transition to democracy and eventual membership in the European Union. The young and educated have largely left. Governmental crisis and economic stagnation is the norm and much-needed regional cooperation has been suppressed by renewed nationalism. Wars on corruption have proved to be largely rhetorical. \u003ci\u003eMaking and Remaking the Balkans\u003c\/i\u003e offers a systematic study of the issues the entire region faces as it struggles to complete the European integration process at a time when the European Union faces bigger problems elsewhere.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47919514419358,"sku":"ING-9781487504694","price":60.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781487504694.jpg?v=1782813358","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781487504694","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}