Is Southeastern Europe Doomed to Instability?: A Regional Perspective

by Sotiropoulos,Dimitri A.

• ISBN13: 9780714682563
• ISBN10: 071468256X
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 2002-02-12
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

Presented here are the views of experts and intellectuals from South-East Europe regarding the need for regional reconstruction and development in order to foster regional stability. The cardinal issue addressed by each of the contributors is how the region can avoid political isolation and enhance its chances of attaining economic stability and social cohesion. If achieved, this could pave the way for gradual political and economic integration with the European Union in the future. This book includes both an analysis of recent developments and a presentation of findings and recommendations, which international observers and policy makers should find useful. Political and scholarly work being conducted within the regions is cited, providing a specifically southeast European perspective.

Table of Contents

Introduction	1	(9)
Dimitri A. Sotiropoulos
Thanos Veremis
THE BRIGHT SIDE OF THE REGION'S FUTURE
The Bright Side of Balkan Politics: Cooperation in the Balkans	10	(13)
Sule Kut
N. Asli Sirin
Integrating Southeastern Europe into the European Mainstream	23	(20)
Irina Bokova
DEMOCRATIZATION AND HUMAN RIGHTS
Civil Society and Multilateral Cooperative Models: The Role of Non-Governmental Organizations in the Stability Pact for Southeastern Europe	43	(20)
Haralambos Kondonis
From an Omnipresent and Strong to a Big and Weak State: Democratization and State Reform in Southeastern Europe	63	(12)
Dimitri A. Sotiropoulos
The Difficult Road to the Independent Media: Is the Post-Communist Transition Over?	75	(15)
Remzi Lani
Frrok Cupi
Rewriting School Textbooks as a Tool of Understanding and Stability	90	(15)
Mirela-Luminita Murgescu
SECURITY ISSUES - JUSTICE AND HOME AFFAIRS
Corruption and Organized Crime in Southeastern Europe: A Paradigm of Social Change Revisited	105	(14)
Ognyan Minchev
How to Control Corruption in Southeastern Europe: The Case of Bulgaria	119	(7)
Ivan Krastev
Southeastern Europe and European Security Architecture	126	(25)
Radovan Vukadinovic
The Albanian Question in the Aftermath of the War: A Proposal to Break the Status Deadlock	151	(22)
Evangelos Kofos
The International Presence in Kosovo and Regional Security: The Deep Winter of UN Security Council Resolution 1244	173	(18)
Alexandros Yannis
CASE STUDIES
Ten Concepts That Will Define the Future of Kosovo (A Personal Note)	191	(7)
Veton Surroi
Yugoslavia at the Crossroads: Reforms or Disintegration?	198	(17)
Predrag Simic
Greece and FYROM: A Partnership for Stability in Southeastern Europe?	215	(11)
Aristotle Tziampiris
An Update and Conclusions	226	(9)
Dimitri A. Sotiropoulos
Thanos Veremis
Biographical Notes	235	(2)
Abstracts	237	(10)
Index	247