Europe and the Breakup of Yugoslavia

A Political Failure in Search of a Scholarly Explanation
1. Auflage 2000
ISBN: 978-90-411-1439-6
Verlag: Wolters Kluwer

Buch, Englisch, 296 Seiten, GB, Format (B × H): 165 mm x 247 mm, Gewicht: 594 g

This book provides a detailed analysis of the response of Western Europe to the disintegration of Yugoslavia. The account pays particular attention to the behaviour of the major Member States of the European Community (later Union), i.e. France, Britain, and Germany, in two crucial moments of debate and decision-making: the diplomatic recognition of Slovenia and Croatia in 1991, and the debate on the desirability and form of a possible military intervention in the warring country.

By combining three theoretical approaches to the study of international politics--neorealism, neoliberal institutionalism, and liberal intergovernmentalism--Lucarelli provides a theoretically informed analysis of the main forces behind Western Europe's response to the Yugoslav wars.

Conclusions are drawn on the major characteristics of Western Europe's management of the conflict, the interplay of international and domestic factors behind the behaviour of Western European states, the relative explanatory power of each of the three theoretical perspectives and their common research tradition, and the perspective of the Common Foreign and Security Policy of the European Union.

The book's reconstruction and evaluation of conflict management in ex-Yugoslavia, its attention to the influence of the European integration process on the foreign policy of its Member States, and its innovative use and assessment of International Relations theoretical tools, make it of topical interest for a wide range of scholars interested in both international and European political affairs.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Marrone, Steven P

Lucarelli, Sonia

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Militärwesen Friedenssicherung, Krisenintervention
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen Europäische Union, Europapolitik
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Friedens- und Konfliktforschung
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Militärgeschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen Konflikt- und Friedensforschung, Rüstungskontrolle, Abrüstung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Tables and Figures.
Acronyms & Abbreviations.
Acknowledgements.
1. Introduction.
Part I: The `What' and `How' in the European Management of The Yugoslav Conflict, An Account.
2. Introduction.
3. The `What' in the European Response to the Yugoslav Conflict(s).
4. `How' in the Management of the Yugoslav Conflict(s): Summing Up.
Part II: Beyond Facts, What Theory? The Neo-Neo-Synthesis: A Few Notes on a Theoretical Debate.
5. Introduction.
6. The Rationalistic Research Tradition, the `Neo-Neo-Synthesis' and All That.
7. Matching Theory with Facts.
Part III: The European Response to the Yugoslav Crisis: A Political Failure in Search of a Scholarly Explanation.
8. Introduction.
9. Setting the Context.
10. The Recognition of Slovenia and Croatia.
11. The Debate on Military Intervention.
12. Conclusion and Perspectives.
References.
Index.